"Where is all the good writing about games?"
Just the facts today, ma’am. It’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging. Let’s start at the scene of the crime– war crimes, that is, where Ken Hannahs muses at Gameranx about the ludonarrative dissonance of modern “counter-terrorism” games actually performing the…
Welcome back. Kris is on break this weekend so I’m here to fill your TWIVGB needs in the meantime. The Extra Credits crew finishes up a two-parter talking about mechanics as metaphor using the flash game Loneliness to weld to discussion together….
There’s good reason for my glistening skin, and how I shine, and how my pores are so clean and clear. When you read This Week in Videogame Blogging, you’ll wink, and nod, and high-five each other with great enthusiasm. This is a…
“Hey, can you do the round-up, I’m busy,” said Kris to me this week. I was about to protest – my weekends are usually reserved for an oh-so-taxing mix of gaming and feeling sorry for myself after Friday night, you see –…
Dog days may or may not be over, but the waiting is! It’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! Let’s set the tone right out the gate. Amanda Lange is settling the debate here and now on whether the thing you’re…
I don’t mean to alarm you, but it’s time for This Week in Video Game Blogging. First up for the week, Ian Bogost has reprinted his centennial retrospective on the life and work of Alan Turing. On a more personal note, Medium…
Another week for us to present the best in game writing from around the web, another This Week In Video Game Blogging. First, earlier this month we have the release of the 7th issue of Ctrl Alt Defeat magazine. Of particular interest…
We’re late. We know. Needless to say, the hamsters had to work overtime to get this late edition of This Week in Videogame Blogging to the printers. If you’ll excuse our tardiness, you’re in store for a great deal of reading ahead…
Welcome to This Week in Videogame Blogging! It’s almost my birthday! I can’t wait anymore, so let’s see what you all got me. The first gift is from Chris Person, who brings us The Cosmology of Kyoto, the game Roger Ebert loved….
The Kid gets up. She checks her email. She sees the date in the corner– Sunday, it says. She knows it’s that time of the week again, and she ain’t puttin’ it off any further. It’s time, the Kid said. It’s time…