"Where is all the good writing about games?"
For quite a while now Lara Croft and her Tomb Raider franchise has been wallowing in irrelevance. One too many subpar games with date control scheme and sensibilities holding it down. Then, earlier this year, the reboot of Tomb Raider launched the…
Ah, October. That time of year when you realise you’re never going to finish all of those resolutions you made in January. The month when you open long-forgotten lists of unfinished work and see articles with a deadline of ‘December 2012’ on…
For our last theme, “What’s the Story?”, we ran a little competition. Kris and I have read the BoRT submissions and made our decision, but until the end of this blog post… here’s a roundup you might be tempted to scroll straight…
Well, if it isn’t our special guest, awake at last. Forgive the stasis field, but we can’t have anyone sneaking through the ventilation shafts. It’s awfully dangerous in there. Go ahead, take in the sight. What you see up there is only…
As part of our ongoing efforts to enrich and diversify the curation of critical games writing, Critical Distance is proud to present this new Spotlight feature bringing together a selection of top-tier level design analyses by guest contributor Hamish Todd. Level designers…
Look up. There is a vast, majestic void filled with thousands of stars looking down at you. But are they really watching? Are they actually real? The horror of empty void fills your heart with terror. With Kris Ligman gone for the…
I don’t know what to tell you, readers. It’s been a few weeks now and I’m still playing Saints Row. Apparently some other sandbox game launched, but until I hear whether it features superpowers, I think I’m staying put. Well, almost. First…
Hard to believe it’s already mid-September! Schools are back in session, IndieCade is on the horizon, and my cat might actually stop shedding soon (no she won’t). So sit back, curl up with a blanket, and have a nice warm cup of…
Okay, Boss. I’ve loaded up the simulation with the files you requested. I don’t think you actually know what you’re doing since, well, it’s a bunch of words and you’re not exactly big on those, but have at. One last thing. I’ve…
Sunday afternoons are made for being lazy. Just stretch out, scratch the nearest cat tummy and watch the dust particles float on by. But there are still posts to read and link lists to curate. So on with This Week in Videogame…