The Roundup: Mario Maker 2 Reviewed, Judgment Judged, Two Flavors Of Horror, Plus AnyKey, Treyarch And More!

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, it’s out of the frying pan and into the fire for our critics, who had barely just enough time to recover from E3 before being…

The Insight: Cringing Intern Says Conarium Proves Lovecraftian Stories Can Be More Unnverving To Play Than They Are To Read

By Ronald Gordon Howard Phillips Lovecraft was an influential author who spawned some of the most nightmare-inducing story ideas known to man. Some of my favorites are “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” “The Call of Cthulhu,” and “Cool Air.” And it just so happens that I had the pleasure of playing Conarium, a game inspired by…