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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 15h

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 18h

best in the biz
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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 23h

"it is impossible to have more than one.."

"It is possible to have no more than one..."

Going with the second just seems insane to me lol

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 23h

there's no way this is what they meant to write, right? "It is possible to have [only one]" what are we doing?

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

Critical Error will not have a review of Pokemon Legends Z-A today as we have been blacklisted from the pre-release media list ever since The Charizard Incident

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

I might like your joke better lol

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

REQUIRED viewing when you are done!!!!

youtu.be/Fmu2E8-YO6E?...

Perhaps, This Is Hell

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 1d

cancel my appointments

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

It's interesting to me that your main points of criticism are

1. I am arguing that criticism is exacting rather than open to whatever anyone wants it to be and

2. something about my tone.

Video Game Reviews Are Not For Me

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

The CRITICAL ERROR podcast takes aim at the phrase "not for me," this week!

An extended discussion on the point of criticism, your imagined audience member, and how meaning is sussed out from any text.

watch/listen: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

i kinda dig this. 12 characters, no fuss. No huge expectations.

If they can launch at a competitive price point that would be huge

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

friends and fans are loving our BONUS PODCAST that releases every single week alongside our main show.

If Critical Error is how we talk about video games, the bonus show is how we talk about our feelings
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The things we cannot reasonably ignore.

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Video Game Reviews Are Not For Me

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 2d

The CRITICAL ERROR podcast takes aim at the phrase "not for me," this week!

An extended discussion on the point of criticism, your imagined audience member, and how meaning is sussed out from any text.

watch/listen: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

brother, it's insane how good the sequel looks on Switch 2.

pulling up 1 on the same machine is *brutal*

Critical Error Is Not For Me

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Writing on Games @writingongames.bsky.social · 4d

Been really loving this show lately, and this episode speaks to a lot of thoughts I have on the current critical landscape, people feeling like they need to appease their audiences, etc. Big ol' recommendation. It's... For Me

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 5d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 3d

thank you 🙏🙏

Critical Error Is Not For Me

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James W @omgmorejames.bsky.social · 4d

Jake has a written piece at the end of the show that ruined me. The sad, inexorable tethering we’ve made of loneliness and principles in games media is, well, sad.

It’s exhausting to care. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t.

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 5d

the latest CRITICAL ERROR podcast is about what video game reviews are/aren't

but tbh this week's episode is not for me: youtu.be/u8ysh5lKZOg?...

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Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 4d

🤍

Jake Steinberg @jakesteinberg.substack.com · 4d

excellent follow. love reading the transcripts (like a freak)