December 25th
byHappy Saturnalia, gamers young and old! As you know, today is the day we celebrate the Sega Saturn, a game console too divine for mortal hands. On Saturnalia it is traditional to gather around the Sega fire pits in town squares all…
This Week in Videogame Blogging
December 18th
byAhh, Sunday. I have crossed oceans of work shifts to reach you. It’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! The big newsworthy moment of the week deserves some equally worthy coverage. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has raised some legitimate…
December 11th
byIt’s cold outside, but baby, it’s warm in here. It’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! Before we begin this week, please read our new Terms of Service agreement. Feel free to come back once you’ve signed. (What do you mean…
December 5th
byThe internet… the final frontier. These are the roundups of This Week in Videogame Blogging. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new blogs; to seek out new writers and new forms of content. To boldly game where no one has gamed before!…
November 27th
byNever fear! This Week in Videogame Blogging is here! Let’s kick off this Sunday with a quick jaunt back to a piece we unfortunately overlooked from October, where SpecsandHeadphones turns those specs on the characterization of several women characters in videogames–that is,…
November 20th
byDo you believe in life after Ben Abraham? I hope you do, because it’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! As Ben wrote earlier in the week, I have taken on his role as the new senior editor of TWIVGB. Let’s…
An Announcement
byHello dearly devoted readers! I’ve taken the almost unprecedented step of posting a non-TWIVGB post to let you know about some changes that are happening here at Critical Distance. There’s one main thing to appraise you of, and that is that I…
November 13th
byA Nordic tundra. A distant figure is spotted running with great haste, all arms flailing and apparently trying to shout over the sound of the howling wind. As the figure approaches you make out “The dragon is coming! The dragon is coming!”…
November 6th
byHello loyal readers, welcome to another This Week In Videogame Blogging! Let’s jump right into another digest of the week’s best offerings from around the blogosphere: Straight from the New Yorker’s Culture Desk we have Chris Suellentrop’s piece on ‘The Video Game…
October 30th
byHello there! I’m Katie, and I’m doing Critical Distance duty today. We have a great selection of reads this week, so get comfortable and make yourself a cup of hot chocolate. (Hot chocolate is an excellent accompaniment to games criticism, and I…