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…
By Harold Goldberg Last week, Reggie Fils-Aimé, Circle Board member and former Nintendo of America president spoke to an auditorium filled with high school students at the Lab School for Finance and Technology. This inspiring talk was part of the school’s first Game Day, and it was inspired by our Playing With Purpose journalism and…
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…
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…
We very much enjoy mentoring at the Andres Hudde School in Midwood, Brooklyn. Students there really enjoy our 10-week Journalism in Games classes. As an example, check out this photo of the young women in the class as they enjoy Super Mario Wonder. Of course, after they Play With Purpose, they are asked to write…
By Harold Goldberg At the Circle, we have always taken quiet pride in helping underserved and homeless students. Recently, one of our Bronx students told me his brother was ill. That’s why his brother couldn’t attend a gaming field trip we held. Later, I sent an email to the educator with whom we recently taught…
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,…