"Where is all the good writing about games?"
Welcome back readers. The situation is looking a little dire this week in games press, with news of sites going dark and layoffs. This sucks. There are good tidings in independent and middle-state spaces, however, with new issues from both No Escape…
Welcome back readers. This week is a shorter one, and as has become my quasi-custom in such cases, I’ve eschewed grouping the selections into categories in favour of trying to weave a larger thematic arc through all of them. But before I…
Hello readers. It’s me, Critical Distance’s resident vod-sifter. I’m back from my unintended sabbatical aka the painful and all-consuming process of finishing my thesis for submission. I’m all better now, thanks. Wish I could say the same for my thesis!! Heyooooo. (If…
Welcome back readers. One item of news from around the site this week: there’s a new episode of Keywords in Play! The Keywords team will be taking a short break in August before returning later in the year. This Week in Videogame…
Download “Keywords in Play” is an interview series about game research supported by Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association. Alesha Serada is a PhD student and a researcher at the University of Vaasa, Finland. Their dissertation, supported by the Nissi…
Welcome back readers. We’re running a wee issue this week, a portable one even, so we will once again dispense with the usual format and get right to the good stuff. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most…
Welcome back readers. You’ve got just a few days left to pick up the Queer Games Bundle 2022! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past seven days. Pride Year-Round Eurogamer…
Welcome back readers. Abortion should be safe, legal, and accessible everywhere, no reasons, no qualifiers. That’s it! Anyways. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past seven days. Yeah We’re Still…
Welcome back readers. It’s our biggest issue in a hearty while, and on top of that, we’ve got new Keywords for you! Our guest this episode is Gregory Whistance-Smith, and the topic is meaning-making in videogame spaces! This Week in Videogame Blogging…
Download “Keywords in Play” is an interview series about game research supported by Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association. In this episode we talk with Gregory Whistance-Smith, an independent scholar based in Edmonton, Canada. The discussion focuses on the book…