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10 Games To Get To Know Us from the NYVGCC Team! What are your favorite games?

Get your tickets to see Supergiant Games: Unplugged at the first-ever GG Fest starring @darrenkorb.bsky.social & Ashley Barrett playing songs from Hades II & other @supergiantgames.bsky.social hits! 🎟️Tickets: www.eventbrite.com/e/15th-ny-ga...

The wait is over! The 15th Annual NY Game Awards is coming! And this year, we’re leveling up with the first-ever GG Fest, a fan fest celebrating the art and artists behind our favorite games, featuring live talks and an exclusive Supergiant Games Concert! bit.ly/4nbROu5

“Blathers Museum is OUT OF CONTROL,” wrote Nook in a late night tirade on social media. “It is fixated on nothing but BUGS and FOSSILS. Nothing about success, nothing about brightness. Nothing about how I built this place to what it is now through generous loans and forced labor..."

Why is Twisted Metal this good?

POV: You're five years old and at the grocery store

ANDOR creator Tony Gilroy says the acting snubs at the Emmys were “really painful” “[Genevieve O’Reilly] gives a five-year performance that's complicated, nuanced, and breathtaking. It's a lifetime achievement…. Diego [Luna] the same thing.” (Source: Gold Derby)

At the TOP OF THE HOUR join me with The New York Videogame Critics Circle on Twitch! I have assembled a dream team of working games critics to talk about the personal and professional value of critical videogame work! I hope you will drop by and say hello in the chat ♥️ www.twitch.tv/nyvgcc?sr=a

We’re live now and Alix is promising industry gossip if we reach $1500! Hop in, share, and donate!

I’ll be joining later today but @nyvgcc.bsky.social is live now and all day with its Stream-a-Thon, lots of great guests and great segments, all raising money for the non-profit’s wonderful programs! Tune in! twitch.tv/nyvgcc

This is what the @nyvgcc.bsky.social does, and this is what we're raising money for tomorrow during our all-day Stream-A-Thon fundraiser. Head to twitch.tv/nyvgcc, because we're kicking off tomorrow at 8am ET and going ALL DAY with icons like Sam Lake, John Eric Bentley, & More!

Join our AMAZING guests @samlakewrites.bsky.social @samanthabeart.bsky.social @itskahlief.bsky.social @johnericbentley.bsky.social & more to support our #PlayingWithPurpose classes for underserved students! See the full schedule below. Donate: bit.ly/PWPstream Watch: twitch.tv/NYVGCC

☕ Oh Deer! We’ve saved a big one for last—our final guest is @samlakewrites.bsky.social! Pour yourself a piping hot cup of joe & join Sam and @alyssamerc.bsky.social for coffee & conversation on 8/16 at 9AM ET. Get yourself energized for a full day of #PlayingWithPurpose for NYVGCC’s charity stream!

Working outside today. My assistant is very distracted.

On 8/16 at 5PM ET, Josh Stein (@steinekin.bsky.social) goes live for our charity stream! Tune in, donate, and help us keep #PlayingWithPurpose for the next generation of game writers. Stay tuned for our FINAL announcement tomorrow at 12PM ET.

Here's TEN MINUTES of falling in Baby Steps. Enjoy the tumbles.

I grew up on these streets

Don’t miss it! 8/16 at NYVGCC on Twitch!

Get ready to PLAY, CREATE, & PARTY! Giant Bomb’s Jan Ochoa (@janochoa.bsky.social) will be #PlayingWithPurpose on Twitch 8/16 at 12PM ET. Join in on the fun as Jan plays Tower Unite! Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

Looks like its show time! @itskahlief.bsky.social will be #PlayingWithPurpose on Twitch 8/16 at 7PM ET! Don't miss Kahlief diving into Predecessor for a good cause. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

Players are hitting the panels so hard, they’re literally lighting up the joysticks 🔥. The Arcade Age Exhibit is where you get to experience the golden age of arcade gaming and play the games like they were meant to be played.

My husband met the voice behind his favorite Pokémon (Slowking) at @liretro.bsky.social

Snagged this sick Zombies Ate My Neighbors vinyl from @videogamesnewyork.bsky.social at @liretro.bsky.social!

Don't miss the talented @alixwiltonregan.bsky.social in conversation with Kotaku's Kenneth Shepard (@shepardcdr.bsky.social) 8/16 at 2PM ET during our #PlayingWithPurpose charity stream! Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

Cue the drop! @sam.robotsfightingdinosaurs.com will be #PlayingWithPurpose on our Twitch 8/16 9PM ET. Get ready for a Fuser set you won’t want to miss—spinning for a good cause. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

A new Sims game?

Hell yes!

I Voted for Ivo Robotnik to Lower the Cost of Eggs, Not Steal My Chaos Emeralds hard-drive.net/hd/video-gam...

It’s Critics Roundtable time! @jakesteinberg.substack.com will be #PlayingWithPurpose 8/16 3PM ET, hosting a live talk with Giovanni Colantonio (@marioprime.bsky.social), Carolyn Petit (@carolynmichelle.bsky.social), & Moises Taveras (@platanoranger.bsky.social) as part of NYVGCC’s charity stream.

UFO 50 IS COMING TO THE SWITCH HELL YEAH IVE ALWAYS WANTED TO PLAY THIS GAME

Jet Grind Radio

While playing Trivial Pursuit with my husband, I learned about Waldi the dachshund, the first Olympic mascot. He his a good boy.

GODS, it's HOT in here! @samanthabeart.bsky.social will be #PlayingWithPurpose with @alyssamerc.bsky.social on our Twitch 8/16 10AM ET. Return to Faerûn with Karlach herself as they journey through Baldur’s Gate 3! Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

Make your mark! KarimCheese will be #PlayingWithPurpose on our Twitch 8/16 6PM ET. Tune in as Karim brings his A-game to the pitch in Rematch! Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

NYVGCC’s own Adam Siddiqui (@AMHarbinger) will be #PlayingWithPurpose on our Twitch 8/16 1PM ET. Join the fight against the Reapers with Adam as he journeys through Mass Effect Legendary Edition! Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

He’s trading slapshots for spell cards! @ardaocal.bsky.social will be #PlayingWithPurpose on our Twitch 8/16 8AM ET. Don't miss Arda playing Hearthstone Legends to support video game writing classes for underserved students. Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

That there's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. @camillapanda.bsky.social will be #PlayingWithPurpose at 4PM ET 8/16 on our Twitch to support games writing classes for underserved students! Pack a 2nd breakfast as she streams Tales of the Shire! Stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

How'd you like that!? @johnericbentley.bsky.social & @ironlordspodcast.bsky.social will be #PlayingWithPurpose at 12PM ET 8/16 on Twitch to support games writing classes for underserved students! Don't miss Barret himself talking FF7 with the Iron Lords & stay tuned for more exciting announcements!

I am so excited to be working on this Charity Stream for our Playing With Purpose classes! We have some huge news to come as we announce the line-up of truly awesome streamers.

CALL FOR STREAMERS I'm organizing a fundraising stream for the New York Video Game Critic's Circle on AUGUST 16. All proceeds will go to the Playing With Purpose initiative, which helps mentor young at-risk kids in NYC in video game writing and narrative dev. Signal boost! DM me if interested.

The Jurassic Park (World) movies feel very similar to Resident Evil. Replace dinos with zombies. Replace InGen/BioSyn with Umbrella.

@gameovergreggy.bsky.social How can’t you trust a product whose slogan is “it’s good”?

Banger. youtu.be/y6wLcx7AkRM

Looks like I’ll be playing some Fortnite this weekend

She’s the Mon.

A very exciting purchase