Critical Distance: Keywords in Play
Leisure:Video Games
In 2012, critic and Royal Melbourne Insitute of technology PhD candidate Brendan Keogh released his long form critical piece on Spec Ops: The Line in the form of an ebook. Killing is Harmless: A Critical Reading of Spec Ops: The Line was at the time the first known published book of criticism on a single game. In the years since a cavalcade of books of video game criticism has been published and more to come in the future.
Two years after initially publishing the book, we decided to interview Brendan to get his perspective on the book, the reception and how things have change over time in his critical methods. We also get into musing on the book's cultural and historical placement given the recent boom in video game criticism books.
SHOW NOTES
Brendan Keogh
Critical Damage
Darius Kazemi Review: Killing is Harmless, by Brendan Keogh
Cameron Kunzelman's On Killing is Harmless
Susan Sontag's Against Interpretation
Noal Carroll's On Criticism
David Sudnow's Pilgrim in the Microworld
Spec Ops: The Line Critical Compilation
Opening Theme: 'Close' by The Alpha Conspiracy
Closing Theme: 'Wishing Never' by The Alpha Conspiracy
Episode 19 - A Critic By His Window
Episode 18 - The Great Curator
Episode 17 - The Blogfather
Episode 16 - The Artist Formally Known As Critic
Episode 15 - Black History Month
Episode 14 - In This The Year Of... Part 2
Episode 14 - In This The Year Of... Past 1
Episode 13 - The Raidy Bunch
Episode 12 - Deirdra Kiai's Life Flashes By
Episode 11 - The Talking Dead, part 7
Episode 11 - The Talking Dead, part 5
Episode 11 - The Talking Dead, part 6
Episode 11 - The Talking Dead, part 3
Episode 11 - The Talking Dead, part 4
Episode 11 - The Talking Dead, part 1
Episode 11 - The Talking Dead, part 2
Episode 9 - A Braid Companion
Episode 10 - Winter Round-up, Winter Round-up, Part 5
Episode 10 - Winter Round-up, Winter Round-up, Part 4
Episode 10 - Winter Round-up, Winter Round-up, Part 3
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