Welcome back readers. As we move into the back quarter of the year, it’s time for us to start thinking about our annual Year In Videogames Blogging recap. This is always a major undertaking, …

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Welcome back readers. I’m going to keep opening our issues with mini Patreon updates for the next little bit, because as I’ve been talking about recently, we need a bit more wiggle room…

Welcome back readers. I’ll start with a Patreon update before getting into this week’s issue proper. As you might have seen, we shook the can pretty hard last week. We’re not quit…

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Welcome back readers. It’s a Critical Distance hat trick this Sunday! If you haven’t already seen, Kaile is working way harder than me this weekend. In addition to our regular weekly is…

Hello Readers! This is going to be a short and sweet update this month, just a couple of things to note: first, we've finished the Blogs of

Welcome back, everyone! I am extremely pleased to present to you the entrants in the Blogs of the Round Table “Friendslop” Essay Jam—all twenty-four of them! This has been an incredible…

Welcome back readers. There’s just one day left to get your entry in for our Friendslop Jam! Stay tuned for the issue compiling the submissions. Even with all of that participation (we love t…

Welcome back readers. Just over a week left on the Friendslop Essay Jam. Get your article in today! Or tomorrow. Definitely by the 31st. No late submissions. Did I plug the Patreon yet this week? O…

Welcome back readers. If you’ve been procrastinating getting a submission together for our Friendslop Essay Jam, a predicament I have absolutely no stake or prior experience in, I have good (…

Welcome back readers. Hey! In case you needed a nudge, you’ve got a little over a week left if you’d like to participate in our Friendslop Essay Jam. A pretty big one-of-those came out …

There are two kinds of co-op games. The first is a game that can be played either single player or co-op and will have roughly equal experiences either way. This is where you see games like Elden R…

Welcome back readers. Before we hop in, I just want to offer a quick reminder that the Friendslop Jam we’re hosting is underway, and you’ve got two weeks and change to get your writing …

Welcome back readers. If you haven’t already seen it, we’re bringing back Blogs of the Round Table on a semi-recurring, topic-oriented basis. The first topic is Friendslop. Check out Ka…

Welcome back readers. If you haven’t already seen it, we’re bringing back Blogs of the Round Table on a semi-recurring, topic-oriented basis. The first topic is Friendslop. Check out Ka…

Happy Monday, Readers (and Writers)! We’re practicing some necromancy today by bringing back a beloved and long-running feature to Critical Distance: the Blogs of the Round Table! Originally …

Welcome back readers. We’re announcing an *event* tomorrow. Stay tuned. Patreon support is what makes *events* possible. Please take a look. This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup highl…

Welcome back readers. Hey! Kaile’s monthly recap is live. You, too can check out their excellent work by joining our Patreon! On the weekly side of things, we’ve got 23 new-and-cool pic…

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Welcome back readers. We’ve got tons of reading to share this week–22 articles to put a number on it–and that includes a lot of writers making their TWIVGB debut! Don’t forg…

Welcome back readers. We’ve got tons of reading to share this week–22 articles to put a number on it–and that includes a lot of writers making their TWIVGB debut! Don’t forg…

Welcome back readers. We’ve got eighteen cool-and-new picks for your this week. Around the web, Warp Point just launched a webring of independent sites. Delightful. I haven’t shouted ou…

Welcome back readers. Lots of good stuff to share this week–21 reads in all. A critical blackjack? No, no, not my best work. To support our best work–compiling and organizing a living t…

Welcome back readers. This was neat. Lots of interesting stuff for me to read through over the next few weeks. Over here on Critical Distance, we’ve got 19 picks for you this week, including …

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Welcome back readers. Happy Pride. I’m quite sunburnt from attending local pride festivities in my town. I’d say it was worth it, and that’s true, but please wear sunscreen anyway…

Welcome back readers. We’ve got lots of interesting stuff to dig into this week, so I’m going to limit this opening preamble to briefly plugging our Patreon, which helps us keep laying …

Welcome back readers. Thanks for your patience when it takes me some extra time to get these longer editions out. Did I plug the Patreon yet? Ah, there we go. That’s the best way to keep our …

Welcome back readers. There have been some good discussions over the past week about encouraging more longform blogging as a curative to short-form and often-hostile posting-driven discourse. Allow…

Welcome back readers. We’ve got fifteen picks for you this week. I’m so relieved that none of the games being written about below has elicited any kind of rancid discourse on social med…

Welcome back readers. Before I get into the weekly proper, I’ve got a couple important updates from around the site. First, Kaile has put together a special issue of choice picks from Paste M…

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Welcome back, readers. This is a rather impromptu edition of the roundup. It’s not something any of us ever envisioned writing. Indeed, when games media has endured other layoffs and outlet c…

Welcome back readers. This time around I’m taking a bit of a breather with a lighter week, but we’ve still got fourteen new-and-cool reads for you to check out. If you liked this techni…

Welcome back readers. Kept you waiting, huh? It’s taken me an extra day to do the work, but we’ve got 23 new-and-interesting picks ready to go this week, so pull up a chair and grab a b…

Welcome back readers. I’m starting things off this week with a shout-out to long-time Critical Distance board member and my immediate curatorial predecessor, Zoyander, who is taking a step ba…

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