With the passing of PAX Prime, Gamescom, and San Diego Comic Con it’s time to once again assess where the new consoles stand. Microsoft has reneged on a few of the options they discussed at E3 and Sony has introduced a few additional goodies. Video game journalists and people in […]
Nicole Marie
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For a little while now I have been asking myself why I continue to participate in this blog/podcast even though I am no longer in school and don’t really have a desire to be a writer/journalist. Even though the site is centered on video games, most of the topics posted […]
Power Hour Reviews are a new weekly NYMG feature in which we spend one intense hour playing newly released games in order to get a sense not only of game mechanics and characterization, but narrative as well. Let us spend our time first, so that you don’t have to waste yours. […]
Unless you’re living under a rock you’ve probably heard of the television series The Walking Dead, what you may not know is that the TV series is based off of a well-established graphic novel series of the same name. 108 issues deep, the series has tackled a lot of issues […]
For years women in business have been battling what is called the “Boy’s Club;” an ideal that places men above women in the hierarchy of who is more able to conduct business in the business world (an ideal that is dialogued pretty heavily in the television series Mad Men). There […]
WARNING: This post will be somewhat spoilery, if you haven’t finished Bioshock Infinite and don’t want to ruin the ending, stop reading! Today Irrational Games spiced up the release of the first DLC for Infinite, Clash in the Clouds, by showing players a teaser trailer for the first of a two part […]
After years of being a quiet, shy, and somewhat sheltered girl I learned the hard way how valuable it is to just be yourself in life and not care what others think. I come from a family of women who were taught to understand their strength as women, but who […]
Since San Diego Comic Con is right around the corner (as in this Thursday!), I figured I would shed some light on the learning curve that occurs when you attend your first few comic cons. This past year I took my boyfriend to his first con ever and it reminded […]
The internet can be a dark and scary place. Internet trolls reside in many places, but are most commonly found lurking on the comment sections of blogs and YouTube, in online multiplayer games, or really just anywhere more than two people are able to communicate and fight with each other […]
When most people think of comics and comic books, they think of superheroes and boys. For a long time strong male characters have been the face of comic books; Superman, Batman, Captain America, Thor… you get the idea. When Wonder Woman was introduced she offered something that comics had lacked […]
Suda51 is well known for games that take a certain interest in over-sexualizing it’s characters and gameplay. Take for example Shadows of the Damned, which was layered with references to male anatomy. As you all know, here at NYMG we took particular offense to Suda51’s game Lollipop Chainsaw; we finally […]
As you all know, E3 was this past week and there have been a lot of amazing announcements during that time. Sony and Microsoft elaborated on next-gen console details and games coming out for them, Nintendo announced the release of games we’ve been waiting for for a long time for […]
So, I know that Facebook doesn’t really have a whole lot to do with video games (yes you can play games on it, but the sole purpose is not intended for that!), but while browsing through the daily news I found an article that I had to write about. Soraya Chemaly of Feminism […]
If you’ve been hiding under a rock you may have missed Microsoft’s reveal of their new console yesterday. Xbox One will launch later this year (surprise surprise) and will come packed with an amped up version of the Kinect (Kinect 2.0; creative!) no matter which model you buy. The new Xbox […]
Video games are becoming a more apparent part of our culture every day; it used to be that society viewed gamers as overweight guys who still lived in their parents’ basements. Now, we know that gamers come in all shapes, sizes, genders, and ethnicities, but there is still a large […]
The other day I had to go spend the afternoon at the Secretary of State (or as you may know it, the Department of Motor Vehicles). I know it’s an old and overused joke to talk about how much time you can spend in this god forsaken place, but the […]