"Where is all the good writing about games?"
Time for a few games more from the Critical Distance Confab. The purpose of these minisodes is for two of us to highlight 3 games each. These are games that haven’t gotten a lot of criticism or any at all. The idea is…
Welcome to another interview on the Critical Distance Confab! This month our guest is Chris Franklin, aka Campster, talking about his YouTube series Errant Signal. Over time, he has innovated on an established YouTube format to evolve his own personal style, featuring holistic close readings…
A fistful of games on the Critical Distance Confab. These minisodes highlight games that haven’t received a lot of critical attention, in the hope that one of you intrepid listeners will try one of them out and correct that oversight. The games we…
Welcome another interview here at Critical Distance! This month we interview the host of Youtube show Matt Chat: English Professor at St. Cloud State University, Matt Barton. Matt Chat is a channel focused on older games, inspired by the books he published…
More undiscussed games on the Critical Distance Confab. For those who may not know, the purpose behind these minisodes is highlight some games, 3 a piece, that haven’t got a lot criticism or any criticism at all. The hope being that it…
Welcome to another new podcast here at Critical Distance! Continuing with video-based criticism, we have one of the original videogame pundits, Bob Chipman. His Game Overthinker series began in 2008, making his one of the few early voices to set up shop on YouTube….
New year, new games to discuss on the Critical Distance Confab. With the minisodes, every month, both I and a co-host, go back and forth listing off a game we think hasn’t gotten the critical attention it deserves until we’ve each done…
Welcome to the new year of podcasts here at Critical Distance! Last year we went over publications, both books and magazines, in the critical video game sphere. Having, for the most part, run out of those we turn our eyes to different…
Welcome back to another Critical Distance Confab podcast, End of the Year edition! 2015 is almost behind us, so just lean back and listen as myself and a couple of colleagues skim over some of the major discussions that came up during…
Welcome to the last minisode of the year on the Critical Distance Confab. How this works is that each of us will go back and forth listing off three games each that we feel haven’t gotten the critical attention they deserve in…