2011: The year in video game criticism

[As we ease ourselves into the new year, our partnership with game criticism site Critical Distance brings us a retrospective from Eric Swain on 2011’s best articles on video game criticism, design, and culture.] Welcome to 2012! Here at Critical Distance, your regularly scheduled This Week In Video Game Criticism is taking a break to make way for our year-end retrospective. The editorial crew has been hard at work culling through the year’s 937 links …