Death of the Critic

Death of the Critic

Sequels and Reviews

Written by: Tom Blaich

Earlier this week, we publish an article about sequels and how they are viewed in relation to their preceding works, and we wanted to take the time to clarify our position on how we address this concern when writing a review for a sequel. While we do our best to look at each work on its own merits, we cannot discount significant advances or steps back compared to other works within the same franchise.
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What is Death of the Critic?

Written by: Tom Blaich


It has been a long few months since we set out on this journey, and since late last fall, we have been discussing the fundamentals behind the usage of criticism and how we can apply it to different types of media. This raises an important question that we now need to answer? Why do we do what we do, and why is this site called
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The State of Our Union

The clock just struck midnight and I sit here looking back on the year that we just had. It has been an incredible and life changing journey for me and I’m thankful to everyone who has come along for the ride. What started back in February as a simple way for me to consolidate my writings in one place has become something entirely different. In August, I made a commitment to start taking things more seriously, and starting this December, I finally sat down and created a definite schedule where I would put a new piece out every weekday.

Not only that, but I have also been joined by CJ Streetman, who has been volunteering their time and energy to act as an editor and contributing writer. And we have more people that are joining in every day to help build Death of the Critic into something amazing. Read More…
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