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. After a brief Thanksgiving reprieve, we’re back with what could be the final Roundup of the year. This week, we’re taking a peek back at the last…
By Isaac Espinosa Equip your Pokeballs! Take up your town maps, and travel through Galar for a brand new Pokemon adventure! Pokemon Sword and Shield, the newest entries in the Pokemon franchise, were developed by Game Freak and published to the Nintendo Switch by The Pokemon Company. But unlike most Pokemon games, Sword and Shield…
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, critics celebrate the biggest Pokémon yet and the 15th anniversary of Halo 2’s industry-changing innovations. Plus, the world of Death Stranding gets explained and one…
By Isaac Espinosa Grasp your Ring-Con, and travel through an adventure of fitness and excitement! That’s Nintendo’s hope for Ring Fit Adventure, a brand new fitness game developed and published by Nintendo. Their interesting riff on a Pilates Ring, the Ring-Con, allows for an exercising experience that combines elements of role-playing games with effective workout…
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 fall into the wordy embrace of massive, wordy computer RPGs, both new and old. Plus, a new Star Wars game impresses, a new…
By Isaac Espinosa Recently, Ubisoft and the Games for Change organization presented a “Keys to Learn” event in New York City. During these wonderful hours, I was able to learn about how gaming has been – and continues to be used – as a platform to teach people about education and even social justice. And…
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 give impressions from the first few hours of Ghost Recon Breakpoint and from many, many hours of Borderlands 3. Plus Ubisoft gets in…
By Isaac Espinosa A lone robot awakens in a massive sandstorm, and it becomes your duty to bring the machine in the mountain back to life, and bring light back to the lonely town of Mirage. “Creature in The Well” is a hack-and-slash, pinball-inspired dungeon crawler developed and published by Flight School Studios and playable…
On Sunday, Sherri Smith, Isaac Espinosa, Connor Carson and Harold Goldberg participated in the awesome Henry Street Settlement Community Day Block Party. The five-hour event on a sunny late summer afternoon included a DJ, dancing, giveaways, and free food from food trucks. We had over 100 people stop by our booth and we gave away…
By Isaac Espinosa It’s like my school, and it’s not – because it’s much more than a school. I spent so much time as the new professor of the Officer’s Academy, forging pathways for myself, and my students. The experience of being able to decide the fate of the young people you care for can…
