Editor’s Note: Because the following story deals with difficult life challenges, the New York Videogame Critics Circle has decided not to publish the last name of this brave 14 year-old writer from our Lower East Side Videogame Critics Circle. By Isaiah It was like a train hit me. I went to sleep and when I…
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 writers do their best to surf the infinite possibilities of Media Molecule’s Dreams and tell the story of how Rainbow Six Siege turned into…
By Harold Goldberg Yesterday at the DreamYard Project’s Bx Start game center, New York Videogame Critics Circle Board member Reggie Fils-Aimé spoke about his five keys to success to students from five Bronx schools. The former Nintendo of America president enthralled the students with meaningful stories garnered from his years at many corporate entities, including…
By Mayia Moore Grand Theft Auto IV, part of the landmark GTA franchise, is a crime fighting action game that adds story-lines and simulations that are essential to the game’s vibe. Led by the recently departed Dan Houser, the writing’s key because it raised the bar for other game makers. The writing and the simulation…
By Harold Goldberg For the past 12 weeks, the New York Videogame Critics Circle has taught a games journalism course at one of the Henry Street Settlement’s Community Centers on the Lower East Side. The center is generally an after school hang for young people, a welcoming place to congregate. It’s not a place where…
By Ronald Gordon Sometimes life can seem like an endless journey, a long road that we continue to travel in order to find something, anything that proves the journey was worth it, like Deadpool assembling a team of friends to cherish in David Leitch’s Deadpool 2. So far, no other game I’ve encountered has captured…
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 writers find themselves in the middle of a buggy mess and comparing co-op to romance. Plus, a look at a game-related TV show that’s…
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 writers discuss a valuable effort to preserve unsung online games and the power of VR to elevate even the most cliche of games. Plus,…
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 celebrate the completion of Kentucky Route Zero and get lost in the wild enthusiasm of Kingdom Hearts III and the comforting simplicity of…
It was the most crowded and wildest New York Game Awards After Party the New York Videogame Critics Circle has ever seen. Thankfully, Photojournalist Nancy J. Parisi was there to chronicle the festivities.