May 8th
byWelcome back readers, and happy Mother’s Day. . . .Look, if we’re being honest it’s been a pretty fucked up week for a lot of moms, or really anybody who likes having human rights but isn’t a white moneyed republican. Kaile reblogged…
May 1st
byWelcome back, readers, and happy International Workers’ Day as well. I have no major site updates this week, so I’ll keep the preamble short and hope you enjoy this week’s thirteen cool-and-interesting selections! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting…
April 24th
byWelcome back, readers. This week’s around-the-site announcement is that the new Keywords is live! This episode’s guests are Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans, speaking on the topic of paratexts. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical…
Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans – Paratexts | Keywords in Play, Episode 19
byDownload “Keywords in Play” is an interview series about game research supported by Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association. In this episode we speak with Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans on paratexts and their forthcoming collaboration “Not in the Game:…
April 17th
byWelcome back, readers. First things first, thank you this week to everyone who circulated our Patreon Update or became a backer! We’ve seen a boost in support that has helped pull us out of immediate peril, and we’re incredibly grateful for that….
Critical Distance Patreon Update
byHello readers! First, and I don’t say this often enough, I’d like to thank everybody here–readers, supporters, folks who point us in the direction of articles, who hang out on our Discord–everyone, for sticking with us over the last 13 years and…
April 10th
byWelcome back, readers. Let’s get right into it, shall we? We’ve read a bunch of cool stuff this week and I’m looking forward to sharing it! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games…
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…