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April 2009 Blog Posts (3)

Week in Review: April 19-25

Let's get this out of the way:

The gang at Critical-Distance ran across a long-form blog post lamenting the lack of writing and thinking in the gap between academic critical theory of games and consumer-oriented and hype-filled popular reviews. If you're at this site, or at… Continue

Added by Erik Hanson on April 27, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

New Feature: Hanson's VGHVI Week in Review!

I'm delighted to announce that Erik Hanson, known also variously as Wordsmythe and EMunnie, a brilliant young thinker and writer in the much-discussed "middle-circle" of game-criticism, has consented to be VGHVI's man in the gameblogosphere, and to post a regular "VGHVI Week in Review." I've been a great admirer of Erik's thinking and writing since I started lurking at Gamers with Jobs two years ago. I'm thrilled that he'll be assuming this… Continue

Added by Roger Travis on April 20, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

VGHVI Week in Review

Let's say something came up and you had to miss your classroom discussion last week -- or just couldn't concentrate and want to make sure you caught everything big, but you don't want to be left out and confused at the next session. That's when you hope a friend took notes for you. I am that friend. If you missed last week's games discussions on the internet, you can check my notes:



Six Days in Fallujah and Realism:

Two weeks ago, the internet was afire with news… Continue

Added by Erik Hanson on April 20, 2009 at 12:00pm — 2 Comments

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