November 26th
Welcome back readers. We’re running a shorter issue for this holiday (?) weekend, but don’t forget to submit your picks for our end-of-year review! This Week in Videogame Blogging is a roundup...
View ArticleDecember 3rd
Welcome back readers. It’s a Monday Mulligan this week as I catch up on this week’s reading. It’s also December! That means our end-of-year review is just around the corner, so be sure to get your...
View ArticleDecember 10th
Welcome back readers. We are approaching the deadine to get your recommendations in for our end-of-year review, so if you haven’t already done so, make yourself heard! Also, it’s my birthday tomorrow!...
View ArticleDecember 17th
Welcome back readers. Ok, we are really, really getting close to the deadline now–that’s next Monday–to submit your recommendations for our end-of-year review. We are past the event horizon of kidding...
View ArticleDecember 24th
Welcome back readers. Just as a reminder, I am taking the next week off from TWIVGB–I usually grant myself one week out of the year to take a rest from Critical Distancing, and this time around that’s...
View ArticleThis Year in Videogame Blogging: 2023
It probably doesn’t bear repeating that 2023 was a roller coaster of a year. The highs were very high, the lows were very low, and we spent a lot of time rapidly oscillating between the two points. Was...
View ArticleJanuary 7th
Welcome back readers, to our first issue of the year! Special thanks this week once again to Julián Ramírez for providing the fish pic. If you haven’t already done so, you owe it to yourself to take a...
View ArticleJanuary 14th
Welcome back readers. Long issue this week–lots of good stuff to read. If you want to make my reading list even longer, you are very welcome to come hang out with us on our Discord server. Since...
View Article2023 Critical Distance Update
I’m here to provide a look at the financial side of Critical Distance. In 2022 we needed to run an emergency GoFundMe to fix our tax status, and that’s not a place I want us to be again. After fixing...
View ArticleJanuary 21st
Welcome back readers. Third long issue in a row! I do occasionally have to find a stopping point somewhere on busy weeks, but it’s always better to have more to choose from on my reading list. In the...
View ArticleJanuary 28th
Welcome back readers. I’m told it doesn’t hurt to ask now and then: are you interested in supporting our work on Patreon? We’re an entirely reader-funded operation, and it’s your support that has...
View ArticleFebruary 4th
Welcome back readers. Monday Mulligan strikes again, but I’d like to think it was worth the wait; we’ve got another big issue this week stuffed to bursting with the good stuff. Take a load off and...
View ArticleFebruary 11th
Welcome back readers. We’re back again this week with another longer issue–Since the start of the new year we haven’t published a weekly issue with fewer than seventeen picks. I say something about...
View ArticleThis Month in Videogame Vlogging: January 2024
The coolest part about games, in my opinion, is how entangled they are in the world. What I mean by this is, I hope, fairly simple: games provide us with springboards and points of departure to talk...
View ArticleFebruary 18th
Welcome back readers. Today’s around-the-site news is that our monthly roundup of video crit is back! Kaile has served up a cool baker’s dozen picks for your audiovisual perusal, so go check it out!...
View ArticleFebruary 25th
Welcome back readers. It was looking like it was going to be a Monday Mulligan for a little bit there, but I rallied and here we are. Take a load off with these fifteen cool-and-interesting picks while...
View ArticleCritical Distance Fansite Jam 2024
Howdy folks! We were recently (see: in the last day or so) very tickled by the debut of Phil Salvador’s new fansite Final Fantasy VIII is the Best And If You Don’t Agree I Will Destroy You. It’s a...
View ArticleMarch 3rd
Welcome back readers. I think somewhere around here I’ll stop apologizing for occasionally taking until Monday to put out an issue. It’s a good problem to have, as our community grows and I’m put in...
View ArticleThis Month in Videogame Vlogging: February 2024
Hello viewers, I wanted to get into an appropriate groove with this feature, so we’re doing this thing just a couple weeks after the last entry. From here on out, you can expect to see a post at...
View ArticleMarch 10th
Welcome back readers. Our fansite jam is off to a spirited start, with both progress updates and submissions already starting to come in, including from some of the CD team! If you want a sneak peak...
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