Episodes

  • Brandon Henriquez On Video Game Amateurs & The NYC Gaming Community | Playing With Purpose Ep.03

    Brandon Henriquez On Video Game Amateurs & The NYC Gaming Community | Playing With Purpose Ep.03
    Jun 14 2024
    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 narrative writing classes direct to schools. Participating students are given unique opportunities: mentoring from game industry legends (like Reggie Fils-Aime and Phil Spencer), paid writing internships in NYGameCritics.com, and college scholarships. Subscribe, follow, like, and rate wherever you listen: YouTube: youtube.com/nyvcc1 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/3CEs85a3sCpQorzmjo2gdC Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-…st/id1445039345 Amazon: music.amazon.com/podcasts/d696c02…s-circle-podcast Follow Us: twitter.com/nyvgcc instagram.com/nyvgcc Created and Produced by: Harold Goldberg (twitter.com/haroldgoldberg) & Ryan O’Callaghan (twitter.com/mrryanoc) Recording and Editing by: Kaitlin Stringer (twitter.com/stringerkait) Graphic Design by: Ryan O’Callaghan
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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Ben Starr on Final Fantasy 16 Rising Tide, Theater & Being Clive | Playing With Purpose Podcast Ep 2

    Ben Starr on Final Fantasy 16 Rising Tide, Theater & Being Clive | Playing With Purpose Podcast Ep 2
    Apr 30 2024
    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 students are given the unique opportunities: mentoring from game industry legends (like Reggie Fils-Aime and Phil Spencer), paid writing internships in NYGameCritics.com, and college scholarships. Subscribe, follow, like, and rate wherever you listen: YouTube: https://youtube.com/nyvcc1 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3CEs85a3sCpQorzmjo2gdC Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-york-videogame-critics-circle-podcast/id1445039345 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d696c02e-a1ae-4381-81c0-dacb1760498a/new-york-videogame-critics-circle-podcast Follow Us: https://twitter.com/nyvgcc https://instagram.com/nyvgcc Created and Produced by: Harold Goldberg (https://twitter.com/haroldgoldberg) & Ryan O’Callaghan (https://twitter.com/mrryanoc) Recording and Editing by: Kaitlin Stringer (https://twitter.com/stringerkait) Graphic Design by: Ryan O’Callaghan
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    53 mins
  • Abubakar Salim on Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Grief & African Myth | Playing With Purpose Podcast Ep. 01

    Abubakar Salim on Tales of Kenzera: Zau, Grief & African Myth | Playing With Purpose Podcast Ep. 01
    Apr 23 2024
    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 students are given the unique opportunities: mentoring from game industry legends (like Reggie Fils-Aime and Phil Spencer), paid writing internships in NYGameCritics.com, and college scholarships. Subscribe, follow, like, and rate wherever you listen: YouTube: https://youtube.com/nyvcc1 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3CEs85a3sCpQorzmjo2gdC Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/new-york-videogame-critics-circle-podcast/id1445039345 Amazon: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d696c02e-a1ae-4381-81c0-dacb1760498a/new-york-videogame-critics-circle-podcast Follow Us: https://twitter.com/nyvgcc https://instagram.com/nyvgcc Created and Produced by: Harold Goldberg (twitter.com/haroldgoldberg) & Ryan O’Callaghan (twitter.com/mrryanoc) Recording and Editing by: Kaitlin Stringer (twitter.com/stringerkait) Graphic Design by: Ryan O’Callaghan
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    38 mins
  • The 13th Annual New York Game Awards

    The 13th Annual New York Game Awards
    Feb 20 2024
    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. Visit our website: https://nygamecritics.com Donate to our games education nonprofit: https://nygamecritics.com/donate Follow NYVGCC on Twitter: twitter.com/nyvgcc Follow NYVGCC on Instagram: instagram.com/nyvgcc
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    2 hrs and 20 mins
  • The Circle Interview: Ukraine Game Exec Elena Lobova On Leaving Her Home & Country During Wartime

    The Circle Interview: Ukraine Game Exec Elena Lobova On Leaving Her Home & Country During Wartime
    Mar 10 2022
    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.
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    40 mins
  • Neil Druckmann And Siobhan Reddy Join Talking Games With Reggie And Harold

    Neil Druckmann And Siobhan Reddy Join Talking Games With Reggie And Harold
    Jun 29 2020
    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 Us Part II - and offers donors a signed Last of U Part II PlayStation Pro Bundle! Then, Media Molecule's studio director Siobhan Reddy speaks about the creation of Dreams and LittleBigPlanet.
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    50 mins
  • Evan Narcisse Joins Talking Games With Reggie And Harold

    Evan Narcisse Joins Talking Games With Reggie And Harold
    Jun 22 2020
    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 with Reggie and Harold. Next week we'll have Naughty Dog's Neil Druckmann talking about The Last of Us Part II. It will be the final episode of this series of Talking Games With Reggie And Harold! So enjoy!
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Talking Games with Reggie and Harold With Jack Etienne

    Talking Games with Reggie and Harold With Jack Etienne
    Jun 15 2020
    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 issue of bigotry in esports, what ownership means for Sneaky, and much more.
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    42 mins