By Harry Rabinowitz Celebrations all around to you, your family and friends! With plenty of Yuletide carols and Hanukkah songs being sung, we wanted to bring the best and brightest from our esteemed Circle members! Polygon’s Besties, Griffin McElroy, Russ Frushtick, Chris Plante, and Justin McElroy, reunite for one last podcast. This time they talk…
By Harry Rabinowitz Have you heard about The New York Videogame Awards? Word on the street is the event is going to be pretty spectacular. Just keep an eye out for it! Anyway, here’s your weekly Roundup! Samit Sarkar reviews Destiny’s first “expansion”, The Dark Below. Mike Futter talks with art director Pete Ellis about…
By Harry Rabinowitz You would think things would be slowing down now that the major release months are mostly behind us. You would be wrong. Games, tech, and more in this week’s Roundup! Dan Ackerman reviews the Alienware Alpha, the first “Steam Machine”…only its not really a Steam Machine. If the home console isn’t really your…
By Harry Rabinowitz I could tell you about all the post-Thanksgiving deals Circle members have been rounding up for you all…but by the time you read this post, all those deals will be gone. Content about games is more interesting, anyway! Jeremy Voss recaps his post-Thanksgiving escapades, which mostly consisted of Dragon Age Inquisition and…
By Harry Rabinowitz The holidays are right around the corner. So, what are you getting for your family? Don’t know? Well, for now, forget about it and check out what our illustrious Circle members have been up to. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U has been the talk of the town, an accomplishment in and…
By Harry Rabinowitz In case you were living under a rock last week, a boatload of big games were released. Lucky for you, our Circle members aren’t known to live under rocks, so they’ve got you covered in this week’s Roundup. To start us off, Ben Gilbert streamed his impressions of multiple titles, including Assassin’s…
By Harry Rabinowitz If you’re like Circle member Stu Horvath, then this is the time of year where you want a quiet place to warm up and read. What better reading material than this week’s Roundup? Jason Schreier reports on The Game Awards, a new videogame awards show being produced by Geoff Keighley. Chris Plante…
By Harry Rabinowitz Happy Hallow… post-Halloween week! Circle members have been busy with all things spooky as well as bringing you the most important content around! Stu Horvath reflected on Halloween, his childhood, Costume Quest, and, once again, being the “enemy of fun”. Also in Halloween spirit, Jorge Jimenez hosted the “Horrorcast” Dualshockers podcast, with special guest Jill…
By Harry Rabinowitz As we approach the holidays, Circle members have been hard at work bringing you reviews, news, and the latest happenings in games! Jorge Jimenez reviewed the hotly-anticipated Xbox One exclusive, Sunset Overdrive, over on Dualshockers. Jeff Bakalar also reviewed the game over on CNET. Craig Goldstein talked with police to compile a list of law…
By Harry Rabinowitz This week, we have features, interviews, videos, explainers, and reviews, all from the lovely members of the Critics Circle. Harold Goldberg published his long-in-the-making, 5000-word cover story on League of Legends, eSports, and Cloud9 HyperX over at Playboy Magazine. Alex Navarro sat down with Vinny Caravella for another GiantBomb quick look, this time for Duck…