By Jonathan G. Lee Greetings! Jon here with your weekly Circle Roundup. Did you know General George Patton was an Olympian? He placed 5th in the pentathlon for the 1912 Olympics. Perhaps more relevant to us, that same year Pierre de Coubertin (the founder of the modern day Olympic Games) introduced an arts competition. The gold…
by Lucy Ungaro Welcome, post-GDC world! The industry game conference has come to a close, and strangely, we go on as before. This week, videogames forge ahead and AI takes over the world. I always thought of GDC as an inclusive, classy space for game developers of all shapes and sizes. Turns out, this isn’t…
By: Sarah Awad Kick off 2014 with some diverse and insightful writing about this year’s past, and what’s coming up next… Jeff Bakalar’s 404 Podcast takes us to the future Unwinnable’s Stu Horvath has the best board games of 2013 Jason Schreier has some news about The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky via Kotaku Mashable’s Chelsea…
“Quite exciting, this computer magic!” – Viv Savage, This is Spinal Tap “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.” – David St. Hubbins, This is Spinal Tap by Jeremy Voss David Cage makes me feel many things, but mostly he makes me feel like a hypocrite. Here I am, bemoaning all the mindless…
by Jeremy Voss Rain clearly aspires to belong in that upper tier of arty, indie console gems (think Journey, Braid, this year’s excellent Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons). The author explains why it doesn’t achieve its goal. I came to Rain not knowing very much about it beyond the trailer, which presented the PlayStation…
Our latest Full Circle video program, shot at Two Bits Retro Arcade, is a good one. Circle member Jeremy Voss of Shouts from the Couch waxes on about the narrative, adventure game wonders of Gone Home. Host Sarah Awad dives into three devilishly fun, point-and-click indie games. And then, Voss and Victor Kalogiannis discuss the…
How a game with a retro feel mirrors the way we are now, or rather, the way we could be. Writes the author, “It feels honest and sincere and refreshingly free of hipster posturing and ironic detachment.” By Jeremy Voss You don’t need much. In fact, this is all you should know before you start…
Transcript: Welcome back for the second episode of Full Circle, from the New York City Videogame Critics’ Circle. Everyone in the games world has spent the past few days either at the Game Developers’ Conference in San Francisco, or playing BioShock Infinite. The game is easily the most anticipated of 2013 and already looks like…
by Jeremy Voss The criticism-oriented game enthusiast who keeps a very active game-centric blog called Shouts from the Couch is both enthused with and bemused by Nintendo’s latest offering. He penned this essay just prior to becoming a new father. Around 10 hours into my playthrough of Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon – even though I’ve…
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