
By Nick Capozzoli, NYVGCC Journalism Chair
The Games Journalism Award is given to one journalist or critic for distinguished contributions to the field during the voting year. The selected journalist will have best demonstrated traditional journalistic values, including–but not limited to–work that illuminates, contextualizes, entertains, exhibits lucid writing, sound reasoning, wit, integrity, et alia.
The 2021 Short List
Winner:
People Make Games
See: How Game Publishers Buy Crunch Overseas
Investigation: How Roblox is Exploiting Young Game Developers
Megan Farokhmanesh
See: Game Studio Layoffs Mean a Hellish Race Against the Clock for Immigrant Developers
Zoyander Street
See: Pride, Queer Haunting, and Geralt of Rivia’s Itchy Doublet
Renata Price
A Year Later, I Can’t Stop Thinking About Disco Elysium
Kirsten Grind, Ben Fritz, & Sarah E. Needleman
See: Activision CEO Bobby Kotick Knew for Years About Sexual-Misconduct Allegations at Videogame Giant
For the previous years’ lists, click through the page numbers directly below, which will take you through the nominees by year, starting with 2015.