August 21st
byWhew! There was a LOT of great writing on No Man’s Sky to get through this weekend. Pretty soon the number of pieces of writing on that game will rival the number of planets it contains. Nobody can explore them all, so I’m here…
August 14th
byThis week is all about those big, open spaces: the endless expanse of a procedurally-generated universe, the mysterious depths of the ocean, and the reimagined streets of a Pokemon-enriched city. Battlefields We start with escapism and its opposite. How do we cope…
August 2016: ‘Bugs’
byHappy August, people of Earth. I hope that the dog days of your summer have been filled with trips to the beach, ice cream, and weather more tolerable than the purgatory soup oozing across southwestern Ontario. But enough small talk: if I know you…
August 7th
byHope you’re keeping well and having an exciting Summer! I got to meet some of our regular readers this week at games academia’s big annual get-together. It was a great reminder of how insightful our supporters are, and how important it is to bridge…
July Roundup: ‘Spectacle’
byThe lights dim and the crowd roars and I shuffle to the edge of my seat for another thrilling edition of Blogs of the Round Table! This past month we asked you to share your thoughts on the subject of ‘Spectacle’: What is…
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…