Discourse

The Velvet Ropes of GDC

This year, I went to the Game Developer’s Conference for the first time. Everyone told me how much I was going to love it....

Badges of Cred: Examining the Phases of a Scene

My talk on phases of cultural scenes is up at the Critical Proximity website. I wrote the talk too long and had to cut it...

The State of Games Criticism

Hello, World! Welcome to Cerebral Arcade. The game industry has been undoubtably shifting and maturing, and the last few years seem to have brought huge...