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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 [...]

August 30th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ August 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

I was away for the meaty-middle section of this week, travelling west to my paternal grandmother's working farm. I had thought that being away for so long I was going to miss all the good posts for This Week In Videogame Blogging; I was sorely mistaken, however, so we've ended up with another lengthy round-up. First [...]

August 23rd

By Ben Abraham ⋅ August 23, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Sunday is a day for reading, catching up on blogs, and going to Fairs to celebrate all things 1950s. That last one may just be me, however.
So, hey, what's Matthew Wasteland been up to this week? I'm glad you asked because he's been playing open world racing game Fuel apparently, and writing about it, which [...]

August 16th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ August 16, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This is week 33 out of a possible 52 for the year 2009. What's the significance of week 33? Nothing, except that it means it's time for a new This Week In Videogame Blogging.
Eliot Fish at his new SMH blog uncovers the surreptitious link between forthcoming Bioware game Star Wars: The Old Republic and the [...]

August 9th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ August 9, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

As if in punishment for last week’s trifling length of links, today’s This Week In Videogame Blogging is of a mammoth size. Let's see if we can get through it all without being crushed by its staggering weight. As a small incentive, there’s a link to a cool new trailer from indie-art-game maker Messhof waiting [...]

August 2nd

By Ben Abraham ⋅ August 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

A great way to start the week is to spend some of it looking back on the previous. Time then for This Week In Videogame Blogging.
Tired of the run-of-the-mill, dry, videogame criticism? Does the idea of some subversive, satirical commentary on the ‘Games as Art’ discussion by way of children’s drawings tickle your fancy? Why [...]

July 26th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ July 26, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Let’s play a game – it’s called ‘catch-up on the must read things I missed from last week’. First up, Simon Parkin talks about the Develop 2009 conference, bringing this juicy bit of info back home to share with us:
I learned a few things I didn’t know before, such as the revelation that Half-Life 2’s [...]

July 19th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ July 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

In the week to 19th July 2009 AD, what were the best pieces of videogames blogging that I stumbled across? That’s what we’re here to find out.
Gregory Weir wrote this week about the aesthetic choices in working with pixel art and going lo-fi. It’s written in response to a commenter’s criticism of the art style [...]

July 12th

By Ben Abraham ⋅ July 12, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

First up for This Week In Videogame Blogging, ask yourself whether a fully destructible city whose every door leads to a fully furnished room sounds exciting. Create Digital Motion does a bit of a look-see at some up and coming games tech that could do just that in ‘Ever Woke Up In A Procedurally Generated [...]

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