"Where is all the good writing about games?"
Last Friday, as Joe Koller was streaming Invisible, Inc for our 2016 fundraiser, he described using our archives to learn about interesting observations that had been made about the game. Despite the fact that Invisible, Inc is a relatively niche title that…
Haywire Magazine founder and Critical Distance contributor Joe Koller is streaming Invisible, Inc for us today! Watch over at our fundraiser page, and please consider pledging to our campaign or sharing it with others.
Why is Critical Distance an important resource? I have my own answers to this: as a historian, I value our conservation work; as a young academic from a low income family, I care deeply about free educational resources; and I believe that…
Thank you for all your support for our fundraising campaign. Our next fundraising target is $1900 – once we reach this, we can reboot the Month in Let’s Plays feature, as well as the Critical Discourse letter series. Critical Let’s Plays are…
The great folks over at Haywire, who have helped a lot of games critics to develop and build careers, have very kindly given their support to our fundraising campaign, and are offering extra rewards to anyone who backs us at, or increases their…
“Game criticism has nothing to teach game developers.” This is a sentiment I’ve heard frequently from devs in the eight years I’ve been writing about games. It’s not universally-held, of course — many devs find tremendous value in criticism and higher-end analysis;…
In the eddies that have formed in the wake of the GamerGate movement, and older conversation has gained new life. In particular, there’s a great deal of new discussion surrounding the value of criticism. That discussion, particularly where it pertains to the…
Last night’s first livestream session for the 2016 fundraiser was a great time, with Dante Douglas, Amr Al-Aaser and friends playing co-op games and discussing how indie games have changed over the past ten years. Check out the recording under “archives” on…
Yesterday the 2016 Critical Distance fundraiser launched. Our ultimate goal is to hit $3000 by the end of the year, so that we can do more with video, more with podcasts, and bring together writing in languages other than English. Now, 24…
At the beginning of this year we surveyed our Patreon supporters, to learn more about what you value about Critical Distance and how you would like us to grow in the future. One topic that came up was the importance of archiving games criticism for…