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This week: Fifty picks past and present--twenty-five new reads, twenty-five from the archives: critical-distance.com/2026/08/02/a...

August 2ndWelcome back readers. Before we hop in, I just want to offer a quick reminder that the Friendslop Jam we’re hosting is underway, and you’ve got two weeks and change to get your writing …critical-distance.com

I reviewed Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! I did not like Truck-kun is Supporting Me From Another World?! I still think Strange Scaffold is cool, however. Read my review below. www.startmenu.co.uk/home/review-...

Review | Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! - I’d Rather Get Isekai-d — startmenuStrange Scaffold's latest game has a lot of drive, but its poor controls and uninteresting gameplay had Artemis Octavio hitting the brakes instead.www.startmenu.co.uk

I see a new piece from @stopcar.ing , I stop what I'm doing and go read, and so should you!

Strange Scaffold's latest game has a lot of drive, but its poor controls and uninteresting gameplay had @stopcar.ing hitting the brakes instead.

Review | Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! - I’d Rather Get Isekai-d — startmenuStrange Scaffold's latest game has a lot of drive, but its poor controls and uninteresting gameplay had Artemis Octavio hitting the brakes instead.www.startmenu.co.uk

Denshattack! wears its influences on its sleeve — from Initial D to Jet Set Radio — but adds its own tantalizing flavour into the mix. @dacichocki.bsky.social reviews.

Review | Denshattack! - Initial T Reigns Supreme — startmenuDenshattack! wears its influences on its sleeve — from Initial D to Jet Set Radio — but adds its own tantalizing flavour into the mix. Dominic Cichocki reviews.www.startmenu.co.uk

Think Im gonna thread my responses to other’s essays to this event bc why not!

NEW STOP CARING ESSAY @lesbiankakyoin.bsky.social unpacks her attraction towards toxic yakuza siblings, and how they reflect her own experiences. It would be so kind of you to share and read. www.stopcar.ing/dear-brother...

Dear Brother, Have Some Sake With MeWhat so consistently drives a girl-like organism to the toxic yakuza sibling experience?www.stopcar.ing

It's the weekend, time to be 🗣️ touch starved! Thanks to Joey for giving me a place for my dumb stuff again. This one is for everyone who keeps yearning for handhelds. I'm yearning even more. That's right; competitive yearning! As always, feel free to pay me to write more weird things 🙏

This week in The Stacks, Puke (@puke.bsky.social) looks at tactility in erotic gaming and how the decline of handhelds robs us of (simulated) human connection and affection. thestacks.ca/posts/2026-0...

I miss touching my waifuHandheld games and eroge go hand in hand.thestacks.ca

Cindy remains a wonderful co-writer and this is one of my favorite exchanges with them yet. It was fun to get into the grit of Mario Kart and really dissect World on its own terms. Taking the photos for this one was really fun…! Be sure to read the 2nd part on Cin’s blog.

Let’s Knock Out Three More Laps Of Mario Kart World TogetherMaddie and Cind’s MKW continues! For how long? lol. lmaobloomedwings.com

✨ new blog ✨ to celebrate a year with Mario Kart World, @bloomedwings.bsky.social and I wrote ~12K words about the game, the series, and what both mean - to us.

a year with on the highway with Cindy (and Mario) | madeline blondeauin this exchange, Cindy and I do a deep dive on Mario Kart in honor of Mario Kart World's 1st anniversary. Cindy, I was wrestling between twww.patreon.com

I wrote in @unwinnable.com today about my toxic relationship with Mina the Hollower's giant hammer, and why I love it and hate it in equal parts. Check it out!

My Toxic Relationship with Mina the Hollower’s Giant Hammer - UnwinnableThe hammer feels inevitable.unwinnable.com

hiero's essay is incredible (as her work always is) and i was honoured to be trusted by artemis to co-edit this. read it!!!! now!!! 💜

Yessss more Yazuka content

it was a JOY to write this about my life’s passion. thank you to artemis and ashley for their loving looks at my work along the way. let me tell you a couple stories about the japanese mafia

The critic’s worst corruption is a desire to keep the readers happy, praising movies the mass audience is going to love, like TWISTER or INDEPENDENCE DAY. (1998)

the only greater blasphemy than Souls slander is Sekiro slander