By Ronald Gordon Near the Hudson River waterfront, Sony recently hosted an event to show off new games that are coming to the PlayStation VR system. Along the walls of a long, blue-hued room sat various PlayStations, VR headsets and monitors, and each game was demoed by the developers themselves. It was kind of like an amusement…
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 get their hands on crafty Nintendo games, try to keep their nerve against Lovecraftian horrors, and share a travel diary from a particularly…
Editor’s Note: In the past, we’ve seen a multitude of stories about the Train Jam that chugs along from Chicago to San Francisco in the days before the Game Developers Conference. But Elizabeth Ballou’s piece is the most in-depth story we’ve seen. This is a story that’s as much about environment, community and collegiality as…
By Ronald Gordon Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an influential author who spawned some of the most nightmare-inducing story ideas known to man. Some of my favorites are “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” “The Call of Cthulhu,” and “Cool Air.” And it just so happens that I had the pleasure of playing Conarium, a game inspired by…
By Harold Goldberg We don’t stop. Work on the 9th Annual New York Game Awards began a week after our 8th Awards ceremony in January. With 400,000 fans watching on Twitch, the ceremony was our most successful to date – by far. But later, there were numerous questions remaining like, how can we do better…
By Elizabeth Ballou Have you ever played a game about an eating disorder? Unless you’re an indie game aficionado, the answer is probably “no.” Yes, more game developers are starting to tackle the subject of mental health, but eating disorders like anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating remain mostly unexplored subjects. Shrinking Pains, a 2018…
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 clash with FromSoftware’s latest punishing adventure, breakdown Google’s big streaming plans, and look back at the legacy of a few games, old and…
By Harold Goldberg There was a period that spanned years when Angry Birds was such a wild phenomenon. It was everywhere. Writing a Boys’ Life game column for kids as I did for 10 years, it seemed there were as many letters and emails sent to me about the feisty birds as there were about…
By Zante Barker It’s old! Tetris has been around for 35 years – almost two times my actual age. It was first published in 1984 and was created by Alexey Pajitnov in Russia. According to Wikipedia, it’s the seventh largest gaming franchise to ever still be played and over a billion players indulge daily.…
By Harold Goldberg It’s on! Hideo Kojima will speak with Geoff Keighley about his long-awaited “Death Stranding” game for Sony’s PlayStation. The discussion will take place during the Tribeca Film Festival (TFF) on April 25 at 6 p.m. at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center, 199 Chambers Street.Joining the two will be lead actor Norman…