March 30th
byWelcome back readers. Hey, Game Informer is back! Nice. I’m not going to hamfist a creative segue to our Patreon, so I’ll just remind you that your support helps us keeps this project going and we appreciate it! This Week in Videogame…
temporality
Between vintage games collections, retro aesthetics, and the increasing interest in games from the museum sector, the position of games in their own time is a topic close to many people’s hearts. Games themselves are a medium that plays with time, inheriting questions of pacing and anticipation from cinema.
March 16th
byWelcome back readers. I’m not plugging the Patreon this week. I can only do so much when I have chosen to put together the issue when I haven’t had any dinner yet. This week, you’ll have to plug the Patreon yourself by…
February 9th
byWelcome back readers. Apologies for my absense last week. I caught a nasty strain of flu, and I think having it right after a bout of COVID made it a nastier experience still. Owing to that, this week’s issue is extra-long–29 picks,…
January 19th
byWelcome back readers. I mentioned last week that I would be plugging the Patreon a little harder going forward. We’ve experienced some really great community growth in the last couple of years–there are lots of fun conversations happening on our Discord for…
January 12th
byWelcome back readers. First order of business today–I’m plugging the Patreon, and will be doing so more regularly going forward. We are a directly reader-supported operation. That support is what allows us to highlight cool and interesting games writing year-round, produce monthly…
December 15th
byWelcome back readers. We’re coming up on the submission deadline (December 22) to get your picks in for our end-of-year review! If you haven’t already done so, check out the announcement post for details, and if you’d like, join our Discord and submit…
December 1st
byWelcome back readers. Some announcements before we get started this week! First things first, we’ve opened our submission window for our year-in-review. Check this announcement post for details, and if you’d like, join our Discord–it’s the most direct way to put your…
November 24th
byWelcome back readers. Follow us on Bluesky. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from the past seven days. Stalking Ruins This week we’re opening with a spread of selections that span digital…
October 27th
byWelcome back readers. Here are fifteen new and cool pieces of writing on the current, the not-so-current, the timely, and the timeless games and ideas-in-games. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highlighting the most important critical writing on games from…
August 4th
byWelcome back readers. It was very painful this week to hear of Game Informer’s sudden shuttering, layoff-ing, and off-lining, as such a long-running publication that has continued to publish good work for nearly as long as I have been alive. These folks…