In this limited interview series, Sam Lake sits down with NYVGCC interns to talk about his amazing career at Remedy as the creative force behind Max Payne, Alan Wake, and more.Sam Lake is the Andrew Yoon Legend Award winner at the 14th Annual New York Game Awards on Jan 21, 2025.Go to nygamecritics.com/awards for tickets and more info about the NY …

In this limited interview series, Sam Lake sits down with NYVGCC interns to talk about his amazing career at Remedy as the creative force behind Max Payne, Alan Wake, and more.Sam Lake is the Andrew Yoon Legend Award winner at the 14th Annual New York Game Awards on Jan 21, 2025.Go to nygamecritics.com/awards for tickets and more info about the NY …

In this limited interview series, Sam Lake sits down with NYVGCC interns to talk about his amazing career at Remedy as the creative force behind Max Payne, Alan Wake, and more.Sam Lake is the Andrew Yoon Legend Award winner at the 14th Annual New York Game Awards on Jan 21, 2025.Go to nygamecritics.com/awards for tickets and more info about the NY …

Luis Aguasvivas (PopMatters) joins Harold Goldberg (New York Times, NYVGCC) to talk about his time playing Final Fantasy VIII while recovering from illness while working for the Peace Corp in Africa.Donate to NYVGCC’s Playing With Purpose games writing program at NYGameCritics.com/donate.Playing With Purpose brings journalism and narrative writing …

Remy Siu joins Luis Aguasvivas (PopMatters) and Harold Goldberg (New York Times) to talk about the his love for immersive gaming experiences, his arts and music background, and the inception of his studio, Sunset Visitor, and his hit game, 1000xRESIST.Donate to NYVGCC’s Playing With Purpose games writing program at NYGameCritics.com/donate.Playing …

Ronald Gordon (NYVGCC), Brandon Henriquez (Video Game Amateurs) & Mashfiq Ahmed (NYC DOE) join Ryan O'Callaghan at the Long Island Retro Gaming Expo for NYVGCC's game education panel, Pixelated Pedagogy: The Evolution of Video Games in the Classroom. The panelists talk about their favorite education games back when they were in school and share how…

Raheem "Mega Ran" Jarbo joins Harold Goldberg and Ronald Gordon to talk about the creative process, teaching & education, Mega Ran's origin story, Nerdy People of Color, and much more.Donate to NYVGCC’s Playing With Purpose games writing program at NYGameCritics.com/donate.Playing With Purpose brings journalism and narrative writing classes direct …

Brandon Henriquez joins Ryan O’Callaghan and Ronald Gordon to talk about Video Game Amateurs, the NYC Gaming Community and how VGA went from Smash Tournaments to making an exclusive Bronx Brewery Beer: Power Up IPA.Donate to NYVGCC’s Playing With Purpose games writing program at NYGameCritics.com/donate.Playing With Purpose brings journalism and na…

Ben Starr joins Ryan O’Callaghan and Jade Entien to talk about Final Fantasy XVI: Rising Tide and how a lifetime of theater led to landing Clive Rosfield.Donate to NYVGCC’s Playing With Purpose games writing program at NYGameCritics.com/donate.Playing With Purpose brings journalism and narrative writing classes direct to schools. Participating stud…

Abubakar Salim joins Harold Goldberg and Kimari Rennis to talk about the release of Tales of Kenzera: Zau and how grief and African myth helped shape the game.Donate to NYVGCC’s Playing With Purpose games writing program at NYGameCritics.com/donate.Playing With Purpose brings journalism and narrative writing classes direct to schools. Participating…

Celebrate the greatest games of 2023 at the New York Game Awards. Naughty Dog co-president Neil Druckmann receives the Andrew Yoon Legend Award. The New York Game Awards returns to SVA Theatre with hosts Reggie Fils-Aimé, Harold Goldberg, and Sherri L. Smith. Catch performances from the Daily Show’s Devin Delliquanti and musician Kimberly Hawkey. V…

Game Executive Elena Lobova, like so many millions, had to pack up a suitcase of her important belongings in Kyiv and leave her mother country. This is Elena’s story, who’s just arrived in Slovakia. It’s about bravery and courage, about how she left and how she got out, and what she will do now that she’s left.…

It's really "The Last of Us" - for Reggie and Harold. That's because the two wrap up their seven-episode fundraising podcast with a PlayStation Special. Please donate now at to help underserved communities at https://nygamecritics.com/reggie/. First up, Naughty Dog's game director Neil Druckmann speaks about the making of and release of The Last of…

Our first guest today is Evan Narcisse, writer for Spider-Man: Mile Morales (PS5) and The Rise of The Black Panther comic. In addition, we have news of a brilliant game technology from Square-Enix alums called Genvid. CEO Jacob Navok explains. Finally, Sherri Smith, editor in chief of Laptop Magazine talks the future of Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft…

First, please donate at NYGameCritics.com/Reggie. We need your help! To help mentor students of color and get them jobs! Today, Cloud9 owner Jack Etienne talks to Reggie and Harold about the team's storied history, the effect of Covid-19 on him and the teams, Cloud 9's first League of Legends team and whether Hai should have been an owner, the issu…

First, please donate to our charity for homeless youth at NYGameCritics.com/Reggie. Today, the awesome DrLupo joins Talking Games With Reggie And Harold aboutBLM, Covid-19, his charity work, and games including Destiny, Fortnite and even Animal Crossing. Then, Dan Goldenberg talks about helping veterans via CODE, the Call of Duty Endowment.…

Have fun listening to Geoff, Reggie and Harold! But please donate to help us homeless students at https://charity.gofundme.com/talking-games-with-reggie-and-harold or https://nygamecritics.com/reggie. Here, we talk about Geoff beating Reggie at the Wii at E3 and how Reggie fought back to never be beaten again. We talk about the creation of The Game…

Microsoft Xbox's Phil Spencer is our special guest on Talking Games With Reggie And Harold! Listen for his surprise announcement! Then, please donate for our good cause at NYGameCritics.com/Reggie. This also is a special music-themed episode in which the former Nintendo of America president talks about his work with Loretta Lynn to the E3 concerts …

Enjoy Reggie's and Harold's inside games stories in this fundraising podcast for NYVGCC's nonprofit mentoring. Please go to NYGameCritics.com/Reggie to donate. Today, Reggie and Harold talk about Beginnings: Reggie's beginnings at Nintendo, Harold's beginnings creating the Circle, and the beginning of our new initiative with Henry Love to help home…

Teaser for "Talking Games With Reggie And Harold" podcast. Help us help the homeless and donate at https://charity.gofundme.com/talking-games-with-reggie-and-haroldAf New York Videogame Critics Circle

So many cool holiday things! The New York Videogame Critics Circle Holiday Podcast features CNET's Dan Ackerman and Scott Stein, Tom's Guide's Sherri Smith, Circle founder Harold Goldberg and Jeremy Agyemang from the DreamYard, where we mentor high school studnets. We talk NY Game Awards reveals, Red Dead 2, Spider-Man, God of War, Ozobot, Anki Vec…

It's the First New York Videogame Critics Circle Podcast! It features Circle Founder Harold Goldberg, Sherri L. Smith from Tom's Guide and Dan Ackerman from CNET. We have a spirited discussion about the frights in:Current Games:Super Mario Odyssey's creepier levels,Evil Within 2Wolfenstein II: New ColossusResident Evil 7 (and 2)CupheadClassic Games…