We felt so bad about skipping out on our round-ups of where everyone is writing that we decided to double up this week. So without further ado… Daniel Elkin went down south. As in New Zealand. Or at least on the interwebs he did. Joining up with the crew at Faction Comics for their Factional section, […]
Critical Exposure: Who Inspired Us to Take Up Criticism
In this week’s Loser City prompt, we ask our staff who inspired them to take criticism seriously. The answers range from devoted thank yous to specific critics, whimsical looks at the fictional critics and even some personal connections. We hope you enjoy and will be inspired to tell us which critics continue to stimulate your […]
Loser City on the Web: Critic Game Battle Royale, Hennum on Manga, Francesca Lyn on Identity in Comics and More
Us Loser City folk sometimes take trips outside the city limits, so this week we’re rounding up some of the places you might have seen Loser City citizens. It’s been a couple weeks since we checked in, but only because things have been crazy. As you may remember, Shea Hennum made his debut at Paste […]
Loser City on the Web: Hennum Debuts at Paste, Russell at Raw Paw and Some Compliments
Us Loser City folk sometimes take trips outside the city limits, so this week we’re rounding up some of the places you might have seen Loser City citizens. The big news is that Shea Hennum made his debut over at Paste with a review of Scott McCloud’s new work The Sculptor, which Shea really didn’t like. […]
Loser City on the Web: Garsee at Previously.tv, Muncy at AV Club, Hennum at This is Infamous, More
Us Loser City folk sometimes take trips outside the city limits, so this week we’re rounding up some of the places you might have seen Loser City citizens. Over at Previously.tv, Dylan Garsee bravely watched the 12 Monkeys pilot so you don’t have to. Was it any good? Well, this paragraph from Dylan should give you […]
Loser City on the Web: Final Derby reviewed, Hanover on Herbie, Muncy on Metro 2033
Us Loser City folk sometimes take trips outside the city limits, so this week we’re rounding up some of the places you might have seen Loser City citizens. First up, Lilith Wood gave Danny Djeljosevic and Diana Naneva’s Loser City release Final Derby some love over at Stackedd Magazine, calling the one-shot a “beautiful little story” […]
Bonus Content: Interview with Joystiq’s Rowan Kaiser
We spoke with Rowan Kaiser, a games critic at Joystiq, the AV Club and elsewhere, for a piece on games journalism at large and some of the struggles it faces as the medium evolves. We wanted to include the full interview as bonus content for that article because we think it’s an interesting discussion. Jake […]
How the Sausage Gets Made: A Look Inside the Sometimes Ugly World of Games Journalism
A few weeks ago, John Oliver ran a piece about FIFA on his new show, This Week Tonight. In it, he aired FIFA’s dirty laundry, invoking by way of warning what he called “the sausage principle”: if you love something, never learn how it’s made. In matters regarding hot dogs and Taco Bell, I tend […]
Believe in What You Want: An Interview with the AV Club’s Jason Heller
It’s no secret that all of us at Loser City are big fans of the AV Club, and it’s equally unsurprising that the site’s recent feature Fear of a Punk Decade has caught our interest in a big way. We spoke with Jason Heller, senior writer at the AV Club, about Fear of a Punk Decade, which wraps […]
