By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup! Another week of the Critics Circle happenings and darn good writing. This time around, we’ve got some information on the updates with Meta tech, a review of Shovel Knight Dig, news of drama revolving around Rooster Teeth and Bayonetta 3, and announcements for future Critics…
By Harold Goldberg My Bad Fall Begins Our Update, But There’s So Much Positive News, Too! Just over a month ago, I fell while working on my house in the mountains. A helicopter flew me to the trauma center at Albany Med, where I found I’d broken my pelvis in three places, had a small…
By Kimari Rennis When you work alongside a team of talented writers who have spent years in the marketing industry, and they tell you that both you and the work you do is of value, you step away from your keyboard in shock. It feels like only yesterday you were a high school freshman writing…
By Harold Goldberg In January during the 10th Annual New York Game Awards, the Circle announced a prestigious, ongoing education partnership with Rockstar Games. We began the program in the spring with senior intern Ronald Gordon, who by all accounts was a stellar addition to the team. Now, senior intern Kimari Rennis is the second Rockstar…
By Harold Goldberg It’s happening! Back in January at the 10th Annual New York Game Awards, we announced an ongoing education partnership with Rockstar Games that we’re proud to say has officially begun. Rockstar, along with the Circle, has created a paid internship program that will be tailored to the interests and prior work of each…
We’re thrilled! Our first New York Game Awards World Premiere Trailer will be a full, action-packed, satire-spiced endeavor. It’s the long-awaited Treachery In Beatdown City from New York City game developer Shawn Alexander Allen. Allen will appear onstage to introduce the trailer. He’ll also speak about “a debut of an exciting indie rap collaboration song.” Allen,…
By Harold Goldberg A number of people have come up to me in the past week or so with a burning question: “Why you?” They were referring to a process story I wrote for New York magazine and Vulture about Red Dead Redemption 2, Rockstar Games nearly perfect epic about the old West in a…
By Harold Goldberg It’s a deep flaw game writers have and it’s a flaw that I have, too. Game journalists don’t really take the time to write about books, certainly not nearly enough. Sure, occasionally a non-fiction tome will incite lemmings in search of hits to outdo each other with praise. But when it comes…
By Shane Ferguson In the modern days of AAA, big budget game development, I applaud any publisher that takes a chance and releases a unique game. Modern titles are often marketed like movies, but many fall short when it comes to recreating that cinematic experience. As video games grow as an industry, I understand the…
By Harold Goldberg Call it Rockstar Day. On Monday, the New York Videogame Critics Circle brought Simon Ramsey, Rockstar Games’ Head of Communications, to mentor at the DreamYard Prep School in the Bronx. (The Circle has a history of mentoring students there.) As many journalists know, Rockstar keeps a very low profile across the board. Yet…