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This is the fifth post in a series about why critical writing about games is hard to find – see part one here. It was inspired by an article by games producer Jessica Price, which seems on the surface to focus on a flimsy claim that there isn’t enough “real” critical writing being done – … Continue reading Hampering the search for real criticism: Personality-based content marketing →
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This is the fourth post in a series about problems facing games criticism – see part one here. It was inspired by an article by games producer Jessica Price, which appears to misguidedly imply that there is no in-depth games criticism being done. While I know for certain that a great deal of quality games … Continue reading Hampering the search for real criticism: the algoritualism of Youtube culture →
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See part one of this series This is the third part in a series of articles about barriers to critical writing on games. It is partly in response to an article written by games producer Jessica Price. There is, I think, a historical reason why we’re still seeing articles like Price’s on a regular basis … Continue reading Hampering the search for real criticism: Two platform deaths →
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See part one of this series This is the second part in a series of articles about why we keep getting articles asking “why is there no real critical writing on games?” – despite there being a large quantity of good critical writing produced every week, and a project dedicated to making sure it doesn’t … Continue reading Hampering the search for real criticism: Mainstream vs. fringe →
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Discourse Empress of the World Adapted from Carl Orff’s translation of the Carmina Burana 1. Oh Discourse Oh discourse Like the moon You are changeable, ever waxing, and waning. Hateful career, first oppresses, and then soothes as fancy takes it; obscurity, and renown it melts them like ice. Blogosphere – monstrous and empty, you whirling … Continue reading Hampering the search for real criticism: Discourse Empress of the World →
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A while ago I made myself a kind of digital haberdashery for Pico-8, that allows me to sample randomly-generated patterns and colour combinations. It is very simple, and mostly just looks like this: This is a useful tool when making other things in Pico-8, as it lets me choose from “ready-made” fill patterns and colour … Continue reading Pattern Swatches for Pico-8 →
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