The New York Videogame Critics Circle had a fine time at Barcade Manhattan at our 3rd Community Event and Hoohah last Wednesday night. We met many awesome gamers and journalists so it turned out was a great hang for all of us. (Stay tuned for more!) We enjoyed: 1) Kotaku’s Jason Schreier, Digital Trends’ Adam…
by Harold Goldberg As another school year threatens to begin, the New York Videogame Critics Circle finds itself in need of a new intern. Interns should be over the age of 18 and in college. You’ll learn from the best in the business. Here’s a list of our stellar members. Applicants should: *Be a self-starter;…
Each summer, the New York Videogame Critics Circle holds a rollicking community event. We’re happy to announce that this year, it’s at the newly opened Barcade New York on August 6 at 6:30 p.m. at 148 West 24th Street. We don’t often invite the community to our regular meetings (probably because of the great amount of…
by Harold Goldberg SIGNIFICANTLY UPDATED: MAY 13, 2014 May 13 will likely be lucky for author and filmmaker Blake J. Harris. That particular Tuesday is the day Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined A Generation (It Books), his well-researched and compelling narrative history of Sega, Nintendo and Sony’s battles, will be released.…
by Harold Goldberg Recently, Polygon’s Colin F. Campbell wrote Piranha Frenzy, a full-length novel that’s a labor or love. Within this taut fiction about what’s it’s like to be a videogame journalist, Campbell offers a motley mix of characters. There’s an older guy/mentor who raises his eyebrows at youthful idiocy tempered with younger folks with…
During the course of the week, we’ll publish photos from the 3rd Annual New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards. They’re by Victor Kalogiannis. Here are two shots of the great Steven Ogg, who won the Great White Way Award for Best Overall Acting in a Game for playing the demented Trevor in Grand Theft Auto…
During a rousing evening full of sly, cutting, rapid fire jokes from Daniel Radosh (The Daily Show with Jon Stewart), we presented our nine Critics Circle Awards. Game developers arrived on the cold Brooklyn evening from the U.S., Canada and Switzerland. In addition to a wild and lively Radosh, the audience was treated to appearances…
It’s a rarity that one of our members is asked to curate a museum exhibit. But that’s just what’s happened with Polygon’s Samit Sarkar. He curated and penned the excellent Madden exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. There to talk about the show, and about Madden’s 25 year history, were NFL…
By: Sarah Awad Kick off 2014 with some diverse and insightful writing about this year’s past, and what’s coming up next… Jeff Bakalar’s 404 Podcast takes us to the future Unwinnable’s Stu Horvath has the best board games of 2013 Jason Schreier has some news about The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky via Kotaku Mashable’s Chelsea…
After some serious discussion, our esteemed critics have named the following games as official New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards Nominees. The Awards will take place on February 11, 2014 at NYU/Poly’s Pfizer Auditorium in Brooklyn. Stay tuned for how you can get free tickets. And a hearty congratulations to all of our worthy nominees!…