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Blogs of the Round Table – June 2014 As promised, Blogs of the Round Table is back with another rousing topic. This time, it’s ‘VINPCs’: As players, writers and readers, we are often focused on player-characters: the protagonists, anti-heroes and avatars whose…
You ever find yourself staring at a computer screen with no idea how to open a piece? Great, me neither. Blogs of the Round Table made its triumphant return in April on a new two month schedule: our theme was “The Right…
Hello everyone, Lindsey here: long time reader, first time contributor. I’m excited to be here and really just hope I don’t break anything during This Week in Videogame Blogging! Themantics In my attempt to blend “semantic” and “theme” into one word, I…
Hello! It is May 25th – or, as we call it in the UK, 25th May. It’s a beautiful summer’s day in Britain, which means there are only a few hours until it rains again. So let’s get this over with so…
Good morning, or other period of the day in which you find this. I’ll bet you just woke up, though. It’s okay, I won’t judge. Welcome to This Week in Videogame Blogging! Game Studies A great piece of entry-level reading for anyone…
Welcome to the first podcast in the brand new Critical Distance Confab! We were so impressed with Mattie Brice’s moderation of our Black History Month podcast that we’ve asked her back to helm a new, monthly series. Each month on the 15th,…
So how about that Eurovision? Eh? Eh? I am a worldly American, I know these cool things all my European friends are into. No, seriously, Moldova should’ve made it into the final. Anyway, the dust has settled and France somehow squeaked by…
Welcome to another invaluable edition of This Week in Videogame Blogging. Today we’re bringing you thoughts on the four fundamentals of the universe: time, space, death and taxes. Follow the Money Starting us off is Dan Joseph at Drop Out Hang Out Space…
The magic circle. You opened it. We came. Welcome to This Week in Videogame Blogging. We have such sites to show you. Sound Advice Liz England offers up a useful analogy for thinking about the role of the game designer. Meanwhile on…
Left unfulfilled by last week’s shorter-than-average roundup? Never fear. I have an outpouring of goodies for today’s pagan rite of spring. Hoist up the maypole and grab a flagon of mead — it’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! Safer Spaces…