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Tag Archives: Tina Lam

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…

March 20, 2026 in The Insight.

The Insight: Want To Sell An Alien Space Baby? It’s Fun And Funny, Says Tina!

By Tina Lam Set in a future dystopian world where corrupt aliens trade off alien babies as goods,  “Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator” effectively captures your attention right off the bat with its satirical and dark humor. A baby trading simulator? Most people would hear that premise and immediately take off! I mean, what exactly…

February 23, 2026 in The Insight.

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…

February 19, 2026 in The Roundup.

Games Of The Year: Along With Teaching Japanese, Shujinkou Keeps Players Engaged With Beautifully-Layered Narrative!

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 Tina Lam “Kore wa dare no monogatari desu ka?” That means “Whose story is this?” And it was just one of the sentences I learned how to read thanks to a…

December 31, 2025 in Games of the Year, The Insight.

The Roundup: Happy Pride, Goodbye Lab School, Katamari Damacy, Copycat, Gerrit Cole, Jacob Geller, Roblox Against ICE, And More!

By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the roundup, the column created to highlight the glorious work from Members and Interns alike! We at the Circle hope that everyone is staying safe and staying cool in these trying times! This time around, we’ve got a story about Parvati from The Outer Wilds, Katamari Damacy…

June 25, 2025 in The Roundup.

The Insight: Set In Modern-Day India, Detective Dotson Is A Generally Brilliant Cultural Mystery

By Tina Lam Have you ever wanted to solve a mystery while wearing a fake mustache at the morning vegetable market? No?  Yeah, me neither. But here I am, reviewing a game that somehow makes solving mysteries while dressed up like my grandpa … weirdly satisfying.  Detective games aren’t really my thing. They’re either too…

June 3, 2025 in The Insight.

The Roundup: Split Fiction’s Everywhere, Pokémon’s New Ideas, NYC’s Big Game Plan, Monster Hunter Wilds, Afterlove EP, Dreamcore, More!

By Ronald Gordon Hello and welcome back to the Roundup, where we gather the stories of members and interns alike to give them the spotlight! New games are popping up all over the place, with games such as Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and Monster Hunter: Wilds in the scifi future taking the…

March 14, 2025 in The Roundup.

The Essay: Our Newest Teen Intern Learned the Power Of Teamwork and Community Through Roblox, Minecraft And More!

By Tina Lam  Growing up, my mom would always say, “When in doubt, ask others for help.” At the time, I brushed it off, thinking that the key to success meant figuring everything out on my own. As I sat in the living room, intensely watching the network news on our big flat-screen TV, all…

February 25, 2025 in The Essay.
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