As we move toward the New York Game Awards on 1/23/24 and the presentation of our Andrew Yoon Legend Award to Naughty Dog’s Neil Druckmann, we’ll have a weekly series of interviews with Neil himself conducted by our awesome students and young mentors. Get your tickets here for our big show before they sell out!
By Isaac Espinosa As you rise after a millennium of sleep, shaking off a hazy dream, you become aware that your destiny is to save the world from ruin. Fire Emblem: Engage for the Switch is the newest title in the Fire Emblem franchise. As the 17th game in the series, Engage feels almost like…
By Isaac Espinosa The vast region of Paldea holds a wide variety of potential journeys and mysteries to uncover. How can you choose just one way to play? Pokemon Scarlet and Violet were released on November 18th of this year for the Nintendo Switch, and are the beginning of the 9th Generation of the Pokémon…
By Isaac Espinosa On August 8, 2014, the indie game scene was changed forever by things that go bump in the night. In what seemed to be the magnum opus for game developer Scott Cawthon, Five Nights at Freddy’s released unto the world. And since that fateful day, the name of this iconic horror franchise…
By Isaac Espinosa The Pokémon series has always been grounded in two core aspects: catch all of the Pokémon you can, and challenge the gym leaders before eventually reaching the Elite Four and finally, the Champion. While formulaic, it’s also tried and true. This has been the foundation of the Pokémon series for decades now.…
By Harold Goldberg It’s time. For years now, we’ve wanted to expand the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s educational outreach program about Journalism in Games into Brooklyn. While much of our mentoring work is done in the Bronx, some has been done in Lower Manhattan. But we want to expand in Brooklyn with the right…
By Isaac Espinosa She and you travel the gloomy depths, stepping down, down, down, the footfalls loud and echoing. But you’re not alone. As the Demon King emerges from his seal underneath Hyrule Castle, Zelda fans realize that their last line of defense will be Link. Tears of the Kingdom, the long awaited sequel to…
By Serenity Cruz Hello, my name is Serenity, the 14-year-old latest arrival to the New York Videogame Critics Circle. I love to draw what comes to mind, yet most of my drawings always have to do with video games. From the small Megaman doodles to the Mudkip and Slowking drawings on almost every card stock…
As we move toward the end of the year and the 12th Annual New York Game Awards in January, our writers will review some of the game we missed. By Isaac Espinosa Swim through ink, run across the battlefield, and mark up as much turf as possible for the third time! Splatoon 3, released on…
By Isaac Espinosa On June 9th of this year, voice actor Billy P. Kametz unfortunately passed away at the age of 35. Born on March 22nd of 1987, Kametz was known for numerous voices throughout video games and anime. His roles include wonderful characters such as Ferdinand Von Aegir from Fire Emblem Three Houses, Maruki…
