October 6th
byWelcome back, readers. I can’t tell whether it’s more to do with the uptick in coverage on spooky games, the sudden drop in temperature in my area, or the flurry of seasonal Twitter handles in my timeline, but Fall feels like it’s…
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September 8th
byWelcome back, readers. It’s a great week for critical games writing. Control seems to be the big game right now, and I swear I’ll play it as soon as I’m done with World of Warcraft Classic, which I’m playing for the first…
September 1st
byThere’s no shortage of essential, boundary-pushing critical games writing these days, and that’s no less true this week. I’ve said before that it’s a pleasure and a privilege to curate this work, and I mean that. (Content Notifications: physical/emotional/sexual abuse) I had…
August 18th
byWelcome back, readers. For a discourse that doesn’t exist, there’s a whole lot of cool stuff going on in critical games writing this week. Keep reading, keep writing, and keep making good shit happen, friends. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a…
August 11th
byWelcome back, readers. Take a deep breath. Give yourself some space to be still, to practice gentleness, if you can. I’m going to go ahead and throw up a Content Notification here, as I’m about to work my way through some upsetting…
July 28th
byWelcome back, readers. I’m in the middle of my first summer doing this Senior Curator thing, and truth be told, I was a little worried that critical games writing would slow down a bit in these months. I’m used to an academic…
June 23rd
byWelcome back, readers. First of all, if you haven’t already checked out Gilles Roy’s stellar Critical Compilation on Assassin’s Creed III, I can’t recommend it enough! After so many sequels, III remains a sort of critical flashpoint for the series, so there’s…