"Where is all the good writing about games?"
Readers, I am tired. As, I suspect, are you. For months now, the discourse has more or less been held hostage by a vocal, angry contingent of self-described gamers who have rendered countless people afraid to engage in social media, afraid to…
Someone still loves you, Jakob Dylan. Not, you know, for “One Headlight” or anything. Just because someone has to. Anyhow, readers — it’s the weekend after IndieCade and I’m back in the saddle. Let’s tuck in with This Week in Videogame Blogging!…
Hello everyone! Welcome to a new roundup of This Week in Videogame Blogging. Such Justice. Very NPC. Let’s start with Austin Walker at Paste, who writes on Watch Dogs and Shadow of Mordor’s nemesis system. His piece is comprehensive and meaty, moving…
I don’t know if the persistent heat wave has sapped us all of our wills to write, but I have a short but sweet one for you this week, dear readers. Join me, won’t you? It’s This Week in Videogame Blogging! Design…
Welcome, Guardian. This cave is an important part of our history. It is called The Cave. Essays spawn outside of The Cave and drop legendary Engrams of Critical Distance: The This Week In Video Game Blogging. I am The Traveler, Zach Alexander,…
Hello everyone, welcome to another week in games curation. We had a great many submissions this week, and since I’ve had my head down preparing for doctoral qualifying exams, it was a pleasure to read each article and be reminded why I’m…
Happy Sunday, dear readers. Welcome to another edition of This Week in Videogame Blogging. This week brings us new insight into the ever-permuting face of a certain ongoing campaign which invites us to ask whether we are “winning” a cultural war, what…
Ah, September. School has returned, those summer nights get shorter, the first leaves begin to change and Mark turns into a human allergy attack. But fear not, for with this great power comes another This Week in Videogame Blogging! American Presidential Scandals…
Hey there, everyone. Before we start today, a bit of signal-boosting: Digital Love Child is putting together an ebook collection on gun games and has put out a call for submissions, deadline sometime mid-September. Also, the new videogame StoryBundle is out, containing…
Greetings, the Internet. I have come here to chew bubblegum and curate games writing. Fortunately I have plenty of both so let’s not draw this out. Welcome to another edition of This Week in Videogame Blogging! Economics and Faerie Magic On The…