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Archive for September, 2009

September 27th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ September 27, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Quick! It's that day of the week again, which means it's time for a decidedly laissez-faire overview of the game criticism blogosphere. And don't forget: you can always send links to Critical Distance's twitter account for inclusion in TWIVGB.
After last week's acclaimed critique of The Joker and ludonarrative dissonance in Batman: Arkham Asylum, Michel McBride [...]

September 20th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ September 20, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

By the time you're reading this we brave few involved should have recorded a new CDC podcast for your listening pleasure (in six to eight weeks’ time). Until then, how would you feel about taking a stroll about the blogosphere with This Week in Videogame Blogging? It's coming up on that time of year wherein [...]

September 13th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ September 13, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Ay Carumba! The east coast of Australia is suffering through an early-spring heatwave. What does this have to do with This Week In Videogame Blogging? Nothing, but I wanted readers to know the torture I endure to provide you with fresh, tasty reading for the weekend. I'm workin' up a sweat just sitting here.
First up, [...]

September 6th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ September 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

What a week it has been. From Langdell to PAX and everything in between: it's time for This Week In Videogame Blogging.
Early this week David Carlton posted some thoughts about a game that has largely passed the critical blogosphere by: Puzzle Quest Galactrix. I came to the demo without ever playing the first Puzzle Quest [...]

Rachael Webster / PixelVixen707, Part 2

By Michel McBride-Charpentier ⋅ September 3, 2009 ⋅ 3 comments

Like the Hollywood of Who Framed Roger Rabbit, the PixelVixen707 blog is a place where the fictional and real co-exist. Rachael Webster is a native of the Domestic City; she is a character who might have once been the teenage indie-game-hipster Emily’s roommate and has now somehow found her way into the real world. Games [...]

Pixel Vixen 707, Part 1

By L.B. Jeffries ⋅ September 1, 2009 ⋅ 10 comments

When PixelVixen707 was first getting started and sending out friendly e-mails to various bloggers, in the one I received she asked me why I used a pseudonym. The inspiration mostly came from one of my favorite periods of American literature where authors using fake names played an important part in magazines and newspapers. Petroleum B. [...]

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