By Shane Ferguson Before I even booted up the PS4 version of South Park: The Fractured But Whole, I couldn’t help but reminisce about the pleasant surprise which was the South Park: The Stick of Truth. I’ve never experienced anything quite like it. I’ve never literally laughed out loud that much playing any videogame. It felt…
By Kimari Rennis Cuphead took the internet by storm – within a few days after releasing, it skyrocketed in popularity, quickly appearing in the “Top-Paid Games” list on the Xbox Store. The question is: Why? Well, Cuphead is a unique, challenging and beautifully crafted homage to the cartoons of the 1930’s, reveling in the magic…
By Donovan Floyd As an extreme Star Wars fan, it doesn’t take much at all for me to get excited for another addition to the universe. However, after the disaster that is EA’s Star Wars Battlefront, I couldn’t let myself have an extreme fanboy attack over the second edition to EA’s latest franchise, familiarly named Star…
By Shane Ferguson Greetings Circle clan, Shane here again with your Roundup for this week. This quarter is really starting to heat up, with some great announcements and anticipated releases. Personally, I’m looking forward to playing Assassin’s Creed: Origins. I’ve been on a brief hiatus from the series, but Ancient Kemet seems like a great…
By Harold Goldberg Each year, our partnership with the DreamYard Prep School in the Bronx grows by leaps and bounds. We began our first workshop earlier this week with 25 students in attendance. With some essential help from Eb Samuel, the New York Daily News’ videogame critic, I talked about Madden’s Longshot story. Eb had…
By Jeffrey Mizrahi Playing with my SNES Classic Edition this week taught me two things. First, Super Mario World is a perfect game, and second, videogame manuals used to be ridiculously awesome. Nintendo posted the original manuals for all 21 games included in the little box as PDF’s on their site, and man, these were…
By Harold Goldberg Most of the time, it’s great to welcome a new Assassin’s Creed game into my console – because of the its often compelling mix of history with fiction. Here’s what I saw when I went hands on with Assassin’s Creed: Origins. First up was a video that set up the demo. It…
By Kimari Rennis It’s one thing to write about someone in The Roundup, and it’s another thing when you get to meet that person afterward. For me, the feeling is strange yet whimsical. One of my projects as an intern for the NYVGCC is to read the recent reviews, articles, and posts written by the…
By Kimari Rennis Hello, fellow circle members, I am Kimari Rennis and as a rather young intern, this will be my first time writing a Roundup. It’s an honor to do this even when school is up and running again. Right now, I feel hip with the adults. Without further ado, here is the news…
By Shane Ferguson Salutations, Circlerees and Circlerettes, Shane here with another Roundup. This week we have a new Nintendo Direct Announcement, Super Mario 64 Online, and an Apple exclusive game from the developers of Journey. The Switch has been getting a lot of attention this week. With it getting a full complete version of NBA 2K18 and my birthday…
In which Donovan and Jeffrey converse and debate while they play the game – which may take forever. Warning: Spoilers! By Jeffrey Mizrahi and Donovan Floyd Jeffrey: I first jumped into the world of Destiny a little over two years ago. The base game had already been out for a while. Two expansions had come…
By Kimari Rennis There’s no doubt about it. Knack is back and better than ever. With new stylish moves, Knack will kick, punch, freeze, and smash his foes again to save the world and the humans once more. Lucas, his uncle Ryder, and the variable-sized hero travel towards the forgotten remnants of an empty warzone…
