By Linette Marte The devil is in the details. In The Killing Stone, you must play your deck wisely in this card game against the devil and his contracts. The Killing Stone is a strategic game mixed with a 3D painterly environment in which you explore a mansion inhabited by a peculiar family. There are…
By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup! This is one of a series of articles dedicated to highlighting the brilliant works of our Members and Interns alike! This time around we’ve got a two-part story on Beatdown City Survivors, our Circle Efforts being rewarded with a NEA Grant, Playing with Purpose Student…
By Linette Marte A colorful, sci-fi world. Running and gunning weird and grotesque creatures. There’s no time for slowpokes in the high intensity rougelite, Saros. You are dropped into a planet called Carcosa where creatures are hostile and intense and a solar eclipse could mean your possible death. You control Arjun, a determined but also…
By Ronald Gordon Hello, and welcome back to the Roundup, a column which gathers up articles written by members and interns alike to give them a shoutout! This time around, we’ve got news of Harold Goldberg’s “The Skinny,” Reggie Fils-Aimé in the Hall of Fame, Park Ranger Simulator, Apple Arcade’s Retrocade, Minos the puzzle game, Potential…
By Linette Marte I usually don’t play puzzle games, but Minos definitely captured my attention! You mainly play as a minotaur called Asterion in a labyrinth where you must protect your sanctuary from enemies coming from different directions. You also take control of a character named Daedalus in which you can change the paths of…
By Linette Marte I’m considered a wildcard in my Bronx family: unpredictable and the odd one out, for better or worse. One thing that truly enhanced that role was my deep passion for all things video games. Games shaped many aspects of my life, including this very essay that I’m writing right now, in my…