By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to the Roundup, a series created to gather the works of members and interns alike to give them a shoutout! Back to School season is starting, and with it comes some last minute summer reviews! This time around we’ve got news on a whimsical noir point and…
By Karoline Castillo-Troncoso I didn’t expect humor in Case Solved: London Files, a cozy noir point and click game where players solve puzzles by piecing clues together in order to crack cases. Despite this game being characterized as noir, often associated with crime, Case Solved: London Files is rather whimsical. The 2D characters, emulating the…
By Ronald Gordon Recently, the Critics Circle had the chance to run our nonprofit Playing with Purpose course over at M.S. 131 on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. In the computer lab of the school, we gathered two groups of students and taught them how to create a game narrative. This Playing with Purpose workshop was…
By Isaac Espinosa Ever since the Nintendo Wii came out in 2007, the Miis have remained icons in Nintendo’s avatar gallery. The idea of being able to create anyone you wanted through a Mii has stood as their primary source of appeal. And although Nintendo has tried to introduce new avatars for players to use,…
By Saniah Etienne Assassin’s Creed Black Flag: Resynced expects you to be a pirate before you’re an assassin. And that’s simultaneously the beauty of it and the biggest hurdle to overcome. Assassin’s Creed was one of the first videogames I played growing up, so I was very excited to dive into this new version. As…
By Jatin Gundara When I first saw the promotional materials for Alkimia Interactive’s Gothic 1 Remake, I had a feeling that I knew what I was getting myself into. With the poster showing a conventional group of RPG protagonists (what seem like a mage, warrior, etc) surrounded by hordes of enemies in a red hellscape,…
By Theresa Afful If you are an old-school fan of Pokémon, you might know of the RPG games FireRed Version and Pokémon LeafGreen Version which was released on January 19th, 2004 on the Gameboy. The 2004 remake was of the 1996 RPG Pokémon Red and Green developed by Game Freak. The game was finally released…
By Khloe Wilkerson Most people imagine the future of AI as either a technological utopia or a dystopian nightmare. Developed by Marumittu Games, D-Topia is a single-player puzzle adventure game set in an Al-managed society where every system is designed for human happiness, comfort, and ease. While everything appears perfect on the surface, the game…
By Mary-Ellis Ryan Are you tired of slow-paced mobile RPGs with endless, unskippable cutscenes? Maybe it’s time to jump straight into the fun with Dicero. In this game, instead of using traditional weapons, your battle power is determined by your luck and strategy with the dice. You roll a set of five dice at the bottom…
By Zhya Colon This was my first experience ever playing a Star Fox game, and might I say, I was heavily disappointed. I am aware that this game is a remake of a Star Fox game made back in 1997, so perhaps this is most likely targeted to older Star Fox enjoyers. But I am…