Month: March 2010

Eric Swain Game Issues, Recent Posts

An Act of Non-Consequence

I've been on a documentary binge as of late (Thank you Netflix) having watched 6 in the last 24 hours at the time of writing. As it so happens while watching them, I noticed a correlation in the behavior of the subjects of the majority of the documentaries and players of video games. The documentaries in question, or rather the aspects of the documentaries I'm going to talk about, all deal with the idea of responsibility. Of course it's very easy to point to who is responsible, but then the question becomes 'why did/do these things happen in the first place? | more

Eric Swain External Sources, Recent Posts

My Stint at TWIVGB is Over

Well I did my two weeks at Critical Distance writing the This Week in Video Game Blogging feature. I can honestly say that I have even more respect for Mr. Ben Abraham. How he can keep that up week after week is beyond me. Maybe it had something to do with the fact I was new and hadn't gotten used to it. Maybe it had to do with the first time I did it was the most prolific week ever in quality video game criticism. I don't know, but hats off to you man. And if you ever need a fill-in (hint hint) you know where to go. | more

Eric Swain External Sources, Recent Posts

Working for the Weekend on Critical Distance

As some of you may know, or care, Ben Abraham will be gallivanting off to GDC thanks to the generous contributions from around the blogosphere, proving once more that some people have way too much free time on their hands. All kidding aside, I'm sure Ben will do a bang up job covering the event. For those of you who don't know him and will be going, he'll be the one introduced as the Permadeath guy.  He will also have an Australian accent and probably be the only one with a tan. | more