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David Sahlin

David Sahlin has written 3 posts for Critical Distance
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Finding Gold in the Wasteland

By David Sahlin ⋅ October 7, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

When Valve started to put ‘director commentary’ into their games, it opened the conversation of game design to a wider audience. Personally, it allowed me to enjoy the game even more than my first playthrough. It’s a wonderful bonus, and I’m very thankful to Valve for them.
Gerard Daleny, of the blog Binary Swan, is assembling [...]

Is Legitimacy Irrelevant?

By David Sahlin ⋅ April 17, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Leigh Alexander, News Director at Gamasutra, has an opinion piece which attempts to mellow out the masses.  As the influence of video games continues to grow, so does the desire for cultural acceptance.  She quotes Ian Bogost’s thoughts on the topic, who frankly thinks we have more important things to be worrying about.
According to Bogost, [...]

Limited by design: history through games

By David Sahlin ⋅ April 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Luke Plunkett, Associate Director at Kotaku, wrote a Feature column discussing how video games present history.  He spoke with Dr. Cliff Williamson, who teaches Modern British and American history at Bath Spa University in Britain – as well as communications manager Kieran Brigden, from Total War developer The Creative Assembly.
“There is the potential for games [...]