By Harold Goldberg Today, the New York Videogame Critics Circle is proud to announce a new partnership with the American Museum of Natural History, one of the shining gems of New York City. Whether it’s the multimedia within the brand new T. rex exhibition or a classic diorama, the 150-year old museum is a national…
By Harold Goldberg Dubbed Tribeca Immersive, The Tribeca Film Festival’s VR and AR programs are jam-packed with narrative-oriented experience, some with game elements as well. The challenge for those who want to check these out during the April 26 to May 4 window is the sheer number of works placed within a fairly small footprint.…
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…
We’re so happy that New York Magazine just chose the New York Game Awards as an essential pick in their brand new issue. It’s a highly curated list of entertainment choices, so we’re honored to be on it. While we’re not so bold as to say we’re the Oscars of video gaming, if New York…
We’re so happy to announce that the hard hittin’, humor spittin’, side-splittin’, never quittin’ Devin Delliquanti from The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will be our host for the 8th Annual New York Game Awards. Tickets are available now! This will be the third time that the Emmy Award-winning Daily Show writer has assumed the role of our host. That’s…
The New York Videogame Critics Circle is proud to present its Andrew Yoon Legend Award to Jade Raymond, co-creator of the Assassin’s Creed franchise, and founder of EA Motive and Ubisoft’s Toronto Studio. She’ll receive our Legend Award at the New York Game Awards ceremony on January 22nd, 2019 at SVA Theatre in Manhattan. Critics…
It’s that time of year. We’re all involved in happy holiday hangs, foul-faced Grinches and gifts good and bad up the wazoo. This cornucopia of a podcast features Tom’s Guide’s Sherri Smith, Dan Ackerman and Scott Stein from CNET, Founder Harold Goldberg, and our Special Guest, educator Jeremy Agyemang from the DreamYard Prep School, where…
By Shane Ferguson Hitman: The Complete First Season was one of my favorite games last year. IO Interactive listened to fan feedback and knocked everything out of the park. The huge maze-like levels provided tons of ways to approach each mission coupled with multiple story kills, targets, personal and online challenges. All that encouraged replayability so…
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…
The New York Videogame Critics Circle is now a 501(c)3 non-profit arts education organization. So when we receive a donation, it goes to mentoring kids and older adults with games, games history and games journalism. We are a multicultural organization. Everyone is welcome regardless of race, ethnicity or gender. That’s how we began. That’s how…
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