May 30th
byWelcome back, readers. There’s a big bundle of games, art, and other work being put together by some folks on Itch, with the proceeds going towards aid for Palestine via UNRWA. It doesn’t appear to be live yet but when it does…
May 23rd
byWelcome back, readers. Last week, I very briefly used the official Critical Distance Twitter account to express my gratitude to the IGN staff who took the initiative among major US games press outlets by speaking up about the humanitarian crisis Palestinians in…
April 2021
byWelcome back, readers. April was a relatively quiet month for critical videos, which was frankly relieving after the madness of March. Still, there’s a lot here that I’m pleased to share with you. My boundless thanks, as always, for your many submissions…
May 16th
byI’d appreciate it a bunch, friends and readers, if you can take a bit of time today to look up ways you can support and render aid to the Palestinian people currently suffering through ethnic cleansing, displacement, and colonial brutality at the…
Aaron Trammell | Keywords in Play, Episode 12
byDownload “Keywords in Play” is an interview series about game research supported by Critical Distance and the Digital Games Research Association. This episode we talk with Aaron Trammell about challenging canonical thinkers, race, torture and TTRPGs, with special reference to his open-access…
May 9th
byWelcome back, readers. Once again from last week, here’s a thread detailing local orgs you can donate to in India, which is dealing with an unprecedented surge in Covid cases. Check it out if you can. No major news around the site…
May 2nd
byWelcome back, readers. First off, here’s a thread detailing local orgs you can donate to in India, which is dealing with an unprecedented surge in Covid cases. Check it out if you can. I will limit my own editorializing leading into this…
April 25th
byWelcome back, readers. First off, I’m re-sharing this document collating information + avenues of support in the wake of ongoing protests against continued police brutality and murder of Black and brown people. Please take a look if you can! Around the site,…
March 2021
byWelcome back, readers. I hope this finds you well. Here’s a grouping of resources for supporting protests against racist police violence. Happy twelfth birthday to Critical Distance for earlier this month. March brought us more excellent and creative videos, many of them…
April 18th
byWelcome back, readers. First off, this document collates information + avenues of support in the wake of ongoing protests against continued police brutality and murder of Black and brown people, this time in response to the murder of Daunte Wright. Check it…