It’s been a decade! This year marks the New York Videogame Critics Circle’s 10th Year in existence. It’s been our honor to spend half of that time working with underserved youth in the Bronx and Lower East Side. Last week, Sony asked senior intern Kimari Rennis, now an NYU Freshman, to write about her experiences…
By Harold Goldberg It’s bittersweet. The PlayStation 5 may well be the last PlayStation I will ever review. I’ve been around, carefully writing about this Sony-created game playing machine since the days of the PlayStation one. I’ve bonded with friends and girlfriends while playing, and I’ll never forget those relationships, many of which are still…
It’s really “The Last of Us” – for Reggie and Harold. That’s because the two wrap up their seven-episode fundraising podcast. But it’s with an awesome PlayStation Special! Please donate now to help underserved communities now! First, Naughty Dog’s game director Neil Druckmann speaks about the making of and release of The Last of Us…
By Mayia Moore Nioh 2, the sequel to the best-selling 2017 samurai game, is a story-filled adventure set in the year 1555 that’s beautiful, frightening – and really hard. Nioh 2 involves monsters and various angry demons in an unfamiliar world of a hero and his destiny. The opening animation has a crazy red moon…
Soon after I joined Sony Online Entertainment in 1999, I became Editor in Chief of their online division, which was part of Sony Pictures. It was a time of change there as our group moved from casual games to working with Verant Interactice, which was creating what would become a landmark MMO called EverQuest. EverQuest…
By Harold Goldberg We have a variety of ways to give back at the New York Videogame Critics Circle. And, as a multicultural arts education-oriented nonprofit organization, we continually look to fostering creativity in others when we plan our work. Our yearly scholarship contest, for instance, focuses upon game narrative. Before we announce the winners,…
By Ronald Gordon I’m someone who loves games. But since I’m new to sports games, it surprised me that Gran Turismo is one of the most popular racing games in the world. Gran Turismo Sport sold over 8 million, but the whole series has sold over 80 million copies worldwide. So I was excited to attend the FIA…
Sly Cooper, Jet Set Radio, Ico! In Part 2 of this New York Videogame Critics Circle podcast, founder Harold Goldberg and Senior DreamYard Intern Kimari Rennis talk to PixelOpus creative director Dominic Robilliard and Art Director Jeff Sangalli about *their artful inspirations, *the compelling new content within Concrete Genie, *how the art style was created…
Join the New York Videogame Critics Circle as we talk about the latest “Concrete Genie” demo! This deep, somewhat short, game about art, bullying, monster pals and the power of a paintbrush will be released on October 8. Developer PixelOpus revealed that among the many inspirations for the monsters’ look is legendary storyteller and artist…
Sure, we love games and we enjoy seeing the great game makers and fans who come from far and wide to attend The New York Game Awards. And we enjoy the intense spirit of collegiality and friendship that comes from a bond wrought from eight years of the New York Videogame Critics Circle – and from…