This Week in Videogame Blogging

July 7th

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This is the longest I’ve gone without playing Animal Crossing in weeks and reader, it’s approaching actual physical pain now. This game ought to be a controlled substance. But enough about me. Let’s get you your weekly hit before the itching and…

June 30th

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Get ready for the jingle-jangle of This Week in Videogame Blogging, the Internet’s top shelf stock of videogame criticism, analysis, deep reads, cultural critique, and more. TEXTUAL READINGS Who doesn’t love a good textual analysis? They may be out of vogue among…

June 23rd

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Hello, Mayor Reader! In Critical-Distance Land, it’s Sunday, June 23rd, 2013, and the current time is 3:35 a.m.. Well then, shall we get started? Yes, let’s. I need help first… >This Week in Videogame Blogging! Wonderful. Let me get you set up!…

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June 16th

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Since Kommandantin Ligman is off attending the Enormous Explosions Expo or some such, it has again fallen to me, humble foreign correspondent, to bring you the latest in quality games writing. Hold on to your fedoras, it’s This Week In Videogame Blogging….

June 9

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So this week Kris Ligman is off collecting every single one of the original 151 Pokemon. I’m Cameron Kunzelman and I am filling in for Kris and boom here we go. This Week in Videogame Blogging! Women in Games Craig Stern of…

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June 2nd

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What a week. I’d make a joke about secretly being cast as the Twelfth Doctor, but I imagine that would get me angry letters in my inbox. Let’s stick to what we know, shall we? And what we know is the very…

May 26th

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A short and sweet week for fans of excellent writing on games and culture. Let’s not waste time! It’s This Week in Videogame Blogging! AH, MEMORIES On Kambyero, Joseph Berida takes us through a retrospective on idiosyncratic JRPG outlier Vagrant Story. On…

May 19th

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Welcome to another exciting Sunday filled with the best and brightest of videogames journalism, criticism and commentary! We’re a little late, so let’s not dally a second more. It’s This Week in Videogame Blogging! HOW WE PLAY John Brindle, the most British…

May 12th

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Helloooo, Critical Distance readers! Are you excited? I’m so excited! And I just can’t hide it! It’s This Week in Videogame Blogging! FORGET IT, JAKE, IT’S THE GAME INDUSTRY Doing our part to keep this one alive, here’s John Walker’s piece from…

May 5th

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Kris Ligman is off camping the spawn point, so This Week in Videogame Blogging is being brought to you by me, Cameron Kunzelman. Let’s get to it. All Star Party Zone Top billing this week goes to Darius Kazemi’s essay titled “Fuck…