By Harold Goldberg Laszlo The Wondercat was my great friend. He was there through thick and thin, waiting for me whenever I returned home. While he wasn’t a lap cat, he would sit on the bed or nearby whenever I was ill. Sometimes, we would take naps together. He was so handsome and had so…
New York Game Awards and GG! Fest tickets (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! By Ronald Gordon We recently finished one of the first Playing with Purpose programs led by yours truly at the Laboratory School of Finance and Technology. I had a blast getting to…
It was a day that students would remember – forever. New York Yankees pitching ace Gerrit Cole stopped by the Playing With Purpose journalism class which NYVGCC teaches at the Bronx’s Lab School of Finance and Technology. As the class began and before the guest arrived, we helped students create and organize their questions with…
By Harold Goldberg By Harold Goldberg Years ago before we officially became became nonprofit, we were just beginning to teach writing, journalism and narrative at Bronx schools. One afternoon, we heard excited students talk about a field trip to Broadway to see “Hamilton.” Just as when students meet our Board member and former president of…
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 The New York Videogame Critics Circle has begun a compelling, new series of Games Writing classes at the Bronx’s Lab School of Finance and Technology. As part of our nonprofit’s Playing With Purpose program, Ryan O’Callaghan, Ronald Gordon, Isaac Espinosa and I are joining the Lab School for a compelling journalism program…
By Harold Goldberg Our New York Videogame Critics Circle meeting on Sunday at Piragua Gallery in the East Village was full of news and good vibes. Alais Murillo from Microsoft talked about joining the Circle as a volunteer to raise funds for our nonprofit. We need her and we’re glad she’s on board. Marc Anthony…
By Harold Goldberg Here at the New York Videogame Critics Circle, we want offer a hearty thanks to Angela Browder, Studio and Production Director at Bethesda Game Studios, for taking the time to mentor 15 of our interns. While the virtual evening conversation wasn’t on the record, the topics Angela was asked about by our…
For the last year, the New York Videogame Critics Circle has been teaching its Playing With Purpose writing and reviewing class at Brooklyn’s Hudde School. After a 10-class cohort this past semester, middle school student Elisabeth Chery blew past the competition to win a brand new Lenovo Legion 5 gaming laptop. Elizabeth chose to write…
Last week, Eric Monacelli, Marvel Entertainment’s Senior Director of Product and Franchise Development, mentored 40 of our students at Brooklyn’s Hudde School. Eric kindly brought Spider-Man 2 key chains for every student. But the main thing Eric brought was his great knowledge of the games universe. Students were rapt as he spoke about various pathways…