Critical Distance: Keywords in Play
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This month we bring you another interview from the unheard archives. A few years ago Kirk Battle, going under the pseudonym L.B. Jefferies, was one of the most prolific critics of the burgeoning amateur bloggers arising from the boom of 2007 and 2008. Now he is retired from the video game criticism game. We look back on his time as a critic and his view of criticism itself.
In addition to being a personal inspiration to podcast moderator Eric Swain, Kirk Battle was named Critical Distance's 2010 Blogger of the Year.
SHOW NOTES
Banana Peppers Martinis
PopMatters - L.B. Jefferies
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess Review
Zarathusra Analysis
ZA Critique: The Darkness
ZA Critique: Okami
Lester Bangs rant
Pauline Kael - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4
Samuel Johnson and Video Games
Does Video Games Need a Lester Bangs?
The New YouTube Video Games Criticism: An Interview with "moviebob"
Does Video Games Need a Pauline Kael?
On Design Centric Criticism
Telling Tales in Gabriel Knight 2
Opening Theme: 'Close' by The Alpha Conspiracy
Closing Theme: 'Wishing Never' by The Alpha Conspiracy
Keywords in Play Episode 31 - Brendan Keogh
Keywords in Play Episode 30 - Xavier Ho
Keywords in Play Episode 29 - Stephanie Harkin
Keywords in Play Episode 28 - Felania Liu
Keywords in Play Episode 27 - Tingting Liu
Keywords in Play Episode 26 - Gejun Huang
Keywords in Play Episode 25: Florence Smith-Nicholls
Keywords in Play Episode 24: Mahli-Ann Butt, Amanda Cote, Emil Lunedal Hammar and Cody Mejeur
Keywords in Play Ep. 23: Everest Pipkin
Keywords in Play Ep. 22: Alesha Serada
Keywords in Play Ep. 21: Gregory Whistance-Smith
Keywords in Play Episode 20 - Jaroslav Švelch
Keywords in Play Episode 19 - Regina Seiwald and Ed Vollans - Paratexts
Keywords in Play Episode 18 - Esther Wright on Rockstar and History
Keywords in Play Episode 17 - April Tyack on Ordinary Player Experience
Keywords in Play Episode 16 - Felan Parker on Cutural Intermediaries
Keywords in Play Episode 15 - Leon Xiao
Keywords in Play Episode 14 - Adrienne Shaw
Episode 13 - Alenda Y. Chang
Keywords in Play Episode 12 - Aaron Trammell
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