By Harold Goldberg Kimari Rennis and Ronald Gordon, two Circle interns from our partnership with the DreamYard Prep School, attended Sony’s game demo event at the PlayStation Theater last week. They seemed to like “Concrete Genie” and “Dreams,” MediaMolecule’s next game, the best. Both show wondrous artwork, the former with animated pen and ink beasts…
It’s our largest event outside of the New York Game Awards! Join us on Friday, 7/27/18 from 5 pm – 8 pm for our big summer community game event and party. We’re partnering with the Abrons Art Center for a Big Block Party at 466 Grand Street. And it’s going to be excellent. And it’s free!…
By Jeffrey Mizrahi Once again, Logitech held its annual Holiday Preview event in Manhattan, displaying the past, present, and future of their products. This year, Logitech was showing off more than usual as they have purchased the top of the line headset company, Astro Gaming, within the past year. Here are some of my initial…
By Ronald Gordon Not many point and click games grab my attention but there are some that I come across that really catch my eye and draw me in with their stories. The Journey Down is one of those select few that I actually played all the way through. The Journey Down is a three-part…
By Kimari Rennis “Why am I doing this to myself?” is the first thought that came to my mind when I started up The Forest – because I knew what this game was all about. The same phrase replayed louder in my head when the title screen showed a man hanging upside down in…
By Desiree Bonilla Ever wanted to just lie down with a bag of chips and a drink and play a stress-free game for a bit? Well, Shio is probably the game for you. When you indulge, you feel very calm. There’s never a point in the game where you’re stressed out. I feel at…
Harold Goldberg, author, journalist and New York Videogame Critics Circle founder, will speak at the Games for Changes Festival this Thursday, June 28th at 3:15 p.m. The topic is “When Journalists Educate With Games: How and Why the New York Videogame Critics Circle Mentors Students and Older Adults.” During his talk, which will include a…
Writer/intern Jeffrey Mizrahi just came back from E3 as media representing the New York Videogame Critics Circle. Here are his thoughts and musings. By Jeffrey Mizrahi It was thrilling. I was in middle school when I began watching E3 coverage religiously. The last day of classes would often fall on the first day of E3, culminating…
By Harold Goldberg We’re in this cramped, darkened and cold room and the now well-known scene in The Last of Us Part II is playing. That clip features nearly 12 minutes of touching drama and action-oriented gameplay which will forever be thought of as The Kiss. And it made me tear up. I’m still trying…
By Jeffrey Mizrahi E3 is here! The single biggest gaming event of the year is upon us and who better to talk to about it than New York Videogame Critic Circle’s founder, Harold Goldberg. Yesterday, we got to chat one on one discussing what it was like to be in attendance at Playstation’s media briefing, what…