We thought a lecture about game criticism was most likely a recipe for disaster.
Straight off the bat, Matteo Bittanti, a teacher at the European Institute of Design, in Milan, proved us wrong. The very first thing he said was, “Hello. I am here to talk to you today about videogame criticism. Because right now, it’s bullshit.” Brandon Sheffield —GDC Conference Report V: Make Better Criticism: A Mature Form of Cultural Analysis (Insert Credit)
See also Preserving Videogame History.