Month: February 2010

Eric Swain Recent Posts, Thoughts

SLRC – So Long Righteous Comrade

SLRC is dead Long Live SLRC So reads the title of the ever-changing acronym SLRC blog. Ben Abraham if not the most prolific internet critic is definitely one of the most important. Besides his own blog he was the creator of Critical Distance, an effort to bring all the best of game criticism under one URL after the game has had time to be digested. Probably the most ambitious project in the ludodidecahedron. Ben is the reason Far Cry 2 is recognized as much and taken as seriously as it is. | more

Eric Swain Critical Responses, Recent Posts

The Nature of Reading: Interpretation and Auteurism using Final Fantasy VIII and Mulholland Drive

Recently on twitter I was pointed to an essay on Final Fantasy VIII that differs from the more generally accepted reading of the game's story. If you have not read it yet, before you proceed with this post, please do. First let me speak on the essay itself. I think it's a beautifully argued and supports its position admirably. The Squall's dead theory hadn't ever occurred to me. Never once did it enter my mind that discs 2-4 were a death dream. | more