Critical Hits

A regurgitation of my blog 'Critical Hits'.
http://criticalhits.split-screen.net
The new issue of @fiveoutoftenmag is our best yet - get it from http://fiveoutoftenmagazine.com , or buy all three at a special price!

The new issue of @fiveoutoftenmag is our best yet - get it from http://fiveoutoftenmagazine.com , or buy all three at a special price!

Thanks to everyone who buys @fiveoutoftenmag with the ‘bonus drinking money’ option!

Thanks to everyone who buys @fiveoutoftenmag with the ‘bonus drinking money’ option!

If NES games were made today

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There’s no point in your language being ‘correct’ if only 12 of your friends can understand it.

Book Club

Whenever you know a tweet is going to get waaay too long, there’s always Tumblr!

I am writing a piece for Split Screen on digital videogame magazines and book-length criticism. I want to make sure I cover as many as possible, so if you could send me a link to any I’ve missed on Twitter that would be really helpful. I currently have these on my list:

Paid Content

EDGE

Kill Screen

Continue

Scroll

Killing is Harmless - Brendan Keogh

Sneaky Bastards

Possibility Space (Rowan Kaiser’s Mass Effect book)

Five out of Ten (buy ten copies)

Retrocade

Freebies

Ctrl-Alt-Defeat

Hold Reset

Gamerzines

Haywire Magazine

Five out of Ten 2 is available from http://is.gd/510playersguide - check it out!

Five out of Ten 2 is available from http://is.gd/510playersguide - check it out!

Clifford Unchained: Nickels, dimes, and quarters.

dudehugespeaks:

The video game industry is just that.

An industry.

Which means that it exists in a capitalistic world. You know, a free market. A place where you’re welcome to spend your money on whatever you please… or to refrain from spending that money.

Those companies that put these products out?…

Holy shit guys, you can still play Beehive Bedlam on Sky Games!

Holy shit guys, you can still play Beehive Bedlam on Sky Games!

Today is a great day! You can finally buy this thing from http://fiveoutoftenmagazine.com

Today is a great day! You can finally buy this thing from http://fiveoutoftenmagazine.com

Light up the night (at KOKO)

Light up the night (at KOKO)