July 31st
byThis week in our roundup of games writing from around the web, we go on a little meditative journey about our place in the world and how we act within it. The digital is not flat We start by asking who we…
July 24th
byMany have said this week that all public discourse seems to be about one of two topics: on the one hand, viral anger, collective outrage, and bigotry; and on the other hand, Pokémon Go. No man’s land Much of this week’s writing is in some way…
July 19th
byKept you waiting, huh? Much like how Kiefer Sutherland replaced David Hayter, I’ll be filling in for Zoya this week, so welcome to This Week in Videogame Blogging! Let’s get started: Pokemon Go The flavor of the month, Pokemon Go, drove the…
Episode 37 – Noah’s Crit
byWelcome back for another interview on the Critical Distance Confab! This month our guest is Noah Caldwell-Gervais, a video maker who is skilled at creating richly layered arguments. He started making long-form video essays on games in 2013 with a thorough look…
July 2016: ‘Spectacle’
byWould you look at this! Come one and all and behold the majesty of another Blogs of the Round Table! In a month of Games Done Quick, the annual Evolution fighting game tournament and the rapid influx of Pokemon Go! postings July has been a month…
May-June Roundup: ‘Childhood-Parenthood’
byIt’s been a season of growth for Blogs of the Round Table this spring with our shared topics of ‘childhood’ and ‘parenthood’. Although the topics were called on separate occasions they wound up merging into a single conversation. Maturity is accepting changes…
July 10th
byHello there! Zolani Stewart here. While Zoya is away, I’ll be taking over this week in videogame blogging, and listing some of the great writing that’s published this first full week of July. Looking Back There was a lot of writing this week that…
Minisode 13 – Soundscape and Dreamscapes
byThe good, the bad and the ugly with the Critical Distance Confab. For those who don’t know, the idea behind these minisodes is for myself and a co-host to highlight 3 games each. These are games that haven’t gotten a lot of…
July 4th
byAfter a troubling set of weeks, it seems a lot of games critics are thinking about how escapism is more than it appears on the surface. A major theme of this week’s blogging is how games can provide a sense of release…
Episode 36 – The Hows and Whys of TWIVGB
byWelcome to another episode of the Critical Distance Confab! We are taking a mid-summer break from our series on video producers and critics to talk about Critical Distance. Senior Curator Zoya Street and I have decided to talk about the site and…