October Roundup: ‘Masks’
byTo all my fellow North Americans I say at last: Happy Halloween! And to everybody else: hello. Yes, it’s a time of year for disguising yourself and living a new life from behind a mask. Of course, we don’t really need a…
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October 2014: ‘Masks’
byCasey in Kid Chamelion, Link in Majora’s Mask, Captain Hotline and the Miamis from Hotline Miami. (So I haven’t played that last one). All these protagonists share common motif, one I’d like to see spark a conversation. For this edition of Blogs of the…
August – September Roundup: ‘Catharsis’
byWell, Lindsey and I have reached the end of our first month at the helm of BoRT and I think I speak for both of us when I say there’s a great big emotional relief – a catharsis, of sorts – in…
August-September 2014: ‘Catharsis’
byAs you probably know, Alan Williamson has passed the Blogs of the Round Table torch on to other stalwart Critical-Distance contributors: specifically Mark Filipowich and Lindsey Joyce. Jointly, Mark and I would like to salute Alan on his amazing job. BoRT will…
June – July Roundup: ‘VINPCs’
byIt’s the end of the month! I’ve got ten tabs open in my web browser and am listening to loud, aggressive music! It must be time for another Blogs of the Round Table roundup! June / July’s theme was ‘VINPCs’: As players,…
June – July 2014: ‘VINPCs’
byBlogs of the Round Table – June 2014 As promised, Blogs of the Round Table is back with another rousing topic. This time, it’s ‘VINPCs’: As players, writers and readers, we are often focused on player-characters: the protagonists, anti-heroes and avatars whose…
April – May Roundup: ‘The Right Touch’
byYou ever find yourself staring at a computer screen with no idea how to open a piece? Great, me neither. Blogs of the Round Table made its triumphant return in April on a new two month schedule: our theme was “The Right…
April-May 2014: ‘The Right Touch’
byWe’re back! Cue the music! Did you miss us? As part of an ongoing site-wide overhaul here at Critical Distance, Blogs of the Round Table will now be a regular bimonthly feature – that’s once every two months, not twice a month….
Oct-Nov Roundup – ‘Game Changers’
byEvery few years, an event hits the gameosphere, forever changing the landscape. In November, we had one such event. That’s right folks: a new Mario game! Oh, and a couple of new boxes as well. Generations come and go, but the distinctions…
October 2013 – Game Changers
byAh, October. That time of year when you realise you’re never going to finish all of those resolutions you made in January. The month when you open long-forgotten lists of unfinished work and see articles with a deadline of ‘December 2012’ on…