By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to The Roundup! It’s where we gather up articles from members and interns alike to give them a blast. This particular column has been a long time coming and there’s been plenty of news of events while you’ve all been waiting. I got the chance to go…
By Isaac Espinosa On August 8, 2014, the indie game scene was changed forever by things that go bump in the night. In what seemed to be the magnum opus for game developer Scott Cawthon, Five Nights at Freddy’s released unto the world. And since that fateful day, the name of this iconic horror franchise…
By Ronald Gordon Hello, and welcome back to the Roundup! This time around we’ve got plenty of work from members of the Circle regarding new Microsoft laptops, Roblox, and Ted Lasso in FIFA and news notes mentioning a Witcher spin-off, and Netflix’s introduction to the gaming scene. Before we start, I recently reviewed a Point…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s weekly look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. This week, our critics keep on making Marios and observe a particularly dismaying moment for Mario Maker 2’s community. Plus, Stranger Things crosses over with retro computers…
By Isaac Espinosa Get ready for the jump scares! As Fazbear Entertainment turns their relatively dark history from a bloody animatronic nightmare into a creepier virtual reality experience, you become their play-tester. Five Nights at Freddy’s VR: Help Wanted, made by Steel Wool Entertainment, was created in order to re-purpose the series of horror games…