Critical Distance | 2011 October

Archive for October, 2011

October 30th

By Katie Williams ⋅ October 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Hello 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 should know; I’ve had three cups of it while compiling this list.)
On to [...]

October 23rd

By Ian Miles Cheong ⋅ October 23, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Critical Distance is an attempt to curate the best videogame articles available on the web, to give you reading material that’s well worth your time. We hope to arrest your attention with what we’ve compiled in this edition of This Week in Videogame Blogging.
First up is an insightful article by Maddy Myers on The Boston [...]

October 16th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ October 16, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Hello and welcome to #OccupyTWIVGB, where we’re interested in the best and brightest alternatives to the videogame review hegemony! Down with the 100 point scale! Up with rich description and analysis! Onward to an imaginative and constructively critical videogame future!
Beginning our week of occupation and reclamation we start with the incredible engineering-and-technology informed criticism of [...]

October 9th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ October 9, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Good evening ladies and gentlemen and welcome to another instalment of This Week In Videogame Blogging. We’ve got some cool pieces this week, so let’s jump in the deep end.
At the Vorpal Bunny Ranch blog, Denis Farr has been playing the first Metal Gear Solid for the first time. Here’s what has to say about [...]

October 2nd

By Ian Miles Cheong ⋅ October 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Welcome to another installment of This Week in Videogame Blogging with appearances from some of our usual suspects as well as a few newcomers. It’s been awhile since I last curated this series—since June, if you’re keeping track—so I hope you’ll enjoy what we have on show in this week’s edition. After all, it’s only [...]