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Last Month in Videogame Blogging, September 2025 | Critical Distance Get more from Critical Distance on Patreon

Last month in videogame blogging:

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October 5th Welcome back readers. We’ve got nineteen new-and-cool selections for you this week. If this is your first visit, we have a Patreon that has helped us bring you a slice of online games crit ea…

This week: Somebody found Polybius! Or maybe not. But hey, it's October:

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September 28th Welcome back readers. We’re two for two on this recent streak of on-time Sunday updates. I’m hoping to keep this up as I adapt my schedule to accommodate a couple of new work commitment…

This week: 21 articles on culture movements, maps, difficulty, dungeon crawlers, and much more. No Freddi Fish articles this week, sorry:

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September 21st Welcome back readers. Behold! A rare on-time-ish Sunday post! If you are as amazed by that feat as I am, what would you say are the odds we can translate that amazement into Patreon support? Eh? Eh…

This week: Literary editions, punk rock, TikTok nostalgia bait--oh, and videogames, too, we promise:

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September 14th Welcome back readers. If you haven’t already seen it, Kaile’s latest Patreon recap is live–we made the difficult decision to delay it so as not to compete with the release of Holl…

This week: Dev communities, pop VNs, Garfield Kart, and more:

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Last Month in Videogame Blogging, July/August 2025 | Critical Distance Get more from Critical Distance on Patreon

hello! new patreon post is out! blame silksong:

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September 7th Welcome back readers. We’ve got a big issue this week–23 article picks, and the decision to draw the line even there had more to do with not wanting this post to be delayed into Wednesd…

This week: 23 reads on Silksong (discourse), King's Field (-likes), and political economy (no catch):
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August 31st Welcome back readers. It’s the last week for Queer Games Bundle over on Itch. Good cause, good games, good deal! I just checked the numbers and in my time with Critical Distance I have collec…

This week: sustainable play, FMV games, outsider art, and more:

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August 24th Welcome back readers. Two more weeks for the Queer Games Bundle. This is one case of line-goes-up I’m always happy to see. Check out our Patreon if you like what we do and want to help us con…

This week: Sixteen new picks on Atari RPGs, spectacle and vastness, the eroticism of game overs, and more:

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August 17th Welcome back readers. The Queer Games Bundle just crossed another fundraising goal! You’ve got three more weeks to see how many more goals it can smash. Ultra-compact Patreon plug! On with th…

This week: Nightmare Kart Arcade, guides writing, the Hylian language, and more:
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August 10th Welcome back readers. This week I’m plugging the Queer Games Bundle again. Worth your time, worth your support. We also are always happy to have you check out our Patreon! This Week in Videog…

This week: Fifteen picks on porn censorship, BDS, Mega Drive shmups, and more:

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August 3rd Welcome back readers. This week I’m plugging this year’s Queer Games Bundle over on Itch, which recently went live. Right now is always the best time to support queer and trans game dev…

This week: Sixteen new picks on memory, porn, representation, culture, and much more:

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July 27th Welcome back readers. We’ve got a big issue for you this week. If you appreciate our weekly/monthly/annual work keeping abreast of important and interesting critical games writing, give our P…

This week: Twenty five pieces spanning censorship, porn games, media artifacts, historical game studies, writing advice, and much more:

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June 20th Welcome back readers. First, I’m going to re-up this itch bundle. Good if you like TTRPGs. Also good if you don’t like ICE. Good all around. Next I’m going to plug our Patreon per…

This week: games-as-theatre, porn games, ghost games, and lots more:

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July 13th Welcome back readers. I have a few links for you before we begin the issue part of the issue. First up, Kaile’s monthly recap is out and it’s a banger, taking stock of the last two year…

This week: Death Stranding, critical practices, tennis games, and more:

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Last Month in Videogame Blogging, June 2025 | Critical Distance Get more from Critical Distance on Patreon

New Month in Videogame Blogging is out!

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July 6th Welcome back readers. Mondays (which, officially, are the day after this issue comes out each week) are when we talk about what old games we’ve been playing this week over on the Discord serv…

This week: Death Stranding 2, Maddy Thorson's romhacks, SNES RPGs, and more:

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June 29th Welcome back readers. This afternoon we’ve been figuring out, to some mild psychic damage, just low long our Discord server has been around (the answer is about five years!), so come and say …

This week: Pride, and also some Wrath. Also lots of other good stuff!

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June 22nd Welcome back readers. Fifteen fresh picks this week. Your readership and support keep this train running, so come hang out on our Discord, and consider taking a look at our Patreon. This Week in Vi…

This week: Promise Mascot Agency, adult games, RESISTing choice-based design, and more:

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This week: the craft of video essays, RPG adaptations, the Pokémon nostalgia trap, and more:

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June 8th Welcome back readers. Happy Nintendo Switch 2 week to those who celebrate? I got my thumb caught hard in the new joycon attachment mechanism within five minutes of opening the box. I did not get Ma…

This week: Player archaeology, horror intersections, horse interventions, and more:

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June 1st Welcome back readers. If you’ve been out of the loop on games writing for a month or two, Kaile’s got you covered with a hefty recap for April and May over on our Patreon! For as little…

This week: Wizardry, Shenmue, Dumpy Kong, and more:

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This Month in Videogame Blogging, April and May 2025 | Critical Distance Get more from Critical Distance on Patreon

We've got a big issue of the Patreon roundup this month!

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This week: ecocritical adventure, rekooperative kaizo, criticism-as-cruelty, and more:

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May 11th Welcome back readers. This issue is out pretty late for my local timezone, but it’s here! If you want to do the funniest thing ever you can join our Discord and submit really long pieces for …

This week: Despelote, time loops, parenthood, going out of bounds, and more:

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May 4th Welcome back readers. This week I’m very happy to plug a new game from narrative designer, writer, and one of my own mentors here at CD, Kris–You Are Generative AI. You might also check…

This week: Clair Obscur, Shadows of the Damned, 1000XResist, Despelote, and more:

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April 28th Welcome back readers. Behold! A rare, even-later-than-Monday (It’s 2:30 AM local time) post! As I warned last week, contributing to our Patreon will not make posts happen on Sunday more often…

This week: Abundance, reprints, Blue Prince, and more:

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April 20th Welcome back readers. Behold! A rare, on-time (as in, actually published on Sunday) post! By contributing to our Patreon you absolutely will not incresase the frequency of these rare, on-time Sunda…

This week: Red Barrels, Blue Prince (and lots more):

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April 13th Welcome back readers. Kaile just posted our most recent Patreon newsletter update–another good reason to check our page out and maybe even give us some support if you have a few bucks per mon…

This week: Cortana and LLMs, Truth as sociopolitical reality, the "gamer saint", and more:

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This Month* in Videogame Blogging, February and March 2025 | Critical Distance Get more from Critical Distance on Patreon

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