By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers do their best to surf the infinite possibilities of Media Molecule’s Dreams and tell the story of how Rainbow Six Siege turned into…
By Harold Goldberg Yesterday at the DreamYard Project’s Bx Start game center, New York Videogame Critics Circle Board member Reggie Fils-Aimé spoke about his five keys to success to students from five Bronx schools. The former Nintendo of America president enthralled the students with meaningful stories garnered from his years at many corporate entities, including…
By Mayia Moore Grand Theft Auto IV, part of the landmark GTA franchise, is a crime fighting action game that adds story-lines and simulations that are essential to the game’s vibe. Led by the recently departed Dan Houser, the writing’s key because it raised the bar for other game makers. The writing and the simulation…
By Harold Goldberg For the past 12 weeks, the New York Videogame Critics Circle has taught a games journalism course at one of the Henry Street Settlement’s Community Centers on the Lower East Side. The center is generally an after school hang for young people, a welcoming place to congregate. It’s not a place where…
By Ronald Gordon Sometimes life can seem like an endless journey, a long road that we continue to travel in order to find something, anything that proves the journey was worth it, like Deadpool assembling a team of friends to cherish in David Leitch’s Deadpool 2. So far, no other game I’ve encountered has captured…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers find themselves in the middle of a buggy mess and comparing co-op to romance. Plus, a look at a game-related TV show that’s…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers discuss a valuable effort to preserve unsung online games and the power of VR to elevate even the most cliche of games. Plus,…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our critics celebrate the completion of Kentucky Route Zero and get lost in the wild enthusiasm of Kingdom Hearts III and the comforting simplicity of…
It was the most crowded and wildest New York Game Awards After Party the New York Videogame Critics Circle has ever seen. Thankfully, Photojournalist Nancy J. Parisi was there to chronicle the festivities.
In Part 2 of the New York Game Awards photo albums, photographer Nancy J. Parisi chronicles the presentations onstage, along with the doings of a mysterious – shall we say untitled – goose. Part 3, the After Party, will come on Monday.
The excellent Nancy J. Parisi, who’s snapped everyone from RBG to Barack Obama to The Goo-Goo Dolls, was the New York Game Awards’ official photographer this year. Here are photos leading up to the show at SVA Theatre. (The exceptions are John Azzilonna’s animation, which begins this post and those with the byline of Harold…
The Outer Worlds Wins Game of the Year at 9th Annual New York Videogame Awards Both Disco Elysium and Sayonara Wild Hearts take home multiple awards Reggie’s acceptance speech focuses on The Circle’s community work. New York City, January 22, 2020 – Hosted last night by Emmy Award winning writers from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, the New…
