We've got a big issue of the Patreon roundup this month!
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A community blog for videogame criticism and the preservation thereof. Publishers of This Week in Videogame Blogging and many fine Critical Compilations!
This week: 29 new picks in a colossal catch-up issue:
It's the January Patreon Update!
*as a note, it's been a hot minute since we posted here. posting will resume as soon as today.
This week: Critical Distance rings in the new year with 21 new picks on industry histories, gacha, Metaphor, Legacy of Kain, and much, much more:
Friends, it's time once again! Check out our year in videogame blogging post to see what works excited and incited us to think differently about games last year!
https://critical-distance.com/2025/01/01/this-year-in-videogame-blogging-2024/
It's also time for the annual call for submissions to This Year In Videogame Blogging! Check the public post for details. #tyivgb
https://critical-distance.com/2024/12/01/call-for-submissions-this-year-in-videogame-blogging-2024/
Hi y'all! it's time again for the monthly Patreon roundup. If you're a member at any level you get access to this post. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/last-month-in-117087270?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link #twivgb
This week: 23 new picks on Silent Hill 2, Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, Metaphor, and lots, lots more:
This week: resources for what's to come.
This WEEK: Yakuza (but not that one), Dragon Age (but not that one), Final Fantasy XIII (absolutely that one) and more:
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Just a couple of pieces of housekeeping this month. First up: the annual roundup approaches! We're in the final stretch of the year already, which is wild. This year's reader submission window for the roundup will open on Sunday, December 1. A post will go out later this month with information on how to submit, so keep your eyes peeled!
This month: materiality, misogyny, and 'mechs:
This week: Webfishing, homebrewed computers, puzzle games, and more:
This week: horror games, ideological play, worldbuilding, and much more:
This Monday: Metaphor, Minecraft Machinima, Molokhia, and more things that don't start with M:
This month (Patreon member exclusive, for free and paid members): Writing on grief, nostalgia and wacky game translation efforts:
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