January 14th
byWelcome back readers. Long issue this week–lots of good stuff to read. If you want to make my reading list even longer, you are very welcome to come hang out with us on our Discord server. Since Twitter ceased to be a…
Colonialism
Games that perpetuate and/or critique colonial and/or imperial narratives.
March 5th
byWelcome back readers. We’ve got a fine selection of reads for you this week, including a number of new names to the site–something I’m always glad to see here. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical…
November 6th
byWelcome back readers. Halloween the calendar holiday may nominally be over for the year, but like any enthusiastic spooky month reveller keen to get their money’s worth out of all the costume pieces they gleaned from the Value Village racks, we see…
February 13th
byWelcome back, readers. I’ve got a couple of updates from around the site before we get going this week. First, there’s a new Keywords in Play! This episode’s guest is April Tyack, and the topic is the research around different kinds of…
January 23rd
byWelcome back, readers. Some great writing this week–worth, as always, fending off the ever-encroaching brain fog to read, collate, and present. Hope it helps you start your week off with the ol’ neurons firing away in a. . . good way? (Note…
October 31st
byHappy Halloween, readers. I find myself coming up short for stunning witicisms to introduce this issue with. Instead, from the bottom of my ((un)dead) heart, I hope you have the opportunity to gather with some friends, wear a ridiculous onesie if that’s…
September 15th
byWelcome back, readers. This week’s most prominent labour story in games (aside from what is starting to feel like quarterly announcements of bad news from GameStop) is the workplace culture inside indie publisher Nicalis. While most of the stories this year about…
December 23rd
byThe holidays strike me as a reminder that things are always in motion. Whether we’re trying to recapture the lost magic of yesteryear with loved ones, or navigating new challenges or traumas, the holidays remind us (or me, at any rate, if…
September 16th
byHow can I express my excitement over the past seven days? This has been an incredible week for writing in games. This week’s banner release is Shadow of the Tomb Raider, and leading the charge in critiquing that game’s failure to tackle…