The New York Videogame Critics Circle held a spirited panel discussion at the New York Games Conference yesterday. Onstage at the Museum of Jewish Heritage, Tom’s Guide’s Sherri Smith, former AV Club games editor Matt Gerardi, CNET’s Dan Ackerman, DreamYard senior intern Kimari Rennis and Circle founder Harold Goldberg talked about everything from potential games…
By Harold Goldberg It was a day that we were all waiting for: on Tuesday, it happened. Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime visited the DreamYard Preparatory School, the school at which the New York Videogame Critics Circle mentors and teaches courses in the Bronx. In a packed room filled with DreamYard students and educators, Reggie…
By Kimari Rennis Daemonical is a very well-hidden gem tucked away in some of the farthest corners of Steam. This incredible online survival horror game puts its own unique spin on Dead by Daylight by making you rely on communication, tracking, and trust in others to survive and stop the onslaught of a terrifying…
By Isaac Espinosa It’s not just a rhythm-based music game. So get ready. Combat is key as you travel through many worlds that will appear somehow familiar to gamers. Old School Musical, developed by the indie developer La Moutarde and published by Playdius, sports an upbeat soundtrack and an intense rhythm system. The game keeps…
By Ronald Gordon I have avoided them. Throughout my gaming history, there’s one category of games that I personally eschew: those games where my screen gets littered with bright, exploding lights that I have to dodge, and enemies that I have to kill. I’m referring to Bullet Hell games, a special sub-genre of shoot ‘em up…
So many things! What do I play with first?! says our writer. By Jeffrey Mizrahi When Destiny 2 launched, it suffered from a severe identity crisis. Bungie was trying to make a game that would appeal equally to a casual Destiny audience, as well as a more heavily engaged one. The results weren’t pretty. The hardcore…
By Shane Ferguson Marvel’s Spider-Man on the PlayStation 4 is a love letter and spiritual successor to every Spider-Man game that came before it. How do I know? Spider-Man is my favorite character not only in comic books, but in pop culture – period. I’m not sure if it’s his combat ability, cool costume and powers,…
We want the New York Game Awards to be the people’s game awards, of the people, for the people. So guess what? We’ll be giving out a game code each week leading up to the New York Game Awards on 1/22/19. For every 10 people that buy a tax-deductible ticket on Eventbrite, one will get a…
By Desiree Bonilla Flipping Death is an engaging puzzle platform game with mild horror elements created by Zoink! Games. Here, you play as a girl named Penny, a very brave and unpredictable person. She used to work at a funeral home but got into trouble and lost her job. Because she wanted to liven things up, she jumped…
By Jeffrey Mizrahi Is it amazing fun or mere glitz that gets in your way? This week, Electronic Arts is holding an Open Beta for players to try out their upcoming World War-inspired II first-person shooter, Battlefield V. I was pleased to hear last week that the game was delayed from mid-October to mid-November for several reasons. Not…
By Harold Goldberg We don’t usually tout our community service work here, although we sometimes mention what we’re doing in Manhattan, the Bronx and beyond. But I think it’s OK to have someone do it for us, especially when it’s someone smart who knows the world of community service well. The New York Public Library’s Thomas Knowlton recently sent this note to the…
Played on Xbox One, also for PS4, Switch & Windows. By Ronald Gordon Some dungeon crawler games feel repetitive with regard to theme and gameplay. Time and time again, we’ve all seen offerings that try to replicate the intensity of “Dark Souls” and after a while, these ideas get overused and boring. However, when it…
