Here below are all the winners of our 1st Fair Game Writing Challenge in partnership with Games for Change. This is the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s first nationwide writing contest and we’re so glad it worked out well for all involved. Each student entrant from various regions around the country had to write a…
By Matt Gerardi Welcome back to The Roundup, the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s look at our members’ writing and news from around the world of videogames. In this installment, our writers give us the dirty details straight from the Epic v. Apple trial and behind the scenes of the PlayStation 5’s next-gen audio tech.…
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…
By Ronald Gordon The boundary between the living world and the Spirit World isn’t easily breached. But a few gifted people can learn to tiptoe across this line at will. That might not always be a good thing. Such is the setup within The Medium, a psychological horror game developed and published by Bloober Team…
By Ronald Gordon If you’ve been a part of the gaming community for a while, surely you’re familiar with characters that are the walking embodiments of shadows, characters that stalk the rich and powerful who believe they are untouchable, characters who snuff out the corrupt politicians who preach the loudest about their ideals. But what…
By Ronald Gordon Night City. A place named for its dark nature and the grim acts that take place within its borders. Many adventures have taken place there, and many more will happen in the future, but yours is a very, VERY special case. Night City is a place where people chase their dreams and…
By Ronald Gordon Every family has its black sheep. Even families in Greek mythology do. But not all families have problems that run so deep that one member is willing to run the gauntlet of fighting his way through Hell just to get out. Zagreus, the son of Hades, is more than willing; he’s fiercely…
By Ronald Gordon Corporate secrets. Every major company has them, and when it comes down to it there’s no way to hide them forever. And it seems like the bigger the corporation, the more devastating its confidences. The Outer World’s new downloadable content demonstrates this with a disastrous secret, one that explains the existence of…
By Ronald Gordon If you’ve been a part of the gaming community for long enough, you’ve most likely heard of something called Half-Life, the beloved science fiction franchise made by Valve Software, developers of the Portal and Team Fortress series. From the time of its launch in 1998, Half-Life stole the hearts of many, but…
By Ronald Gordon Lately, things seem to have slowed down a bit when it comes to big games being produced and released. Sure, summer’s been slower than usual, but it’s only natural to assume that the COVID-19 pandemic would cause bigger publishers to have to deal with working from their individual abodes as opposed to…
