It’s been a decade! This year marks the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s 10th Year in existence. It’s been our honor to spend half of that time working with underserved youth in the Bronx and Lower East Side. Last week, Sony asked senior intern Kimari Rennis, now an NYU Freshman, to write about her experiences…
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…
We present voices from our present and past 10 years as we celebrate the 10th Anniversary of the New York Videogame Critics Circle and the New York Game Awards. So here they are! (We’ll add more to this post after the New York Game Awards on 1/26. Daniel Radosh, Senior Writer, The Daily Show with…
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 pick apart Sony’s very big June, with reviews and behind-the-scenes looks of The Last of Us Part II and breakdowns of the big…
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. With protests against racial injustice and police brutality emerging around the world, there are obviously more important things to be discussing and supporting at this time than…
By Kimari Rennis I remember watching the launch trailer for Treachery In Beatdown City during our New York Game Awards. I’ll never forget the smile on my face, and I’ll never regret it either. Let’s get straight to the point: good, taut humor in videogames is a very rare and welcomed commodity, and it is…
Have fun listening to Geoff, Reggie and Harold! But please donate to help us homeless students at charity.gofundme.com/talking-games-…gie-and-harold or nygamecritics.com/reggie. Here, we talk about Geoff beating Reggie at the Wii at E3 and how Reggie fought back to never be beaten again. We talk about the creation of The Game Awards and the loneliness Geoff sometimes feels, 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. I’m back on the Roundup beat this week. All the thanks in the world to Harold for putting up with me while I’ve been sick and filling…
By Kimari Rennis Let’s be honest here, gamers. Food and video games together are a wonderful combination. But what if I told you there was a game out there that combined the two in a cartoony anime RPG? Imagine an anime RPG game about food – as you eat food! Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl…
In Part 2 of the New York Game Awards photo albums, photographer Nancy J. Parisi chronicles the presentations onstage, along with the doings of a mysterious – shall we say untitled – goose. Part 3, the After Party, will come on Monday.
