Tickets for the 14th Annual New York Game Awards on 1/21/25 are now available! Throughout the fall and into the beginning of winter, the New York Videogame Circle taught three-day-a-week course at the Bronx’s Lab School for Finance and Technology. The class was near the top of our nonprofit’s best experiences with a school. Spearheaded by…
By Harold Goldberg This past Saturday, hundreds attended our awesome NYVGCC booth in tandem with the Henry Street Settlement’s super convivial community event. At Sol Lain Park, we gave away everything from stickers to a brand new iPad. Hundreds stopped by our booth during the day to learn about our Playing With Purpose programs and…
By Ronald Gordon Tim (Moth) Rodriguez is the co-founder of Galileo Games, a Tabletop games developer who makes all types of interesting projects to be played and explored. Having recently fallen heavily into the trap of Tabletop Role Playing Games, I was excited to see some more representation at this con, especially from Indie Developers. …
Long-time writer and Playing With Purpose mentor Ronald Gordon attended Flame Con over the weekend. This is the second of a four-part series featuring his perspective and interviews. By Ronald Gordon Having only known about Drag Queens from RuPaul’s Drag Race and other facets of entertainment, meeting two awesome performers in person felt like meeting…
By Harold Goldberg Yesterday, at the 21st Annual Games For Change Festival, the New York Videogame Critics Circle put together a sold-out event called Empowering Diversity In Gaming: Fostering Inclusivity Through Youth Engagement And Storytelling. Helmed by Circle executive director Ryan O’Callaghan and co-hosted by Microsoft’s Albert Dankwa, the well-attended talk focused on the Circle’s…
By Harold Goldberg Yesterday in Midtown at the Microsoft Experience, NYVGCC students from the Bronx’s Mott Hall III middle school were invited to embark upon a tour and talk that included Xbox employees talking about their pathways to success, Forza Horizon gameplay, and the announcement of three Critics Circle college scholarships for the best review,…
By Harold Goldberg My Bad Fall Begins Our Update, But There’s So Much Positive News, Too! Just over a month ago, I fell while working on my house in the mountains. A helicopter flew me to the trauma center at Albany Med, where I found I’d broken my pelvis in three places, had a small…
By Isaac Espinosa The Pokémon series has always been grounded in two core aspects: catch all of the Pokémon you can, and challenge the gym leaders before eventually reaching the Elite Four and finally, the Champion. While formulaic, it’s also tried and true. This has been the foundation of the Pokémon series for decades now.…
By Harold Goldberg While we love producing the New York Game Awards for fans, we love giving back to the community even more. Particularly, the New York Videogame Critics Circle is entering it third year of partnership with the Bronxworks network of homeless residences. Last week at the Jackson Street location, assistant mentor Isaac Espinosa…
THIS EVENT HAS ENDED. BUT PLEASE: go to our Paypal Giving Fund page to DONATE. $50 gets you in. $75 gets you in and you can ask Reggie a question yourself! Only 100 slots are available for this exclusive, 90-minute event. We’ll have a very cool item for raffling, signed by Reggie himself, to give…