New York Game Awards and GG! Fest ticket (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged live concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! We’re honored to announce that the Supergiant Unplugged live concert featuring Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett will close Day One of our two-day 15th Awards festival on 1/17/26. But today,…
By Harold Goldberg You probably weren’t there. It was a long time ago. But if you were around for the press conferences that led up to the release of the first Xbox, you could feel some skepticism in the room. There was Bill Gates at the Game Developers Conference in early 2000, a hugely influential…
Here are various video clips from the 1st Annual New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards. They include The Daily Show’s hilarious presentation, the Manhattan Award and Darren Korb and Ashley Bennett’s amazing performance. Enjoy!
The 1st Annual NY Videogame Critics Circle Awards were given out tonight at the Cantor Film Center. In addition to some fine music from Darren Korb and Ashley Barrett from Bastion, a brilliant host in Logan Cunningham, an appearance from Oscar nominee Bill Plympton, an hilarious presentation from The Daily Show’s Daniel Radosh, the Critics…
It’s all about the narrative. This week, two games, both widely divergent in theme and scope, caught my fancy because of their stories. Neither will likely sell like L.A. Noire here in the U.S., one because it’s too small, and the other, because its nightmarish tale is weird and long-winded. Yet both are fascinating examples…