It’s our largest event outside of the New York Game Awards! Join us on Friday, 7/27/18 from 5 pm – 8 pm for our big summer community game event and party. We’re partnering with the Abrons Art Center for a Big Block Party at 466 Grand Street. And it’s going to be excellent. And it’s free!…
By Harold Goldberg We’re in this cramped, darkened and cold room and the now well-known scene in The Last of Us Part II is playing. That clip features nearly 12 minutes of touching drama and action-oriented gameplay which will forever be thought of as The Kiss. And it made me tear up. I’m still trying…
By Jeffrey Mizrahi E3 is here! The single biggest gaming event of the year is upon us and who better to talk to about it than New York Videogame Critic Circle’s founder, Harold Goldberg. Yesterday, we got to chat one on one discussing what it was like to be in attendance at Playstation’s media briefing, what…
By Harold Goldberg, Circle Founder I’m thrilled to announce that the New York Videogame Critics Circle will have an excellent fundraiser at E3 this year. It’ll be part of the MSK legal firm‘s party at Lucky Strike Lanes at L.A. Live on the evening of June 13. How did this happen? It’s largely due to…
By Shane Ferguson You may have missed it, but that would be a shame. Rogue Aces is incredibly addictive, a 2D, side-scrolling free roam air combat shmup arcade game. While that’s a lot of adjectives, it’s a game that’s nuanced and intriguing. Developed by Infinite State Games, Rogue Aces is a spiritual successor to classics such as Wings of…
By Harold Goldberg There’s nothing quite like it. Hero: A Verite VR Experience takes you, the traveler, through a Syrian town that’s being bombed. It features a VR headset, backpack and special effects. But what makes it feel even more real is the humans you deal with during the experience. This is the virtual meets real,…
By Ronald Gordon Hello, members of the Critics Circle and the fans that follow us. My name is Ronald Gordon and I am the 17 year old intern here at the NYVGCC. I enjoy games with action, adventure, fighting, and story. I love a good game of Skyrim or Dragon Age: Inquisition but…
By Harold Goldberg It’s been such a long time. His hair is graying now. Hell, none of us are kids anymore. But there’s wisdom in maturity, what we’ve absorbed, what we’ve purged, what we hope not to repeat, and that’s a good thing. I first met Cory Barlog, the creative director from Sony’s Santa Monica…
By Harold Goldberg Our energetic Holiday Podcast features CNET’s Dan Ackerman and Scott Stein, Tom’s Guide’s Sherri Smith, and Kimari Rennis, NYGameCritics.com’s ace teen intern — and me. We remember fondly our best game-oriented holidays of yore, and offer up some awesome ideas for gifts – ones that you haven’t heard about before. (Oh, and,…
By Jeffrey Mizrahi Playing Call of Duty WWII and Super Mario Odyssey at the same time is very interesting. One game has you grinding endlessly (or just use real money to buy in game currency) at a chance to score a cool costume for your character, while the other encourages you to spend in game…