By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. In this installment, our writers finally get to speak their minds about Sony and Microsoft’s new consoles, from their performance and innovation to the downright ugliness of the…
By Isaac Espinosa President Theodore Roosevelt has fallen into the clutches of an otherworldly force, and it’s up to you to save the United States by ridding it of the scum! Bartlow’s Dread Machine is an action game developed and published by Beep Games, Inc. and Tribetoy. In game environments that looks like artifacts from…
By Isaac Espinosa Can you do it? Can you above and beyond, avoiding an array of obstacles, and rise past all other players in order to claim the crown! Be the last player standing as you make it through the chaotic fun of “Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockdown”! Fall Guys was developed by Mediatonic and published…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. In this installment, our writers fill us in on the legal battle between Epic and the app stores; Netflix’s new, disappointing game-history docuseries; Warner’s long-awaited game announcements; Geoff…
By Isaac Espinosa Prepare to fold yourself into a new and extravagant origami adventure! Paper Mario: The Origami King, is the latest installment in the “Paper Mario” series. Developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo to the Nintendo Switch, this amazing adventure finds Mario navigating the paper world as he tries to put a…
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 recount their run-ins with some interesting VR experiments, introduce us to Amazon’s first big videogame release, and get the skinny on all those…
By Isaac Espinosa When there are no rules about how to do your job, and no penalty for causing havoc, what’s the harm in a little collateral damage? “Good Job!” is a puzzle game developed by Paladin Studios and published to the Nintendo Switch. Here, you play as the son of the CEO of a…
Microsoft Xbox’s Phil Spencer is our special guest on Episode 2 of Talking Games With Reggie And Harold! Phil and Reggie have been longtime friends, so listen for Phil’s surprise announcement! Then, please donate for our good cause right here. This also is a special music-themed episode in which the former Nintendo of America president…
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 dive headfirst into Valve’s big virtual-reality gamble, the history of Metal Gear and Final Fantasy, and Animal Crossing’s world domination. Plus, our young…
By Isaac Espinosa Now that we’re all confined to the safety of our homes, what better way to vent some of the resulting frustration than to rip and tear the demonic scum that dares to invade the Earth? Doom Eternal, which was published by Bethesda, and developed by id Software and Panic Button Games, takes…
