By Harold Goldberg The mayor was listening. During an in-person meeting with New York City’s Digital Games Industry Council yesterday morning at the Microsoft Experience Center, Mayor Eric Adams listened to members’ opinions regarding the future of games in New York City. I am a member of that group, which includes representatives from the disciplines…
By Kimari Rennis It’s no surprise to anyone that Monster Hunter is a beloved franchise. What was once a tough and difficult niche game, has grown into a fluid, interactive and immersive experience for new and old players alike. Monster Hunter is recognizable and loved. What also isn’t a surprise is the fact that it…
Upon release, we ran this Horizon Forbidden West story. In an effort to show both sides, here is another take on the the Aloy saga. By Kimari Rennis I am a woman with simple tastes when it comes to video games. I need a strong female lead and a fresh, jarring narrative to change my…
By Jade Entien If you’re looking for a new favorite game but with little cash to spare, Itch.io is always updating with new indie games daily, each unique in its own way. From horror, visual novels, platformers – many games on Itch have the potential to become more than bottom of the bin gems. They…
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By Harold Goldberg Part of our New York Videogame Critics Circle Level Up Now scholarship program includes poetry written by high school students who have the world’s biggest entertainment medium in mind – along with salient social justice issues. (We will post the winners of the scholarship contest next week.) People of color haven’t had…
It’s all Borderlands 3! After playing two new hours of this humor-filled open world experience, New York Videogame Critics Circle president and editor in chief Harold Goldberg and senior DreamYard intern Kimari Rennis interviewed Borderlands 3 Senior Writer Danny Homan. Danny expounds upon the motivations of those wonderfully insane Calypso Twins, the brilliance and loneliness…
By Kimari Rennis I’m still thinking about what I learned at the recent Game Devs of Color Expo, a supportive environment for game developers and their fans from various backgrounds held each year in Harlem. The GDoC Expo is very young, but it’s helping the community learn and think about games in important ways. (The…
Sly Cooper, Jet Set Radio, Ico! In Part 2 of this New York Videogame Critics Circle podcast, founder Harold Goldberg and Senior DreamYard Intern Kimari Rennis talk to PixelOpus creative director Dominic Robilliard and Art Director Jeff Sangalli about *their artful inspirations, *the compelling new content within Concrete Genie, *how the art style was created…
“It’s just me and the AI politician telling me the untruths I want to hear.” By Harold Goldberg It’s never night in this videogame land, which kind of freaks me out. But I still play within it. I still play The Elder Scrolls: Blades even though the Early Access version is, at its worst,…
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