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AMNH's Wondrous 'Creatures of Light' Exhibition Could Have Used A Game

nygcc wrote 2 months ago: This week, I was invited to preview the Creatures of Light exhibition at the American Museum of Natu … more →

Tags: Transmedia, the moment, new york videogame critics circle, creatures of light, Flow, American Museum of Natural History, Angry Birds

Our Trade: When A Publisher Tries To Scam You

nygcc wrote 2 months ago: Last year at the Game Developer’s Conference, I bumped into one of the best known daily games report … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Crap Happens, Industry Idiots, Videogames, new york videogame critics circle, All Your Base Are Belong To Us, Books, Publishing

Video: Critics Circle Awards1 comment

nygcc wrote 3 months ago: Here are various video clips from the 1st Annual New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards. They incl … more →

Tags: opening movie, Our Trade, the moment, Underrated, new york videogame critics circle, bastión, Awards, The Daily Show, skyrim

Critics Circle Awards: Host, Guests and Presenters

nygcc wrote 4 months ago: NOTE: Public tickets for the event sold out in less than two hours! Some more tickets may be availab … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Underrated, the moment, new york videogame critics circle, Bill Plympton, Logan Cunningham, Darren Korb, ashley barrett, The Daily Show

Who Are We? A List of Members4 comments

nygcc wrote 4 months ago: For the last year and a half, we have been a collegial group, but almost a secret group as well. But … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Underrated, the moment, new york videogame critics circle, Awards, NYU Game Center

The GameTruck Experience

nygcc wrote 5 months ago: The rain was whipping horribly as darkness descended on lower Manhattan. On the face, the pelting ra … more →

Tags: Our Trade, the moment, Videogames, new york videogame critics circle, gametruck, Jorge Jimenez

Why I Wrote A Horror Screenplay About Games1 comment

nygcc wrote 7 months ago: I’m taking this time to write about a newly launched project that’s been in the pipeline for quite s … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Transmedia, Videogames, Video Games, Bill Plympton, dave lowery, Anton Sanko, film, playing with fire

The State of Videogame Journalism2 comments

nygcc wrote 8 months ago: It’s a bit of a horror story, an American horror story, and I’m not talking about the new television … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Crap Happens, Industry Idiots, Journalism, new york videogame critics circle, GameSpy, Future plc, Mediaweek, russ frushtick

Of Sam Houser's 9/11/2001, Mine and Yours, Too3 comments

nygcc wrote 8 months ago: On 9/11, there were no more videogames. On that morning with its molten-steel-bright sun, I stood wi … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Crap Happens, the moment, Videogames, sam houser, new york videogame critics circle, rockstar, Microsoft, All Your Base Are Belong To Us

Water, Water Everywhere: Of Real-Life & Fictional Flooding1 comment

nygcc wrote 8 months ago: It woke me up. In the distance, the evacuation horn was sounding that dull, forlorn foghorn sound of … more →

Tags: Crap Happens, the moment, new york videogame critics circle, Killzone 3, Rockstar Games, hurricane irene, Lee, From Dust, Bioshock

The Nastiest Takedown of Videogames Ever? 4 comments

nygcc wrote 9 months ago: Despite a deep love for breakthrough technology and videogames, I’m still old school. If I spot a ma … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Crap Happens, Industry Idiots, Videogames, Video Games, new york videogame critics circle, All Your Base Are Belong To Us, God of War, Moves Magazine

Nintendo's Tough Times: What Will Happen Now?

nygcc wrote 10 months ago: In a stunningly revealing announcement last week, Nintendo stated that on August 12 it will reduce t … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Crap Happens, the moment, Nintendo, Video Games, new york videogame critics circle, 3ds, Microsoft, Sony

Something Semi-Different This Way Comes: Bastion and Catherine

nygcc wrote 10 months ago: It’s all about the narrative. This week, two games, both widely divergent in theme and scope, caught … more →

Tags: Our Trade, Underrated, the moment, Video Games, new york videogame critics circle, Catherine, bastión, Atlus, Warner

Scandal: A Rupert Murdoch-Style Social Game

nygcc wrote 10 months ago: As Zynga prepares for its IPO, I often wonder about the future of social games. Social games are mos … more →

Tags: Transmedia, Crap Happens, the moment, new york videogame critics circle, rupert murdoch, News Corporation, Scandal

The Moment: Samurai II: Vengeance Rocks the LG G2X Smartphone

nygcc wrote 10 months ago: Recently on Live Digital, Shelly Palmer’s NBC television program, I talked about a new Android phone … more →

Tags: Underrated, the moment, new york videogame critics circle, T-Mobile, LG, g2x, shelly palmer, live digital, Samurai II: Vengeance

Saturday Note: Congrats to Andrew Yoon

nygcc wrote 11 months ago: It’s been a bit of a rough week. But it’s great to know that Critics Circle member Andre … more →

Tags: Our Trade, new york videogame critics circle, shacknews, andrew yoon

L.A. Noire - Rockstar's Gamble Pays Off1 comment

nygcc wrote 1 year ago: To spend tens of millions of dollars on a brand new adventure game, one that evokes everything from … more →

Tags: the moment, new york videogame critics circle, Rockstar Games, team bondi, L.A. Noire, Jack Webb, Noir mystery

The Moment: Portal 2

nygcc wrote 1 year ago: It didn’t take long for the moment to make itself known. Portal 2 hooked me immediately. And I … more →

Tags: the moment, new york videogame critics circle, Valve, Portal 2, The Office, 30 Rock, cat vs. printer, Stephen Merchant, Wheatley

Why It's Called All Your Base Are Belong to Us

nygcc wrote 1 year ago: Mike Snider at USA Today did a fine profile of my new book on Tuesday. I was asked to do a piece for … more →

Tags: Our Trade, the moment, sam houser, new york videogame critics circle, rockstar, USA Today, Mike Snider, All Your Base Are Belong To Us, Everquest


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