This Week in Videogame Blogging

December 2nd

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A little later than we expected, but here we are! Thank you for your patience while the French-Canadian down in Engineering sorted out the dilithium crystals or whatever it is that keeps the U.S.S. Critical Distance running. We’re ready to go, so…

November 25th

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I spent my week watching the Desert Bus for Hope 6 charity drive, which finished up this week. The Desert Bus crew managed to raise $442,204.15 over the course of 152 non-stop hours for Child’s Play. If there was ever a sign…

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November 18th

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It was a dark and stormy night. A night… for This Week in Videogame Blogging. First up, something you might’ve missed: over on Harper’s, Christopher Ketcham brings us this great feature on the antimonopolist origins of Monopoly. Elsewhere, also on the subject…

November 11th

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Welcome to Armistice Day. Or Remembrance Day, or Veterans’ Day, you may take your pick. Whichever suits you best, it’s time for This Week in Videogame Blogging. So let’s get right into it. Medal of Honor and the War Game Writing in…

November 4th

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I am Cameron Kunzelman. I don’t have any gimmick. I just have links to things that were written this week. Let me tell you, as an occasional person who does this, that curating this is a special kind of hell.  Imagine a…

October 28th

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Ahh, the most wonderful time of the year! Fall and/or spring is in the air, children are about to go door-to-door accosting their neighbors for sugary hand-outs, and the denizens of Twitter are trying to out-camp one another with (candy-)corny themed username…

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October 21st

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WHO: You WHAT: Reading This Week in Videogame Blogging WHERE: At your computer, presumably WHEN: Right now! WHY: [OUTSIDE SYSTEM PARAMETERS] DISHONORED Joel Goodwin kicks off the week and this ginormous list by addressing Dishonored and the paradox of choice. Rab Florence…

October 14th

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I’m back from IndieCade! Let’s see what you all left me. It’s time once more for This Week in Videogame Blogging! First, some much-needed signal-boosting. I had the distinct pleasure of having dinner last Sunday with a certain Jim Munroe, writer of…

October 7th

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All of the party people are at Indiecade, so I am here to deliver some video game writing to you. My name is Cameron Kunzelman. I like video games. I like criticism. I like short, declarative sentences. I am not good at this….

September 30th

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Wake me up when September ends… Oh! Wait, that’s today! Well then, it must be time for This Week in Videogame Blogging! We’re starting out the gate with a couple tales on the theme of growing up gaming, and I warn you…