This Week in Videogame Blogging

October 29th

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Welcome back readers. The thing I want to plug this week is a bundle currently running over on Itch: Games for Gaza. I have no affiliation with it other than wanting to see it do well–but it really would do my heart…

October 22nd

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Welcome back readers. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks this week to our Discord community–the regulars (and not-so regulars!) there have been an essential pillar for helping us find and connect with interesting and underappreciated avenues for writing with the near-complete…

October 15th

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Welcome back readers. We’re running a shorter issue this week, but one packed with pieces that hit hard and cut deep. Thanks, as always, for sticking with us on our ongoing quest to share the words and bring them into conversation. This…

October 8th

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Welcome back readers. There are a couple of updates I’d like to mention this week before we begin. First, the latest episode of Keywords in Play is now live! This episode’s guest is Dr. Brendan Keogh, talking about his new book The…

October 1st

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Welcome back readers. It’s October! This marks the beginning of the most important holiday season of the year for disaffected millennials everywhere. While I’m thinking of what costumes I should put together this go-round, I’ll also be keeping an eye out for…

September 24th

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Welcome back readers. Well, that didn’t take all that long in the grand scheme of things–but still longer than it would have had Unity never tabled those disastrous changes to their monetization in the first place. Much public trust has been eroded…

September 17th

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Welcome back readers. Unity’s the talk of the town this week, having announced a raft of changes to their business model that seem heavy on punishing smaller studios for using their engine and downright ephemeral on safeguarding against exploitation or abuse. I…

September 10th

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Welcome back readers. Site updates! Kaile’s been hard at work not only putting together the (*cough cough* Patreon-exclusive) monthly roundup, but expanding our social media presence into a number of the places people have landed since Twitter began its medium-motion implosion into…

September 3rd

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Welcome back readers. It’s somehow already September and I am wishing a very cathartic Labour Day weekend to everyone involved in any kind of strike action right now. As of this publication, this group may imminently expand to include videogame voice actors….

August 27th

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Welcome back readers. I am fully in my Armored Core VI era this weekend. Kind of relieved that it’s broken the Diablo IV spell I’ve been under, honestly! I’ll be keeping an eye out in the weeks to come for the kind…