By Danny Castillo It wasn’t an in-person experience this year. Last week’s Games for Change 2020 festival, under the guidance of Susanna Pollack, became an online experience due to the coronavirus. And the result was impressive. These three days of talks and games with a message proved not only that there are some great…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. In this installment, our critics call for real action against sexual abuse and harassment. Plus, a major change of pace for the developers of Dear Esther, the next…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. In this installment, our writers pick apart Sony’s very big June, with reviews and behind-the-scenes looks of The Last of Us Part II and breakdowns of the big…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. With protests against racial injustice and police brutality emerging around the world, there are obviously more important things to be discussing and supporting at this time than…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers recount their run-ins with some interesting VR experiments, introduce us to Amazon’s first big videogame release, and get the skinny on all those…
By Matt Gerardi Sidescrolling beat-’em-ups have been out of style for many, many years now, mostly going the way of the arcade. But three studios, each masters of classically styled 2D games, have teamed up to bring one of the genre’s most beloved series into the modern age with Streets of Rage 4. Christopher Byrd…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers give us the scoop on the latest Xbox Series X news, 2K’s return to the world of pro golf, and the return of…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers pick apart the subversion of Final Fantasy VII Remake, review a game full of some much-needed quiet, highlight a very cool DIY console…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers are discussing some of the unseen consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on gaming, a wonderful but unusual new throwback micro-console, and the Animal…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our writers look at the 20-year gap between Final Fantasy VII and its ambitious remake, dissect the design of the new PlayStation 5 controller, take…
