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    1. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      It's finally here, the first entry in critic Tevis Thompson's new essay, It's Not Coming Back. Today's entry is The Worst Games of 2018. Whether you agree or disagree, I think Thompson's singular voice needs to be heard and considered. Start here: http://tevisthompson.com/news/ 

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    2. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      In fact, to be clear, Tevis' criticism isn't about agreement at all. It's about, among other things, challenging the idea of criticism as something that exists to be agreed with, as he laid out in an earlier essay, On Videogame Reviews. http://tevisthompson.com/on-videogame-reviews/ …pic.twitter.com/YfSZIxcxA8

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    3. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      Here are a few thoughts of my own, as someone who liked RDR2 (it’s on my list of last year’s best), on what this conversation is about. Let’s talk about Green Book. It’s a competently made film. The acting is excellent. If not examined closely, it seems to have good values.

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    4. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      And obviously some (mostly older white people) bought into the notion that it has good values. But it doesn’t. As many film critics feel (and I agree with them), it’s a reprehensible film. A film can be well-made and still be very, very bad.

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    5. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      But mainstream games criticism, with a few notable exceptions, still doesn’t allow for this. RDR2 is huge. It runs well technically. It has great voice acting, effective writing of its characters. Good “gameplay.” Therefore it’s great. Surely a game as centered on whiteness...

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    6. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      ...and as clumsy in handling some of its themes should have earned some mainstream reviews that dared to call it bad, that challenged the game, pushed back against its perceived greatness, not unlike so many film critics argued that Green Book, despite being well-acted,...

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    7. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      ...well-made and creating a shallow illusion of good politics, was actually terrible. But we don’t have this in games crit. Not in any real way. Why not? If we think about it, I think we all know the answers. They have to do with us being more fans than critics, for one thing.

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    8. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      I liked RDR2 but I strongly dislike God of War, in spite of it being gorgeous, having satisfying combat, etc. I dislike its story. I hate Kratos. I think the game tries to cover up some very bad gender politics with a weak illusion of psychological and emotional complexity.

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      Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

      And it’s fine that not everybody agrees with me. But what’s strange is that seemingly nobody in mainstream games criticism agrees with me. Can’t God of War, for all its technical prowess, still be a bad game?

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        2. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

          Anyway, if you’re looking for some warmth from Tevis (who is a very warm person, truth be told), stay tuned for his forthcoming entry on the best games of last year. He can praise as insightfully and beautifully and sensitively as he can critique ruthlessly.

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        3. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 29 Mar 2019

          Also, Tevis doesn’t have a social media presence himself anymore (lucky guy!) so yeah, as a fan of his work, I’m gonna be promoting it as each new entry is released. Consider yourselves warned.

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        4. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 2 Apr 2019

          Part Two of Tevis Thompson's new video game (or, as he would write, videogame) essay It's Not Coming Back is up. If you read part one, this link will take you to part two. If you haven't read part one, click the link, then scroll up to the top of the page. http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/#interlude1 …

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        5. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 7 Apr 2019

          Here is the brand new third part of Tevis Thompson's current video game essay, It's Not Coming Back. This part is called "The Best Games of 2018," and, as you might expect, it is his list of the best games of 2018. http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/#best2018 …

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        6. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 11 Apr 2019

          I especially love this part of Tevis' appreciation of Subnautica, a game I really need to spend some time with. http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/#best2018 …pic.twitter.com/grWnGmuLqh

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        7. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 23 Apr 2019

          Here is the 4th part of Tevis Thompson's new essay. If you've written it off because of its tone (or for any reason really), I'd encourage you to come back to it. This section is more introspective & in some ways self-critical than you might have expected. http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/#interlude2 …

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        8. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 23 Apr 2019

          Tag yrself I'm "my friend"

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        9. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 23 Apr 2019

          Also in case you're wondering how I feel about Fortnite: it's legit amazing.pic.twitter.com/okEpj50p8E

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        10. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 23 Apr 2019

          (Though no doubt Tevis will elaborate on his thoughts about the game in the fifth and final part of his essay.)

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        11. Carolyn Petit‏Verified account @carolynmichelle 1 Jun 2019

          An update in the news section of Tevis Thompson’s site. The fifth and final part of his new essay is coming soon. http://tevisthompson.com/its-not-coming-back/ …pic.twitter.com/NzCKFH0vWJ

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