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The Insight: Why Our Longtime Pokémon Writer Loves Pokopia!
By Isaac Espinosa As Pokémon fans desperately await news related to Winds and Waves, it is up to the newly released spin-off titles to hold them over. Pokopia falls right into this niche! The adventure starts off very interestingly, as you tackle it all through the perspective of cute blob Ditto, who upon trying to…
The Roundup: Goodbye, Laszlo, Reggie In The Hall of Fame, Exit 8 Film, Minos, Retrocade, Fallout 5 Potential, NYC Video Game Festival, More!
By Ronald Gordon Hello, and welcome back to the Roundup, a column which gathers up articles written by members and interns alike to give them a shoutout! This time around, we’ve got news of Harold Goldberg’s “The Skinny,” Reggie Fils-Aimé in the Hall of Fame, Park Ranger Simulator, Apple Arcade’s Retrocade, Minos the puzzle game, Potential…
Goodbye, Laszlo The Wondercat, Our Mascot Cat!
By Harold Goldberg Laszlo The Wondercat was my great friend. He was there through thick and thin, waiting for me whenever I returned home. While he wasn’t a lap cat, he would sit on the bed or nearby whenever I was ill. Sometimes, we would take naps together. He was so handsome and had so…
The Insight: Minos Wracked Linette’s Brain In A Fun Way!
By Linette Marte I usually don’t play puzzle games, but Minos definitely captured my attention! You mainly play as a minotaur called Asterion in a labyrinth where you must protect your sanctuary from enemies coming from different directions. You also take control of a character named Daedalus in which you can change the paths of…
The Movie Review: In Our Own Lives, Can We Go Out From Exit 8?
By Ronald Gordon I’ve been trying to make a change in my life recently, which is an ironic thought as I used to be quite afraid of change. I believe that we, as humans, are burdened by the fact that someday things will change, that something in our everyday experience will be different in a…
The Insight: Experience The Joy Of Retro Games With Apple Arcade’s Retrocade!
By Mary-Ellis Ryan If you are a gamer who misses the feel of old-school arcades, Retrocade might be exactly what you’re looking for. Retrocade is basically your very own portable arcade machine. Actually, it’s arcade machines as it includes multiple games, all with designs that match the style and vibe of the game play. What…
The Insight: Karoline Worked In A Forest In Ranger’s Path: National Park Simulator!
By Karoline Castillo-Troncoso What’s their job like? Sometimes, I look at the employees of different occupations and can’t help but wonder: Do they like their job; how do you obtain a position for a job like this? Jobs that would lead me to raise these questions were usually unconventional or unlike your typical nine-to-five gig.…
The Moment: Harold Goldberg’s The Skinny, His New Novel, Is Inspired By Games!
It’s launch day for “The Skinny,” Circle Founder Harold Goldberg first novel! The taut noir mystery is a page turner that’s set in 1990’s New York City from the Lower East Side to Greenwich Village to Harlem to Astoria. Here are two early reviews: “Classic New York Noir … a real nail biter to keep…
The Roundup: Resident Evil Requiem, Harold’s New Book, Romeo is a Dead Man, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Luis’ Call to Action, Nvidia AI Slop, More!
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup, a column created to gather the works of our members and interns alike to give them a shout out! March has been an eventful month, filled with plenty of great games to play and cover. This time around we’ve got stories featuring Romeo is A…
The Insight: As One Of Saniah’s First Horror Experiences, Resident Evil Requiem Rocked Her World!
By Saniah Etienne Resident Evil Requiem was one of my first experiences with horror games. I scare easily, so at first I was nervous but excited to take on the challenge. You play as two different characters, Leon S. Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft. The game begins when Grace is kidnapped and taken to Rhodes Hill…
The Insight: It’s Time For GDC, But Harold Is Still Thinking About DICE
By Harold Goldberg Tens of thousands are travelling to the Game Developers Conference this week. To avoid the madding crowds, I stayed in New York City. Instead of GDC, I was thinking about a smaller, cozier event that took place about a month ago: the DICE Summit. I didn’t really know what to expect when…
The Insight: I Hate This Place, But I Love This Final Girl!
By Jade Entien There is nothing I love more than women in horror. I love my femme fatales, my evil-doing women, and most of all, my final girls. In the past, we had only helpless damsels in distress, female characters who were victims while their male counterparts took the glory at the end. Now, though,…
The Insight: Dead Man Romeo’s Juliet Is A Source Of Danger, Obsession And Emotional Instability!
By Khloe Wilkerson Being dead in most video games means failure. In Romeo Is a Dead Man, death is only the beginning. Some video games gently invite players into their worlds; others disorient them on purpose. This game does both. From the moment I started playing, I could tell it wasn’t interested in being comfortable…
The Insight: Want To Sell An Alien Space Baby? It’s Fun And Funny, Says Tina!
By Tina Lam Set in a future dystopian world where corrupt aliens trade off alien babies as goods, “Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator” effectively captures your attention right off the bat with its satirical and dark humor. A baby trading simulator? Most people would hear that premise and immediately take off! I mean, what exactly…
The Roundup: All of Our Intern Works Revolving the Best Games of 2025!
By Ronald Gordon Hello once again from the Critics Circle! It’s been a while and both GG Fest One and 15th Annual New York Videogame Awards were a huge success in January! Not only did people thoroughly enjoy the litany of panels before the Supergiant Unplugged Concert on the 17th, Awards night was bustling with…
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