August 27th
byWelcome back readers. I am fully in my Armored Core VI era this weekend. Kind of relieved that it’s broken the Diablo IV spell I’ve been under, honestly! I’ll be keeping an eye out in the weeks to come for the kind…
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August 13th
byWelcome back readers. No major news to report around the site this week, and since we are apparently once again Doing A Discourse, I’ll count my blessings on that front. Let’s get right to the writes! This Week in Videogame Blogging is…
July 16th
byWelcome 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,…
June 25th
byWelcome 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 4th
byWelcome 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 15th
byWelcome 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…
February 12th
byWelcome back readers. This week our featured plug is for the Trans Witches Are Witches bundle on Itch organized by friend-of-the-site Nathalie. 69 independent games, stories, and artworks for 60 US dollars–the price of a AAA game, nice. That’s a lot of…
February 5th
byWelcome back readers. Last week I took some time at the top of the issue to plug our currently-in-progress First Foot Forward jam (which I am technically still plugging this week; you should totally submit). This week I’d like to draw your…
January 22nd
byWelcome back readers. There were a lot of layoffs this week in games and culture press, as well as the games and wider tech industries. “Support independent crit”, a drum we beat fairly regularly here, is pretty cold comfort when tens of…
December 18th
byWelcome back readers. We’ve got a few updates from around the site to go through. First, the latest Keywords is up, and this episode’s guest is Florenece Smith-Nicholls. Check it out! Next up, I just want to give a gentle heads-up that…