By Jeffrey Mizrahi What’s up, Circle readers! Jeffrey here – with my first ever Roundup. Just when I think finals week couldn’t get any worse, my PS4’s disc drive went kaput and spits out every disc I throw at it! I think I’ll take it as a sign to study more… Don’t forget we still…
By Kimari Rennis I’ve never been so deeply immersed and impacted by a story in my entire life. What Remains of Edith Finch is a first person narrative game developed by Giant Sparrow about a curious girl returning to her ancestral home. It can only be described as a work of art. In all honesty,…
By Harold Goldberg On Saturday, I took an umbrella to the heavy rain and traveled to NYU’s Game Center where a large group of college seniors were celebrating their imminent graduations and the occasionally dismal reality that is the real world. But in a small room farther away from the festivities, about 15 high school…
By Harold Goldberg As I entered the Tribeca Games Festival last Saturday afternoon, I stopped to say ‘hello’ to one of the panel moderators with whom I’m acquainted. This person was with a younger moderator, someone I did not know. Without looking at me at all, the panelist I knew said, “Maybe he can join…
By Kimari Rennis It’s a 2017 release with a 1998 vibe. Yooka-Laylee is a 3D adventure platforming game that was heavily inspired by the original Banjo-Kazooie game developed by Rare. It’s easy to infer that many fans of the Banjo-Kazooie franchise would turn to Yooka-Laylee in search of desired nostalgia. However, is Yooka-Laylee in the…
Hey, gang! Jon here, bringing you this week’s Circle Roundup. This week’s big release was Prey. I’m 20 hours in and this is my GOTY so far, and I say this as someone who completely dismissed this title after seeing the first trailer. I wrote it off as yet another derivative sci-fi horror game set…
By Kimari Rennis After my story about what Plants Vs. Zombies means to me, I was able to get in contact with Rich Werner, the game’s artist. In this interview, I asked questions about his road to success and heard stories and experiences about this original artist for the hit game. The reason we are…
May the Fourth be with you, Circle family! Jon here, back with your weekly Roundup and wishing you a wonderful Star Wars Day. This week’s Roundup is an eventful one. Russ Frushtick played Star Wars: Bounty Hunter to commemorate May 4th. Harold Goldberg and Jordan Minor attended the first ever Tribeca Games Festival, a big…
Hello, Circle readers! This week, we have our intern Kimari Rennis leading the pack in her very first Roundup appearance! We also have opinions on What Remains of Edith Finch, Call of Duty: WWII, Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition, and a stream of PlayersUnknown’s Battlegrounds. I’ve still been grinding away at Overwatch to get my elusive…
Hello Circle readers! Jon here – with another Roundup. This past week was a busy one. Star Wars Battlefront II (not to be confused with Star Wars: Battlefront II from 2005) was confirmed, Nier: Automata held a livestream commemorating its 1 million copies shipped, and Code Vein was announced. And that was just the…
Hello, Circle people! Jon here. No long-winded intro this time. It’s been a busy week in gaming news, but today’s Roundup is especially good. I loved Matt’s review-in-process approach, and I wish it became the standard in game criticism. I loved Chelsea’s eulogy for Mad Catz. I love Gita’s report on Shard and the tragic…
By Kimari Rennis I severely regret not getting into the complete Kingdom Hearts franchise earlier. In the past, I could never truly say that I was a Kingdom Hearts fan. I don’t know if it’s just me, but I’ve always confused Kingdom Hearts with Final Fantasy because of how similar they appear to me. Even…
