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, our critics report in from big events with looks ahead at potential futures for VR and esports. Plus, a Smash Bros. veteran finally gets his…
By Harold Goldberg We don’t usually tout our community service work here, although we sometimes mention what we’re doing in Manhattan, the Bronx and beyond. But I think it’s OK to have someone do it for us, especially when it’s someone smart who knows the world of community service well. The New York Public Library’s Thomas Knowlton recently sent this note to the…
By Harold Goldberg Well, we missed the Overwatch finals in NYC, but it was for the greater good — helping people out. On Friday, the NYVGCC held its summer community event with a kaleidoscope of people playing games with everyone from Geek.com’s Jordan Minor to our senior intern Kimari Rennis. We played “Mario Tennis Aces” and “Dead…
Hello beautiful Circle people! Jon here with our weekly Circle Roundup! Thank you to all the lovely people who made our 6th Annual New York Videogame Awards so memorable! If you missed it, you can catch the VODs here, complete with trolly Twitch comments. Someone saw my smirking and thought I was a smug…
Season’s greetings, Circle gang! It’s Jon again with your weekly Circle Roundup. Today’s Roundup is brought to you by snow! So when you think of snow, you probably think of Christmas. And when you think of Christmas, you (hopefully) feel happy! Christmas trees, candy canes, nutcrackers, Santa Claus, and the Sticky Bandits. Snow =…
By Harry Rabinowitz From us here at the New York Videogame Critics Circle, a moment of silence… Sara Clemens collects tributes to Satoru Iwata on Videodame. Chelsea Stark reports Oculus‘ acquisition of Pebbles Interfaces, a tech company making VR hand tracking sensors. Ebenezer Samuel reviews God of War III Remastered. Turns out Kratos has aged pretty…
By Harry Rabinowitz Currently exists partially out of phase. Will be back soon… Ebenezer Samuel reviews Project CARS, Slightly Mad Studios’ take on the racing simulator genre. Ben Gilbert details Nintendo’s future for mobile games, with the company planning a “quality over quantity” approach. Chelsea Stark reports on the official release date of the Oculus…
By Harry Rabinowitz IGF, AGDQ, CES, OS VR, our members have all the acronyms for you in this week’s Roundup! Mike Futter brings you the list of finalists for the 2015 Independent Games Festival. The list shares some similarities to our very own New York Game Award nominees! Jason Schreier’s been watching Awesome Games Done…