I hope they find their own way & don't feel beholden to doing games crit the way it's always been done. I hope the future of games crit is marked by a much wider range of perspectives that shatter the still-lingering, still-strong notions of "objectivity."https://medium.com/@carolynpetit/ruthless-individuality-criticisms-past-and-hopefully-its-future-d1ffbf3bb2c8 …
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The one word of caution I have for writers new to the field is rooted in something that's all too common in writing about film by younger people: the tendency to treat a perspective about an older film as a fresh take that nobody might have expressed before, when it's usually not
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Just don't treat the history of games crit as basically nonexistent prior to your arrival. Do a bit of reading and research before you publish your take on Super Mario Bros. or DOOM to see if there isn't already a history of discussion you can draw on around that same perspective
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