The New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) is hosting a 14-hour charity stream on Saturday, Aug. 16, to raise funds for our Playing with Purpose writing program. Programming for the stream includes special figures from the video game industry, such as Sam Lake (Creative Director, Remedy Entertainment), John Eric Bentley (Final Fantasy 7 Remake), Samantha Béart (Baldur’s Gate 3), Alix Wilton Regan (Mass Effect 3) and more.

Starting at 8 a.m. ET, NYVGCC will stream on the official NYVGCC Twitch channel. Audiences can enjoy a range of content from game streams to Q&A sessions. All proceeds from the charity stream will provide underserved students across New York City with video game writing classes and workshops.

8:00 a.m. – Hearthstone Battlegrounds with ESPN’s Arda Öcal
9:00 a.m. – Coffee Talk with Sam Lake and Alyssa Mercante
10:00 a.m. – Baldur’s Gate 3 with Samantha Beart and Alyssa Mercante
11:00 a.m. – Tower Unite with Giant Bomb’s Jan Ochoa
12:00 p.m. – Final Fantasy 7 Chat with John Eric Bentley and the Iron Lords Podcast
1:00 p.m. – Mass Effect Legendary Edition with NYVGCC member Adam Siddiqui
2:00 p.m. – Q&A with Alix Wilton Regan and Kotaku’s Kenneth Shepard
3:00 p.m. – Conversation with Game Critics hosted by Jake Steinberg feat. Giovanni Colantonio, Carolyn Petit, and Moises Taveras
4:00 p.m. – Tales of the Shire with Camilapanda
5:00 p.m. – Game stream with John Stein
6:00 p.m. – Rematch! with KarimCheese
7:00 p.m. – 2-hour Predecessor stream with Spawn On Me’s Kahlief Adams
9:00 p.m. – Fuser set with Sam Greszes