"Where is all the good writing about games?"
Direct Download Somewhat late, we present this month’s interview of the Critical Distance Confab! I interview Ian Danskin of the Innuendo Studios YouTube channel. In 2014, Ian Danskin made his first YouTube video about celebrity in internet culture: ‘This is Phil Fish,…
I’m excited to be hearing so much positive feedback about the new site design. I’ve been working hard to make this into a meaningful improvement to the experience of people coming here for the first time or checking in on a regular…
Another summer fades to autumn right before our eyes and once again we promise ourselves that now, finally, we will fill in the correct year the first try on our next form. I can say we all do that, right? Yes. Yes…
Welcome to our swanky new website! It’s been an intense week of web development, and I’m not sure I’ve ever felt quite this proud of a website I’ve worked on. I hope you like what you see, and do let me know…
I’m blown away by the volume of high-quality writing this week. All the great stuff seems to be coming out at once! It’s overwhelming. To make it all a little easier to digest, I’ve broken this week’s roundup into four parts. Take…
I don’t look at the weekend the same way as I used to. It’s always had something of a rejuvenatory aspect, a magical means to reset the struggles and stresses of the previous week, enough to make the coming Monday more tolerable—though…
Welcome to this week’s late summer feast of writing on games, semiotics, and dogs. Morality First we address the moral questions explored in interactive fiction, as two critics play the politics of enlightenment. Pigmote Isle | Problem Machine The Problem Machine blog…
At last the dog days of summer have arrived in the good ol’ northern hemisphere. I’ve never understood that phrase but I do like dogs, so it gets a pass as far as I’m concerned. With a new month we must of…
Hello again readers, it’s once again my pleasure to bring you another edition of Blogs of the Round Table! Throughout August we asked you to discuss all things ‘Bugs’. This month we want you to talk to us about glitches, hiccups, shortcomings,…
After a week of taco trucks, it’s time to settle down and digest the meaty issues in games criticism. A quick note before we continue: Critical Distance is just $40 away from the Patreon goal that allows us to stay afloat and…