By Harold Goldberg *Generally, people know the shooter genre isn’t my favorite. However, I do like shooters when the writing is stellar (like that in the generally terrific BioShock series). But I’m very much looking forward to this blockbuster/juggernaut due to the writing. That’s partially because Jill Scharr, our awesome former intern, is one of…
Tomorrow night’s 3rd Annual New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards will begin with a compelling panel at 7:30 p.m. Here’s who will hold court: Chelsea Stark (Mashable) on the year in Nintendo Evan Narcisse (Kotaku) on Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag and Haiti Jeff Bakalar (CNET/404) on what’s good and bad about sequels Jill…
In which the author learns much and hears the sage words, “Fuck the internet. I swear to God.” by Jill Scharr It’s one thing to write about videogames. It’s quite another thing to write for them. That’s why I attended NYU’s weekend long “Games Writing Master Class” a few weeks ago. The class was taught…
by Jill Scharr When most people think of arts in New York, theater will come to mind long before videogames do. But recently at the Cherry Lane Theater in the West Village, videogames were a close second. Exile, by Nastaran Ahmadi, is a 2013 Mentor Project Play running from April 3-13. It centers around the development of a game,…
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 Jill Scharr We’re big fans of Penny Arcade’s PAX conventions–they’re known for being friendly, open and inclusive, with panels on diverse topics, everything from sexuality to tabletop games to games journalism. This year, the games journalism panels themselves covered a range of topics, from freelancing to breaking into IGN. Here’s a rundown of the…
by Jill Scharr Thanks to everyone who came out to the second annual awards ceremony! The Walking Dead swept the show with four wins: Best Writing, Best Indie, Best Game, and Best Voice Acting for Melissa Hutchison’s Clementine. Journey, Dishonored, The Room, The Unfinished Swan and Sound Shapes were all honored as well. The full awards listing is as follows:…