"Where is all the good writing about games?"
Between vintage games collections, retro aesthetics, and the increasing interest in games from the museum sector, the position of games in their own time is a topic close to many people’s hearts. Games themselves are a medium that plays with time, inheriting questions of pacing and anticipation from cinema.
Welcome back readers. We have a bunch of announcements to pack in this week, so bear with me because there’s important and exciting stuff to discuss! Kotaku Interview with Ben Abraham First, Kotaku just published an interview with Critical Distance founder Ben…
Welcome back readers. With so much of social media in flux at the moment–if it’s not sites in danger of crashing entirely it’s gruelling rounds of layoffs–this feels like a timely moment to highlight that Critical Distance maintains its own community Discord…
Welcome back readers. Before we dig into this week’s issue, Friends-of-the-Site No Escape are doing a fundraiser to finance new projects and expansions for 2023. The plural subject isn’t rhetoriacal: they’re expanding the crew! Anyways, while the grim focus is on tech…
Welcome back readers. We’re running a slightly shorter issue this week, with a conspicuous density of horror games represented in the selections. As it should be. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games…
Welcome back readers. Thanks for coming out, as always! Stay a while, pull up a chair, and tuck in with twelve new selections. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past…
Welcome back readers. There was less to read this week. And that really is, I want to stress, a loss for everyone. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past seven…
Welcome back readers. We’re on Wizard Time (Critical Distance is never late, etc., etc.) this week, but thanks for waiting! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past seven days. The…
Welcome back readers. No major news from around the site today, though I have realized it may be a good idea to occasionally bump our own Patreon up top here, as opposed to just quietly linking it at the bottom every week….
Welcome back readers. Abortion should be safe, legal, and accessible everywhere, no reasons, no qualifiers. That’s it! Anyways. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past seven days. Yeah We’re Still…
Welcome back, readers. This week’s around-the-site announcement is that the new Keywords is live! This episode’s guests are Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans, speaking on the topic of paratexts. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical…