January 7th
byWelcome back readers, to our first issue of the year! Special thanks this week once again to Julián Ramírez for providing the fish pic. If you haven’t already done so, you owe it to yourself to take a look at Kaile’s excellent…
This Year in Videogame Blogging: 2023
byIt probably doesn’t bear repeating that 2023 was a roller coaster of a year. The highs were very high, the lows were very low, and we spent a lot of time rapidly oscillating between the two points. Was 2023 the “best year”…
December 24th
byWelcome back readers. Just as a reminder, I am taking the next week off from TWIVGB–I usually grant myself one week out of the year to take a rest from Critical Distancing, and this time around that’s this Sunday December 31st. The…
December 17th
byWelcome back readers. Ok, we are really, really getting close to the deadline now–that’s next Monday–to submit your recommendations for our end-of-year review. We are past the event horizon of kidding around now! As an added bit of site-news, TWIVGB usually takes…
December 10th
byWelcome back readers. We are approaching the deadine to get your recommendations in for our end-of-year review, so if you haven’t already done so, make yourself heard! Also, it’s my birthday tomorrow! If you want to give me a present and aren’t…
December 3rd
byWelcome back readers. It’s a Monday Mulligan this week as I catch up on this week’s reading. It’s also December! That means our end-of-year review is just around the corner, so be sure to get your recommendations in! This Week in Videogame Blogging…
November 26th
byWelcome back readers. We’re running a shorter issue for this holiday (?) weekend, but don’t forget to submit your picks for our end-of-year review! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past…
November 19th
byWelcome back readers. Special thanks this week to Julián Ramírez for providing the fish pic. This week the around-the-site news I want to highlight is the opening of submissions for our end-of-year review! Kaile’s taking point this year and they’ve got the…
Call for Submissions: This Year in Videogame Blogging 2023
byHello! This is a post to announce that Critical Distance is already compiling its annual This Year in Videogame Blogging roundup! We’ve decided, due to the shaky and fractured social media landscape we now inhabit, to push our usual call for submissions…
November 12th
byWelcome back readers. The news this week that Uppercut is putting their operations on pause is understandable but still gets me. I’m very glad to see an uptick in independent, direct-support outlets, but I also want to see a level of visibility…