March 31st

Welcome back readers. Thank you to everyone who submitted work to our fansite jam! The jam submission window has officially drawn to a close, but since it’s going to take me some time (a week, perhaps?) to prepare our showcase roundup issue…

March 24th

Welcome back readers. Would you like to submit to our fansite jam and share what makes your inner goblin tick? You’ve got one week left to get your entry in, so if you want to get the full details, come see us…

March 17th

Welcome back readers. Want to read some cool words about Final Fantasy Tactics? Roguelikes? Not one, but two web sites dedicated to a “Mega Man”? Sure, you could wait till the end of the month like a square, or–and here’s an idea–you…

March 10th

Welcome back readers. Our fansite jam is off to a spirited start, with both progress updates and submissions already starting to come in, including from some of the CD team! If you want a sneak peak before the submission deadline of March…

March 3rd

Welcome back readers. I think somewhere around here I’ll stop apologizing for occasionally taking until Monday to put out an issue. It’s a good problem to have, as our community grows and I’m put in touch with more and more writing I…

Critical Distance Fansite Jam 2024

Howdy folks! We were recently (see: in the last day or so) very tickled by the debut of Phil Salvador’s new fansite Final Fantasy VIII is the Best And If You Don’t Agree I Will Destroy You. It’s a project that hearkens…

February 25th

Welcome back readers. It was looking like it was going to be a Monday Mulligan for a little bit there, but I rallied and here we are. Take a load off with these fifteen cool-and-interesting picks while I go stretch my back….

February 18th

Welcome back readers. Today’s around-the-site news is that our monthly roundup of video crit is back! Kaile has served up a cool baker’s dozen picks for your audiovisual perusal, so go check it out! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup…

February 11th

Welcome back readers. We’re back again this week with another longer issue–Since the start of the new year we haven’t published a weekly issue with fewer than seventeen picks. I say something about this semi-frequently, but it bears repeating: our roundups wouldn’t…

February 4th

Welcome back readers. Monday Mulligan strikes again, but I’d like to think it was worth the wait; we’ve got another big issue this week stuffed to bursting with the good stuff. Take a load off and settle in for a spell. This…