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Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games by J. Robert Lennon, Carmen Maria Machado
3 reviews
goldenwing's review against another edition
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Bullying, Chronic illness, Death, Infertility, Medical trauma, Death of parent, Dysphoria, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Mental illness, Racism, Grief, and Classism
emmagrahxm's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.5
One of the best Non Fiction anthologies I’ve picked up in a long time.
Carmen Maria Machado continues to stun me with her writing. The intro is brilliant. My favourite essay is probably Thinking like the Knight but Staying with the Trouble is a close second. Each of the essays talk about one or more games and the impact they have had with the author.
Please read both trigger warnings and spoilers for the games mentioned. These essays talk a lot about mental health, gender dysphoria, addiction and more.
Carmen Maria Machado continues to stun me with her writing. The intro is brilliant. My favourite essay is probably Thinking like the Knight but Staying with the Trouble is a close second. Each of the essays talk about one or more games and the impact they have had with the author.
Please read both trigger warnings and spoilers for the games mentioned. These essays talk a lot about mental health, gender dysphoria, addiction and more.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Death, Mental illness, Self harm, Grief, Medical trauma, Alcohol, and Pandemic/Epidemic
Minor: Misogyny, Sexism, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia
ootoom's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
I really enjoyed this collection of essays!
As with any collection, there were some absolute knockouts (those by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Vanessa Villareal, Larissa Pham and Hanif Abdurraqib) and some misses.
What really moved me is that this collection has moved past the desire to justify video games and toward the expression of connecting with art in this new medium.
There was a lot of discussion of grief, joy, loneliness and connection. All important and worthwhile things to discuss.
This is the exact book I have been looking for all this time, and I am so happy to have found it. I predict I will be returning to it frequently.
As with any collection, there were some absolute knockouts (those by Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Vanessa Villareal, Larissa Pham and Hanif Abdurraqib) and some misses.
What really moved me is that this collection has moved past the desire to justify video games and toward the expression of connecting with art in this new medium.
There was a lot of discussion of grief, joy, loneliness and connection. All important and worthwhile things to discuss.
This is the exact book I have been looking for all this time, and I am so happy to have found it. I predict I will be returning to it frequently.
Content Warnings
Minor: Death, Mental illness, Death of parent, and Pandemic/Epidemic