By Harold Goldberg We have a variety of ways to give back at the New York Videogame Critics Circle. And, as a multicultural arts education-oriented nonprofit organization, we continually look to fostering creativity in others when we plan our work. Our yearly scholarship contest, for instance, focuses upon game narrative. Before we announce the winners,…
By Harold Goldberg In its way, it was a mere moment, but it was also a dream come true. The New York Videogame Critics Circle was able to bring the students we mentor from two Bronx schools to the Tribeca Talks panel with legendary game maker Hideo Kojima, Norman Reedus and Geoff Keighley. Geoff was…
By Harold Goldberg It was some time in the making. But yesterday, the New York Videogame Critics Circle took about 15 of the students we mentor at the Bronx’s DreamYard Preparatory School to the treasure that is Manhattan’s Museum of Modern Art for an exclusive talk with their curators about the museum’s videogame collection. MOMA’s curators…
By Harold Goldberg What a great Spring morning it is when two extraordinary games of vastly differing genres (and target demographics) are released in one day. Join CNET’s Dan Ackerman, Tom’s Guide’s Sherri Smith, Superparent’s Libe Ackerman, DreamYard Prep School’s Rudy Blanco and me as we talk passionately about both releases. But first, and most…
By Harold Goldberg Each year, our partnership with the DreamYard Prep School in the Bronx grows by leaps and bounds. We began our first workshop earlier this week with 25 students in attendance. With some essential help from Eb Samuel, the New York Daily News’ videogame critic, I talked about Madden’s Longshot story. Eb had…
By Harold Goldberg As I entered the Tribeca Games Festival last Saturday afternoon, I stopped to say ‘hello’ to one of the panel moderators with whom I’m acquainted. This person was with a younger moderator, someone I did not know. Without looking at me at all, the panelist I knew said, “Maybe he can join…
By Harold Goldberg On Monday afternoon, Tom’s Guide’s Sherri Smith and I traveled to the DreamYard School in the Bronx to mentor the young people there. This is the same school for which we raised scholarship money, announced at our Awards ceremony last year. Sherri was kind enough to bring two Samsung Gear VR’s with…
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