The List Jam Roundup
byThis February, the annual games writing jam took the theme of Lists! I chose it for two reasons, first of all that it’s obviously been a hell of a year since the last writing jam, and I wanted to choose a theme…
March 7th
byWelcome back, readers. Plugging these calls for submissions one more time this week: One more week to submit games and research to Black Game Makers. One more day to submit proposals to Decolonizing Queer Games and Play for First Person Scholar. Proposals for…
February 28th
byWelcome back, readers. Plugging these again this week in case you’ve missed them: Call for submissions to a volume and archive of Black creators working in, on, and around games. Call for a special issue themed around Decolonizing Queer Games and Play for…
January 2021
byWelcome back, readers. I hope this roundup finds you well, wherever you are. This Month In Videogame Vlogging is a roundup featuring the best videogame criticism to be made using a video format from the previous calendar month. Plague Time To…
February 21st
byWelcome back, readers. In case you’ve missed them: Call for submissions to a volume and archive of Black creators working in, on, and around games. Call for a special issue themed around Decolonizing Queer Games and Play for First Person Scholar. Call for…
February 14th
byWelcome back, readers. Over the last couple of weeks, I’ve highlighted this call for submissions to a collected volume and archive of Black creators working in, on, and around games, as well as Khee Hoon Chan and First Person Scholar’s call for…
February 7th
byWelcome back, readers. To begin, I’d like to bring your attention once more this week to this call for submissions to a collected volume and archive of Black creators working in, on, and around games. This call runs until mid-March! Over at…
Announcing: The List Jam
byAn (incomplete) list of functions of lists, as a prelude to List Jam: I feel like “lists” are seen as a shallow or resented element of games criticism online, like the inevitable churn of year end lists that reinforce the need to…
January 31st
byWelcome back, readers. So here’s a very cool thing that’s happening: a collected volume and archive of Black creators working in, on, and around games, with a call for submissions. Check it out! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting…
January 24th
byWelcome back, readers. A new American administration takes charge, but the offices and infrastructures that facilitate systemic racism remain unchanged or even strengthened. The immediate threat of a fascist insurrection seems to have diminished but there’s little else to celebrate when Black…