New Patreon COI (journalist to subject): Critical Distance & Chris Plante (outlet possibly financially supported subject they covered in 2009) Subject: Critical Distance & Chris Plante Sources: Twitter, Gamasutra. Date Compiled: June 27th, 2015. Credits: Original Research from @BoogiepopRobin                                 ************************************************************ 03.05.14: Critical Distance supported me (and Hardcasual) in 2009. Now I (and you) can support it and @KrisLigman http://www.patreon.com/critdistance?rf=47882&ty=2 https://archive.is/y4hLV Articles with Potential Conflicts of Interest: 10.29.09: The Week In Game Criticism: Cursed, Pets, Less Than Charted  https://archive.is/4LzvC 11.05.09: The Week In Video Game Criticism: The Beatles, Torchlight, Prince Of Persia  https://archive.is/Dt7WR Summary: The tweet is hard enough to at least suggest that there was a financial relationship involved between Plante (and Hardcasual) and Critical Distance. >Critical Distance apparently supported both in 2009 and featured Hardcasual in two articles on Gamasutra. Distance issues are suggested when the writer or outlet that is covering a subject is also supporting that subject. I found no disclosure of this potential conflict of interest. Source