July 16th

Welcome back readers. No major updates around the site this week. Instead, let’s dive right in to this week’s picks. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past seven days. Past,…

July 9th

Welcome back readers. Around the site, we’ve got a new Keywords for your listening pleasure. As a recap, Keywords in Play is running a mini-series over the next few issues highlighting Chinese-Australian collaborations in game studies scholarship. This issue’s guest is cultural…

July 2nd

Welcome back readers. In this week’s around-the-site news, Kris, Second Theytriarch of the Critical Distance Family, is retiring from official duties at the site. Kris has been a crucial mentor through my own time working for Critical Distance, helping me find solid…

June 25th

Welcome back readers. We squeaked this week’s issue in just in the nick of time–in my time zone, at least! So whether you’re a night owl like me or you’re checking in the next morning, kick back with us and tuck in…

June 18th

Welcome back readers. Let’s start this issue off with some news from around the site. First up, new Keywords! This edition’s guest, Dr. Gejun Huang, is our first in a miniseries highlighting intersections between Chinese and Australian games scholarship. Check it out…

June 12th

Welcome back readers. I took a day to myself this weekend to attend some local Pride festivities, so we’re operating on a Monday schedule this week. Speaking of which, let me plug that Queer Games Bundle running on Itch through June once…

June 4th

Welcome back readers. This year’s edition of the Queer Games Bundle hosted on itch.io is live and runs through the duration of Pride Month, so let me open this week’s issue with a nice lil’ plug for that right here. Now, the…

May 28th

Welcome back readers. We’ve got a little bit of everything this week, with the highlights spanning DOOM WADs, interviews, viral hits and sleeper hits. Let’s tuck in. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on…

May 21st

Welcome back readers. We’re firmly and decisively on-time this week, Zelda or no Zelda. Just don’t ask me about my email turnaround. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past seven…

May 15th

Welcome back readers. Thanks for bearing with me during my first ever “Zelda Mulligan” during my tenure here–first only, perhaps, because I joined Critical Distance the year after the last Zelda came out. While I can hardly say I’ve got a probably-two-hundred-hour…