From my experience, players in Fallout 76 are either complete assholes or very awkward to communicate with. By Kimari Rennis When you fall in love with a franchise, game company, or even a TV show, you eagerly look for the new content that will be produced by that revered source. Feverishly, you crave that series…
By Harold Goldberg The New York Videogame Critics Circle is proud to present its Andrew Yoon Legend Award to Todd Howard, the brilliant director and executive producer of Bethesda Game Studios. He’ll receive our Legend Award at the New York Game Awards ceremony on January 24th, 2018 at Manhattan’s Abrons Playhouse. Todd Howard’s landmark work…
(I will totally play a Stranger Things x Final Fantasy crossover. There needs to be an serendipitous elevator encounter between the Duffer Brothers and Phil Rogers to make this happen.) Hello Circle people! It’s Jon again, back with another Circle Roundup and hoping you’ve all had a lovely Thanksgiving. Today’s Roundup is brought to you by my…
By comparing the culture within western and eastern RPGS, the author argues that plot in role playing games hinges not on one protagonist, but upon a motley crew of characters. by Robert Gordon In the world of role playing games, it’s the ensemble that’s key to plot formation. Though video game characters can be motivated…
by Robert Gordon The author writes about what dialogue really means in role playing games — and what it should mean in the future. The survivor is panicking under the pulse of the pistol, her pistol, set against her own temple. A second ago it was trained on you, but the mission is to talk…