Month: December 2010

Eric Swain Game Issues, Recent Posts

TGC 2010 Game of the Year

So, I'm leaving this to last possible moment this year...again. But I have a better excuse than last time of not being able to decide. This time it's because my time has been filled with other projects, the most notable, or at least the one that has been revealed was the rebirth of the Critical Distance podcast. Suffice to say I also haven't played all that many games from this year. I missed out on most if not all of the major releases and most of the secondary releases. | more

Eric Swain Game Issues, Recent Posts

State of the Blog ’10

It's been a little over two year since I started The Game Critique. In the past year I wrote fewer posts than before, (only 24 this year) but they definitely have gone up in quality and length. Looking at the posts that I have planned and those that are half finished I find that I may be entering a phase of long form essays. I think and hope I finally may have found my niche and expertise in the critical community that I've long been searching in the dark for. This year was also the year I finally graduated college. | more

Eric Swain External Sources, Recent Posts

CDC Podcast Episode 6 is Up

A little over a week and a half ago I asked TWIVGB compatriots Ben Abraham and Ian Miles Cheong if they wanted to join me in restarting the CDC podcast series. I've wanted to do another ever since I last appeared on episode 3. I love talking to intelligent people, intelligently about... well anything really, but the subject here is video games. Given the time of year, I figured it was only fitting that we discuss the year in a retrospective of events, stories and games. I knew the three of us wouldn't be enough. | more

Eric Swain External Sources, Recent Posts

Indie Game Spotlight – One Chance

(Indie Game Spotlight is an irregular feature, trying to be a regular feature that I haven't done for almost a year and finally got back to. I highlight and talk about an indie game as opposed to the AAA titles that usually dominate the critical conversation.) One Chance is a flash game over at Newgrounds that you must play, but a note before you do. The title is more than that; it is a warning of what you are about to play. You have only one chance to play this game. There are no restarts or replays. | more