By Harold Goldberg All of us at the New York Videogame Critics Circle would like readers to note that intern Kimari Rennis has been accepted into New York University’s Future Game Designers program. The prestigious 14-week program, which meets all day on Saturdays through May 11th, is a move forward for the Bronx teen as…
By Kimari Rennis A young woman, tan, with short brown hair wakes up in the middle of a peaceful night to a neon pink and purple polygonal butterfly entering her room. From there, she is transferred to a brand new world where she is continuously moving, moving as if dancing through space and time on…
By Harold Goldberg We have a variety of ways to give back at the New York Videogame Critics Circle. And, as a multicultural arts education-oriented nonprofit organization, we continually look to fostering creativity in others when we plan our work. Our yearly scholarship contest, for instance, focuses upon game narrative. Before we announce the winners,…
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 share perspectives on violence in games, exciting game-design trends, and the perfect summer games to help you close out the season. Plus, an…
It’s all Borderlands 3! After playing two new hours of this humor-filled open world experience, New York Videogame Critics Circle president and editor in chief Harold Goldberg and senior DreamYard intern Kimari Rennis interviewed Borderlands 3 Senior Writer Danny Homan. Danny expounds upon the motivations of those wonderfully insane Calypso Twins, the brilliance and loneliness…
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 thanks for their gaming beginnings and lessons learned at the Game Devs of Color Expo. Plus, we dig into the latest political…
By Kimari Rennis I’m still thinking about what I learned at the recent Game Devs of Color Expo, a supportive environment for game developers and their fans from various backgrounds held each year in Harlem. The GDoC Expo is very young, but it’s helping the community learn and think about games in important ways. (The…
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 go to war—and school—in Fire Emblem: Three Houses, introduce us to a virtual art museum, and take us inside Concrete Genie’s artful adventure.…
Sly Cooper, Jet Set Radio, Ico! In Part 2 of this New York Videogame Critics Circle podcast, founder Harold Goldberg and Senior DreamYard Intern Kimari Rennis talk to PixelOpus creative director Dominic Robilliard and Art Director Jeff Sangalli about *their artful inspirations, *the compelling new content within Concrete Genie, *how the art style was created…
Join the New York Videogame Critics Circle as we talk about the latest “Concrete Genie” demo! This deep, somewhat short, game about art, bullying, monster pals and the power of a paintbrush will be released on October 8. Developer PixelOpus revealed that among the many inspirations for the monsters’ look is legendary storyteller and artist…
