"Where is all the good writing about games?"
It’s the end of the month! I’ve got ten tabs open in my web browser and am listening to loud, aggressive music! It must be time for another Blogs of the Round Table roundup! June / July’s theme was ‘VINPCs’: As players,…
I’m mad as hell and I’m not going to take it anymore. It’s This Week in Videogame Blogging, everyone! Cult of Celebrity Kim Kardashian: Hollywood is a massive moneymaker, and it’s provoked quite a bit of discussion. On The Daily Dot, Samantha…
I’m back from GaymerX and I have a whole trenchcoat full of new genders to pass out. Many thanks to our deputy curator Zach Alexander for covering the roundup in my absence. Let’s get down to business to defeat the Huns. It’s…
This month’s podcast is all about a subject near and dear to our hearts: curation. Here at Critical-Distance we curate games writing and other forms of criticism. But what about curation of the games themselves? Steam is getting flooded with new releases…
Hello, and welcome to another rock-solid episode of This Week in Video Game Blogging! I’m Zach, and not to make mountains out of molehills, but we have an Everest-sized pile of links this week. Before we get into this week’s Big Topic,…
In the not-too-distant future, This Sunday, AD, There was a dork named Kris Not too different from you or me. They worked at CritDistance Institute, Just another curator in a red jumpsuit. They did a good job updating the place, But their…
What a week, eh? Let’s get straight to the links. It’s This Week in Videogame Blogging! A Look Back to Look Forward We kick things off with Austin Walker and Cameron Kunzelman, who over at Paste have offered up a productive postmortem…
Hello. Hi. Oh geez, it’s late. I’m late. It’s like I haven’t been here for, what, a month? Oh geez. Oh dear. Gosh, don’t even listen to me, let’s just get to this so I can get to bed and you can…
Due to some unforeseen circumstances (namely, an impromptu digital game conference), Mattie Brice is unavailable to bring us a podcast this month. Fortunately, we dug into the archives and found this gem: an unreleased interview with Michael “Brainygamer” Abbott. Recorded about two…
Hello and welcome to Critical Distance, where representation of all races, creeds, and genders is always in the budget and never a post-production afterthought! And now, it is our pleasure to present you with a veritable feast of critical thinkers who aren’t afraid…