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I run games-focused site exalclaw.com | Weak against soft cookies | he/him Also seen at AV Club Games, Unwinnable, Stop Caring, etc. 📬: exalclaw@gmail.com Support Exalclaw: patreon.com/exalclaw Latest videos/features: https://linktr.ee/Exalclaw
Everyone who sees this must now go read every link in Artemis’ original screenshot, as well as everything else in Critical Distance this week. Sorry but its the law
This week: Reimaginings, Radios, Requiems, and more:
critical-distance.com/2026/03/15/m...
Dont worry Ive got you, dont want you hurting your eyes
Stop Caring has made another appearance on this prestigious roundup thanks to @exalclaw.com's great Paradise Killer essay.
if you squint a little, you can see my name in a "further reading" section as well.
www.stopcar.ing/you-proved-y...
Just read this, incredibly late, a few days after finishing Requiem. as always Artemis hits the nail on the head! I really like Requiem, but it feels like ot never quite does the thing it's trying to achieve www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-...
You be doing your thing!
ICYMI I wrote about Paradise Killer, excessive punishment, and how the punishments a society allows reflects upon itself for @stopcar.ing
www.stopcar.ing/you-proved-y...
@nehapolitan.bsky.social creates SFX that can really bring a space alive, was a big reason I liked Venba! Didnt ask many creative process questions when I interviewed her for my Bandcamp piece, so reading this was a treat
mobilesyrup.com/2026/03/05/n...
Was a time where I was submitting to contests, pubs, all that. Didnt expect much, think it just helped me stay consistent looking back, but I actually did get published somewhere outside my own socials (and was a finalist elsehwere as the bio shares):
www.7thcirclepyrite.com/post/i-shoul...
Side note, as I approach 10 of these soon(!), Im enjoying this series immensely. Poems arent new for me by any stretch, but they admittedly took a backseat last year. This has been a great way to rework that muscle, in addition to just being fun
“It is as The Hedonists say.”, the latest Observing Digital Space Debris poem, is out now for Patreon members (and those who sign up for a free trial). Give it a read and enjoy your Sunday, thanks!
www.patreon.com/posts/152902...
BREAKING: Veteran Al Jazeera journalist Jamal Rayan has passed at the age of 73.
Born on August 23, 1953, Jamal was the first news anchor to appear on Al Jazeera, reading the channel’s debut bulletin in November 1996.
ICYMI I wrote about Paradise Killer, excessive punishment, and how the punishments a society allows reflects upon itself for @stopcar.ing
www.stopcar.ing/you-proved-y...
The best writing about videogames this week, all in one place.
www.jank.cool/the-lie-in-7/
Once the team at ZA/UM studio reached out to me to create a custom poster/gift for their crew. Obviously, I couldn't say no—I’ve never come across a game as deep or beautifully controversial as Disco Elysium. Huge thanks to the ZA/UM team for the opportunity.
Meek the Mimic is my new favorite lil guy, he’s just down to clown
ICYMI: "The unicorn is another thing that tries to fit women into a narrow definition."
@alyssawejebe.bsky.social muses on unicorns and our gendered assumptions about them:
Inititives like this are a huge part of how developers in Canada, Germany, and other countries with such grants were able to wind up such flourishing indie scenes tbh
Yk what the weekend’s a great time for? Saving your articles offline. You should do that!
Maybe not every single one if you dont want to, but ones you’d be terrified of not having easy access to
Hey, I loved Pokopia and it surprisingly dug into some of my deepest existential fears about keeping the memory of people we've lost alive. It's one of the best games in Pokémon's 30 years.
My sincere wish for all of us in 2026 is we all keep makin' art! Good, bad, stinky – it doesn't matter! Let's keep making things. ✏️💨
Finished Plestia Alaqad’s “The Eyes of Gaza; A Diary of Resilience.”
Anything I say feels like it will lack in capturing the reality and honest reflections Alaqad shares here, just know that my heart hurts but is not empty of hope. You should read it, then share it with others
I just manually save pages as PDFs
Yk what the weekend’s a great time for? Saving your articles offline. You should do that!
Maybe not every single one if you dont want to, but ones you’d be terrified of not having easy access to
lud is home !!
Finished Plestia Alaqad’s “The Eyes of Gaza; A Diary of Resilience.”
Anything I say feels like it will lack in capturing the reality and honest reflections Alaqad shares here, just know that my heart hurts but is not empty of hope. You should read it, then share it with others
Israeli forces carry out daily attacks on besieged Gaza, as humanitarian conditions amid Iran war worsen.
The speed at which Marathon goes from 0 to I hate you is wild
And that's a wrap on Big Hops!! Enjoyed it from start to finish, what a joy it was. Just yapped about overall impressions, now moving onto Marathon for a bit