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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 21/09/2026

Feeling both appreciative and sheepish about my inclusion in this week's Critical Distance round-up. Hard to believe my excursion into non-poetry about a textless puzzle-adventure can live alongside such great company.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 18/09/2026

With a score by @jimguthrie.bsky.social, it also sounds as otherworldly as it looks.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 18/09/2026

Helix is one of those peculiar games that feels both generous and withholding, inviting wildly different readings — equally as enjoyable to play as it is to interpret. Analysis aside, the breadth of its puzzles/secrets are beyond enough to fuel a player’s curiosity well after credits.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 11/08/2026

Four of the five films in the Yuasa collection are fantastic, but The Night is Short, Walk on Girl and Ride Your Wave are my favourites. I hope my essay communicates, at least in part, how they succeed in rendering the complexity of love.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 27/06/2026

From @danlesac.bandcamp.com's soundtrack to @mikebithell.bsky.social's dialogue and everything in between, Subsurface Circular is packed with style, clarity, and wit. Don't let my essay or the game's age scare you away, it's still one of the most thoughtful and engaging things I've ever played.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 05/05/2026

Hey Tony, thank you so much for the kind feedback! It was pitched as a web piece. Good luck with your submission!

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 29/04/2026

I love much more about Brigsby Bear than I could’ve fit into this essay. But I wanted to explore how James’ quirky and tender story might resonate with people who know what it’s like to feel alone and still find the courage to express their passion and creativity. Also, “it’s dope as shit”.

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Naseer Alkhouri @naseer.eu · 17/02/2026

I do believe The Longest Road on Earth is the most underappreciated game in the Raw Fury library. Here's a wonderful essay about it at Unwinnable unwinnable.com/2026/02/16/s...

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Seeing Distance, Hearing Warmth in The Longest Road on Earth - Unwinnable

How can we measure a moment when our experiences of repetition shape our perceptions of time?

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 17/02/2026

I've been listening to this soundtrack regularly since playing the game in 2022. If my essay got you curious, @brainwashgang.bsky.social & @rawfury.bsky.social put out this lovely mini-doc about the development process.

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The Longest Road on Earth Documentary

YouTube video by Raw Fury

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 15/01/2026

Mid-November, in the lead up to Skate Story, my partner suggested I replay Zarvot to quell my insatiable anticipation. The result was my most personal essay, which explores the aesthetic and thematic reasons why @bysameng.com's first project has been one of my favourites since 2018.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 12/01/2026

My partner and I had been anticipating Henry Halfhead since Day of the Devs SGF 2023. We loved Henry's story so much that I decided to write about it - here's my essay from last Fall. Thank you @lululu.games and @popagenda.co for such a playfully inventive and subversive game.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

A few months ago, I was published for the first time - thanks @unwinnable.com! I'm still very proud of this piece that touches on the portrayal of faith, deification, technological "progress", solidarity, and music found in this charming masterpiece of a game.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

I'm still committed to updating the lists we spent so long crafting and if you are curious to check them and those shorter reviews out, you can find them through the link in my bio.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

After a year of working within those constraints - and probably taking it a little too seriously, as I often do - I thought it was worth trying to take the next step in pursuing my passion for writing.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

2000 characters is a pretty austere limit, but Sarah's surgical and frequently-painful edits helped me create what I think is some decent short-form writing, even if sharing my thoughts often left me feeling vulnerable.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

What was an occasional hobby became an expanding project of tracking and cataloguing releases through various playlists, and eventually evolved into trying my hand at writing user reviews for some of my favourite games.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

So, in 2023, we created an IGN Playlist account, intending to maintain an updated list of indie game recommendations that our friends (and anybody else) could check in on whenever they were looking for something new.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

We tried our best to find a balance between being informative and enticing in hopes of sharing our passion with the people around us. Having repeated this gesture so many times we thought, hey, maybe there's a tool we could use to keep track of the things we recommend.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

We originally made slide decks in powerpoint detailing games we thought would appeal to people who were much less involved in the hobby than us, tailoring our recommendations to each person's specific interests.

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Christopher Spina @quiltedpoints.net · 07/01/2026

After the Nintendo Switch's release, my partner and I began creating game recommendation lists for everyone we knew who was fresh into the ecosystem.

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