Critical Lit Publishing
Eric GarneauNarrative, games, and their intersection
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 68 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | a month ago |
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Main Character Energy: Return to Chicago/The Music of Craig Finn
In this post, I continue on with some personal writing I’ve been working on in therapy, a sort of memoir that centers on me learning to tell my own story in a clear-eyed but positive way, with the help of some of the most impactful media in...
Where Am I Amongst the Stars?
You might have noticed that I stopped sharing the installments of Main Character Energy that I had been writing. That was by design; I ended up feeling like some of what I was putting to page was a little too vulnerable for public viewing....
I've been listening to a lot of music from Minneapolis lately
It started with Stranger Things. Look, I liked the finale (pillory me if you must), and the fact that it licensed two Prince tracks at, I think, pretty excellent moments really worked for me12. Purple Rain is an album that’s been in my coll...
Castle Grayskull is a dollhouse
Daddy sits in the living room with Mommy, and their kitty is in the basement hanging out with their bees(?), while their robot butler watches TV in the next room. An iconic 1980s family if I’ve ever seen one.
The trailer for the forthcomi...
Things I Appreciated in 2025
There is an aphorism that tells us that bad times produce good art. I think there’s some truth to that, but I think it’s probably more fair to say that hard times calibrate us to look for different things in the art we enjoy. In a less dest...
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