By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to the Roundup, an article made to gather stories from Members and Interns alike to give them a blast! This column was in the works for quite some time, and plenty of new things have happened while I was writing it. Not only have there been new…
By Khloe Wilkerson FishGun, available on Steam at no charge, is an incredibly immersive and thrilling underwater adventure game that brings together the excitement of exploration and the thrill of shooting fruit to take back and claim territory that was once yours. The cool premise: The evil fruit has taken over and drained the underwater…
NEW YORK VIDEOGAME CRITICS CIRCLE ANNOUNCES 2024 AWARDS DATE AND TICKETING 13th Annual New York Game Awards will take place in person on Tues., Jan. 16, 2024. Tickets on sale now! NEW YORK (Sept. 19, 2023) – The New York Videogame Critics Circle (NYVGCC) today announced the 13th annual New York Game Awards is returning…
By Mario Brito Collado It’s Climate Week, and the streets of Manhattan have seen tens of thousands of protesters. I thought of all this as I pondered a question: how can a videogame transmit the main idea of being an ecology-minded engineer, without enduring all the stressful parts of actually being one in real life? Green…
By Ronald Gordon Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon is everything I wanted in a mecha game. There’s power, there’s speed, there’s weight, and there’s weaponry, all compacted into a game with fantastic combat and understandable, clear challenge goals. Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon, the Mech Action game developed by From Software and…
By William Baker III It wasn’t easy. But I took the editorial challenge of coming up with some excellent and unique puzzle games for your purview. Here’s my list! Viewfinder by Sad Owl Studios: If you’re familiar with Superliminal, you’re sure to have a great time with this gem. Viewfinder is a game about taking…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup! It’s the Critics Circle’s way of gathering up the stories that have been published in the past couple of weeks! Summer is winding down to a close and schools are starting back up. But that doesn’t mean that games are stopping anytime soon. Not only…
by Jade Entien While summer is almost over, I spent a lot of that time writing about the glamorous event that was Flame Con 2023. It’s hosted by Geeksout, a non-profit with the mission of “rallying, empowering, and promoting the queer geek community.” Flame Con was a two-day weekend soiree, but I was only able…
By Kimari Rennis If you are a big fan of Dungeons & Dragons and have a few campaigns under your belt, whether you’ve watched a few episodes of Critical Role in the background, or you collect dice to show off to your companions, I applaud you. Baldur’s Gate III is the game for you! If…
By Ronald Gordon Sometimes a trip into a magical forest can be an excursion filled with splendor and whimsy. Other times, it will lead you through a horrific menagerie of grim, gruesome, and gross horror stories. Bramble: The Mountain King demonstrates how a pleasant journey can go so terribly awry that you’ll dread ever…