Critical Distance Confab

Last minisode of the year for the Critical Distance Confab.   I tried to think of a theme, but really it's just two indie games worthy of some attention and love. Angelina Bonilla aka Red Angel co-hosts with me this month.   We've been able to bring the minisodes back thanks to our listeners' support on Patreon. To help us to add more new features to the site, including foreign-language coverage and videos, please consider supporting us.   In case you don't know, the purpose here is to highlight some games we feel aren't getting the critical attention they deserve for whatever reason. The hope is that one of you intrepid listeners will sort that out by playing and writing about them. The games mentioned will range from itch.io art games, to prestige level indie games, right on up through AAA games that have slipped through the cracks.   Angelina's Pick Milkmaid of the Milky Way/a> by Mattis Polkestad Eric's Pick The Banner Saga by Stoic   Opening Theme: 'Close' by The Alpha Conspiracy

This month on the Critical Distance Confab, Angelina Bonilla better known as Red Angel was kind enough to come on.   Red Angel started off as a writer for online publications. However, after some time there, she wanted to for a while to turn her efforts to video. Ignorant of the wider YouTube critical community, she just started her channel. She began her Late Night Ponderings series as an extension of the editorials she wrote for Noobfeed and Game Skinny, but they evolved beyond the constraints of editorial mandates and game journalism "style" into something more personable. And instead of focusing on larger titles, she found she had little to add and instead chose to use her time critiquing smaller indie games for the most part. We talk about her writing sounding "like poetry," wanting to bring different perspectives into this sphere, and owls for some reason.   SHOW NOTES Red Angel YouTube Channel Late Night Ponderings: Life Is Strange's Ending and Reception Death and Photography in Life is Stran

I'm not dead, the minisodes are back, back from the dead that is, on the Critical Distance Confab.   In the spirit of October, we bring you another minisode installment on horror games. Co-hosting with me this month is my podcast associate from PopMatters, Nick Dinicola.   In case you don't know, the purpose here is to highlight some games we feel aren't getting the critical attention they deserve for whatever reason. The hope is that one of you intrepid listeners will sort that out by playing and writing about them. The games mentioned will range from itch.io art games, to prestige level indie games, right on up through AAA games that have slipped through the cracks.   We've been able to bring the minisodes back thanks to our listeners' support on Patreon. To help us to add more new features to the site, including foreign-language coverage and videos, please consider supporting us.   Nick's Pick Downfall by Harvester Games Eric's Pick Stories Untold by No Code   Opening Theme: 'Close