April 3rd
byWelcome back, readers. It’s taken me until the wee hours of the morning local time to do so, but we’re here with the latest crit, and we’re calling it Sunday gods darn it! Around the site, Connor’s latest TMIVGV is live and…
February 2022
byHello readers, Vods. Vods, vods, vods. The vods have arrived. Get your vods below. This Month In Videogame Vlogging highlights the most compelling critical videos about videogames from the previous calendar month. It’s a Trap ‘Things contained within other things’ is the…
March 28th
byWelcome back, readers, and thanks for your patience as I took a little extra time to prepare this week’s issue. While I’ve got you, we just recently celebrated a book launch for Sickness, Systems, Solidarity, a free anthology bringing together 35 pieces…
Book Launch: Pandemics & Games Essay Jam (Online)
byEvent Details Date: March 26, 2022 1pm – 2pm Eastern time Location: Discord Join Critical Distance and Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination for the launch of our new, free ebook, Sickness, Systems, Solidarity, which explores the tangled relationships between pandemics and…
March 20th
byWelcome back, readers. There’s another large Ukraine charity bundle running since last we published, this time running through Humble Bundle. Check it out! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past…
March 13th
byWelcome back, readers. There a few things I’d like to give mention to this week before starting. First, I’d like to highlight two charity bundles on Itch right now. It’s likely you’ve already seen this one bringing together an enourmous number of…
Esther Wright | Keywords in Play, Episode 18
byDownload “Keywords in Play” is an interview series about game research supported by Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association. Esther Wright is Lecturer in Digital History at Cardiff University. Her work is situated within the field of Historical Game Studies,…
March 6th
byWelcome back, readers. Apologies in advance–there is some material I didn’t read this week, which I promise is on my list for next. A lot of people went long this week! Elden Ring looms large in my reading this week, even in…
February 27th
byWelcome back, readers. You probably don’t need me to tell you that it hasn’t been a great week for a lot of people on several different fronts. Before we get on with our usual curation business, consider starting your reading week here…
February 20th
byWelcome back, readers. Connor’s latest video roundup is live for your viewing pleasure, and there’s something slightly fishy afoot. I feel like the last TMIVG was, like, a week ago, which I can only assume speaks to my, shall we say, interprative…