The Roundup: Control Resonant, Our Charity Livestream, Wolverine, Solitaire Stories, Saniah’s At Pokémon Worlds, Zhya’s In Splatoon, Heart Machine’s Peril, More!

By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to the Roundup, an article dedicated to gathering the works of Members and Interns alike to give them a shoutout! There’s big news this week, including Solitaire Stories, Saniah’s time in San Francisco, Zhya’s first Splatoon experience, Marvel’s Wolverine, a puzzler similar to Portal, New York Games…

The Essay: How Pokémon XP And Worlds Changed My Perspective On Games

By Saniah Entienne This weekend in San Francisco, I became immersed in the world of Pokémon. I expected to come out learning more about Pokémon–and I did. But I also left with a new understanding of games. When brainstorming my thesis for this piece I grappled with several different ideas. The one that keeps coming…

The Roundup: Case Solved: The London Files, Tomodachi Life, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag Resynched, Gothic 1 Remake, Pipistrello and the Cursed Yoyo, GTA 6 Leaks, Frame1Games, More!

By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome once again to the Roundup, a series created to gather the works of members and interns alike to give them a shoutout! Back to School season is starting, and with it comes some last minute summer reviews! This time around we’ve got news on a whimsical noir point and…

The Insight: In Black Flag: Resynched, It’s Pirates First, Assassins Second

By Saniah Etienne Assassin’s Creed Black Flag: Resynced expects you to be a pirate before you’re an assassin. And that’s simultaneously the beauty of it and the biggest hurdle to overcome. Assassin’s Creed was one of the first videogames I played growing up, so I was very excited to dive into this new version. As…

The Roundup: Resident Evil Requiem, Harold’s New Book, Romeo is a Dead Man, Metroid Prime 4: Beyond, Luis’ Call to Action, Nvidia AI Slop, More!

By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup, a column created to gather the works of our members and interns alike to give them a shout out! March has been an eventful month, filled with plenty of great games to play and cover. This time around we’ve got stories featuring Romeo is A…

The Insight: As One Of Saniah’s First Horror Experiences, Resident Evil Requiem Rocked Her World!

By Saniah Etienne Resident Evil Requiem was one of my first experiences with horror games. I scare easily, so at first I was nervous but excited to take on the challenge. You play as two different characters, Leon S. Kennedy and Grace Ashcroft. The game begins when Grace is kidnapped and taken to Rhodes Hill…

The Roundup: All of Our Intern Works Revolving the Best Games of 2025!

By Ronald Gordon Hello once again from the Critics Circle! It’s been a while and both GG Fest One and 15th Annual New York Videogame Awards were a huge success in January! Not only did people thoroughly enjoy the litany of panels before the Supergiant Unplugged Concert on the 17th, Awards night was bustling with…

The Insight: A Pizza Delivery Is Half-Baked. But It Has Some Beautiful Moments.

New York Game Awards and GG! Fest tickets (which includes the big, Supergiant Unplugged concert) are now available! Get them before they sell out! By Saniah Etienne I started “A Pizza Delivery” with little background and many questions. Why am I outside a pink house in the middle of nowhere? Where am I? Why does the…

The Roundup: 15 Years Of Us, Silksong, Acclaim’s Return, Hades II Is Awesome, Pokémon Legends Z-A Paris Showcase, Silent Hill f Is Unfrightening, GTA History Course, More!

By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup, my column focused on shining a spotlight on our many skilled Members and Interns! It’s the big, fall season, and gaming news follows us along with announcements of all kinds – and sparkling new articles! Featured here are Hades II’s excellence, publisher Acclaim’s revival thanks…

The Insight: Silksong Is Beautiful — And Exhaustingly Daunting

By Saniah Etienne With anxious anticipation, many fans have awaited the release of Hollow Knight Silksong. However, Silksong has been my first experience with the Hollow Knight series. Typically, I enjoy some research on a game before I first play it, but I wanted to challenge myself and embrace the authentic first-time experience. So I…