"Where is all the good writing about games?"
It’s a quiet Sunday morning here at Critical Distance HQ. Ian is snoring on the couch. Ben is hooking up another espresso machine. Katie is having a bowl of muesli. And Eric is… probably off playing Driver: San Francisco again, if I…
I made you an elaborate intro, but the cat ate it. So, let’s just get right into it. It’s This Week in Videogame Blogging! On Gamasutra, Douglas Lynn draws a line between the “game” and the “game experience,” citing the latter as…
Hello Critically Distanced Fans, Blogs of the Round Table is back. “But wait!” I hear you cry. “You’re not Ben Abraham!” Despite many attempts to impersonate Ben over the years and frame him for various crimes, it is true: I am not….
Just the facts today, ma’am. It’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging. Let’s start at the scene of the crime– war crimes, that is, where Ken Hannahs muses at Gameranx about the ludonarrative dissonance of modern “counter-terrorism” games actually performing the…
Welcome back. Kris is on break this weekend so I’m here to fill your TWIVGB needs in the meantime. The Extra Credits crew finishes up a two-parter talking about mechanics as metaphor using the flash game Loneliness to weld to discussion together….
There’s good reason for my glistening skin, and how I shine, and how my pores are so clean and clear. When you read This Week in Videogame Blogging, you’ll wink, and nod, and high-five each other with great enthusiasm. This is a…
“Hey, can you do the round-up, I’m busy,” said Kris to me this week. I was about to protest – my weekends are usually reserved for an oh-so-taxing mix of gaming and feeling sorry for myself after Friday night, you see –…
Dog days may or may not be over, but the waiting is! It’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! Let’s set the tone right out the gate. Amanda Lange is settling the debate here and now on whether the thing you’re…
I don’t mean to alarm you, but it’s time for This Week in Video Game Blogging. First up for the week, Ian Bogost has reprinted his centennial retrospective on the life and work of Alan Turing. On a more personal note, Medium…
Another week for us to present the best in game writing from around the web, another This Week In Video Game Blogging. First, earlier this month we have the release of the 7th issue of Ctrl Alt Defeat magazine. Of particular interest…