Awards: Here’s Neil Druckmann’s Legend Speech From Last Night’s Awards Ceremony!
Here’s Neil Druckmann’s moving speech from our New York Game Awards last night. Note: stay around for Neil’s last lines.
The Essay: A Brave Writer Reflects Upon The Dominican Republic, Games, Bachata, Family Violence And Loneliness
By Jeison Liranzo Growing up in the Dominican Republic in the town of Licey al Medio, I hated Sundays because it was always the day I was the loneliest. Almost every other day I had something to do. Monday through Friday I had school, and afterward, I did homework with my cousins. Then, we would…
The Insight: I Played A Game On The Night My Father Left Us
Editor’s Note: Because the following story deals with difficult life challenges, the New York Videogame Critics Circle has decided not to publish the last name of this brave 14 year-old writer from our Lower East Side Videogame Critics Circle. By Isaiah It was like a train hit me. I went to sleep and when I…
The Insight: It’s Not Just About Violence. A 15 Year Old Writer Muses Upon Life In Grand Theft Auto IV
By Mayia Moore Grand Theft Auto IV, part of the landmark GTA franchise, is a crime fighting action game that adds story-lines and simulations that are essential to the game’s vibe. Led by the recently departed Dan Houser, the writing’s key because it raised the bar for other game makers. The writing and the simulation…
The Insight: Ori, Superman and the Only Child
by Jonathan D. Lee In which the author muses upon how his human life sans siblings is affected by his gaming life of fantasy — when the fantasy mimics the optimistic nature of family existence. If you’re an only child like me, then chances are, you understand what it means to be unconditionally loved, certainly loved…