This Week in Videogame Blogging

November 26th

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Welcome back readers. We’re running a shorter issue for this holiday (?) weekend, but don’t forget to submit your picks for our end-of-year review! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past…

November 19th

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Welcome back readers. Special thanks this week to Julián Ramírez for providing the fish pic. This week the around-the-site news I want to highlight is the opening of submissions for our end-of-year review! Kaile’s taking point this year and they’ve got the…

November 12th

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Welcome back readers. The news this week that Uppercut is putting their operations on pause is understandable but still gets me. I’m very glad to see an uptick in independent, direct-support outlets, but I also want to see a level of visibility…

November 5th

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Welcome back readers. This week’s plug: the Games for Gaza bundle on Itch is still going for a few days. They’ve smashed all their goals, which is great, but I’d like to see how much further this one can stretch. Check it…

October 29th

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Welcome back readers. The thing I want to plug this week is a bundle currently running over on Itch: Games for Gaza. I have no affiliation with it other than wanting to see it do well–but it really would do my heart…

October 22nd

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Welcome back readers. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks this week to our Discord community–the regulars (and not-so regulars!) there have been an essential pillar for helping us find and connect with interesting and underappreciated avenues for writing with the near-complete…

October 15th

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Welcome back readers. We’re running a shorter issue this week, but one packed with pieces that hit hard and cut deep. Thanks, as always, for sticking with us on our ongoing quest to share the words and bring them into conversation. This…

October 8th

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Welcome back readers. There are a couple of updates I’d like to mention this week before we begin. First, the latest episode of Keywords in Play is now live! This episode’s guest is Dr. Brendan Keogh, talking about his new book The…

October 1st

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Welcome back readers. It’s October! This marks the beginning of the most important holiday season of the year for disaffected millennials everywhere. While I’m thinking of what costumes I should put together this go-round, I’ll also be keeping an eye out for…

September 24th

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Welcome back readers. Well, that didn’t take all that long in the grand scheme of things–but still longer than it would have had Unity never tabled those disastrous changes to their monetization in the first place. Much public trust has been eroded…