I love going to conventions. While I may now live in North Carolina, I used to be a New Jersey resident. I always found the lack of conventions there to be rather weird. Thankfully we have…
May 14, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
Play NYC 2019 is back! New York City's premier gaming convention is returning to Manhattan for the third year in the row. This time, the convention is moving to The Metropolitan Pavilion, a good 20…
May 9, 2019 | 01:20 EDT
Cells to Singularity was a game at Play NYC that I happened upon purely by chance. The developer from Computer Lunch was wearing a Rupie t-shirt and I had thought that he was with that company.…
August 28, 2018 | 01:30 EDT
Play NYC had a lot more tabletop games this year than in its inaugural year. The basement had a couple of neat titles set up with plenty of room to play, one of which was Jimmy Ellerth's Hero: Tales…
August 28, 2018 | 09:17 EDT
Treasure Adventure World is a game I first heard about earlier in 2018. I didn't get to experience it myself, but we reviewed the game not too long after its release and found it generally a pretty…
August 27, 2018 | 01:30 EDT
Chef Umami is in a class of games that I had seen at previous Playcrafting events but didn't have the time to check out. Thankfully, the TechRaptor team spent over 20 hours on the ground at Play NYC…
August 27, 2018 | 12:30 EDT
ESC Games is a company that I first learned about after 2017's Playcrafting Bit Awards. The afterparty was hosted in a small Manhattan location and featured several original multiplayer titles…
August 26, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
Sumer is a title that holds a dear place in my heart for neatly combining tabletop games and video games into one fun package. It first debuted on Kickstarter in 2016 before eventually making its way…
August 26, 2018 | 01:30 EDT
Play NYC 2018 had over a hundred developers and nearly twice as many games. Rupie was a company that I was particularly keen on talking to, if only for the fact that they apparently sponsored fifteen…
August 25, 2018 | 02:00 EDT
During our foray around the show floor of Play NYC, we stopped by That Indie Studio, the developers behind the upcoming game The Last Hex. A digital card game with elements of RPGs and roguelikes…
August 25, 2018 | 12:30 EDT
It's been two-and-a-half years since I first wrote about Galactose: Pastries In Space, an upcoming space combat game where the forces of dinner and dessert clash in gigantic stellar battles. In that…
August 23, 2018 | 12:30 EDT
I first met Saturday Morning Games developer James Seetal at Play NYC 2017 where he was showing off his game at a tiny, dark table in Manhattan's Terminal 5. It seemed like an interesting premise,…
August 23, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Like most Americans, I had my fair share of "Chinese food" growing up. Granted, a lot of it is wildly different than what you'd actually see in Asia, but it was still pretty good. It was only until…
August 22, 2018 | 01:30 EDT
Origin of Storms was one of a handful of fighting games at Play NYC 2018. I checked it out on Sunday morning, winning a decent victory against a random attendee of the convention. The game seemed…
August 18, 2018 | 05:00 EDT
One of the smaller but more impressive games at Play NYC was Orbit Quest, a little title by developer Frost Lab Studio. The team, who showcased their first game, Plague the Peasants, at last year's…
August 18, 2018 | 04:09 EDT
I was walking down an aisle at Play NYC when I suddenly found myself kidnapped by Playful People indie game studio and sitting down at a table with a phone placed in front of me. Despite my protests…
August 17, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
On the second day of Play NYC, I was up on the second-floor balcony checking out the dozens of games jam-packed into one tiny area. One particular exhibitor saw that I had finished another fighting…
August 16, 2018 | 12:30 EDT
Tucked away on the third floor of the Manhattan Center was Haiduc, a card game created by Haiduc LLC where players are trying to build a backstory for their character. The word "haiduc" is Romanian…
August 16, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Play NYC has come and gone yet again. The second year of this Manhattan-based gaming convention created by Playcrafting's Dan Butchko had a lot of changes including a new venue (the Hammerstein…
August 15, 2018 | 02:30 EDT
The Worst Grim Reaper is a game developed by Moon Moon Moon that I was certainly interested in checking out at Play NYC 2018. The game is simply the tale of the grim reaper Sebastian and his sapient…
August 15, 2018 | 12:30 EDT
The second-ever Play NYC had six "Graffiti Games" on display in the opera boxes of the Manhattan Center. Each of these games was created by immigrant developers and specially commissioned as an…
August 13, 2018 | 08:00 EDT
Saturday Morning Games was one of a handful of tabletop titles that made its debut at the inaugural Play NYC in 2017. This year, we set out to catch up with the game's creator James Seetal to see how…
August 11, 2018 | 11:31 EDT
Play NYC is a gaming-focused convention based in the Manhattan Borough of New York City, NY. A production of Playcrafting, the 2018 show will feature over a hundred different exhibitors showing more…
August 11, 2018 | 11:00 EDT
Play NYC, a gaming convention run by Playcrafting with a strong focus on indie games, will be happening on the weekend of August 11-12, 2018, in New York City's Manhattan borough. New York City has…
August 6, 2018 | 07:57 EDT
The world of gaming conventions grows ever larger, and for the longest time there was a distinct void in the New York City area. Despite being a major city on the east coast, New York really hasn't…
July 26, 2018 | 01:00 EDT
A bit over a year ago, a game called Where Shadows Slumber had caught my attention at the 2016 Playcrafting Spring Expo. I got a card from the developer and decided to keep an eye on the game while…
September 11, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
Do interactive movies count as games? Ask five different gamers and you'll get five different answers, four of which will probably have merit. (The fifth guy just says "Git gud.") Otis is, yes, an…
September 10, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
Fidget spinners are the current big fad and they're not the only one I've lived through. I've seen pogs (I still have them!), Tamagotchi (still have those, too!), and countless other doodads and toys…
September 9, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
StarCrossed can be described as "magical girl ping-pong," though it's a bit more complex than that. That's the gist of it and that's what hooked me. I love manga, anime, and all things weeb, so of…
September 7, 2017 | 09:30 EDT
Tucked away at a simple table during Play NYC 2017 was a gentleman playing with a set of cards that looked somewhat like Cards Against Humanity. Upon closer inspection, I noticed vibrant colors and…
August 30, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
Local multiplayer games are a dying breed thanks to the continued growth of online play. That sort of in-room party atmosphere is something that is lost in the wake of livestreams and matchmaking,…
August 28, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
Hero's Crossing by One Method Monkey is a game that immediately appealed to me the moment I saw it at Play NYC 2017. I could tell, just by looking, that it had to be some kind of game based on…
August 26, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
My very first stop at Play NYC 2017 was Reflections at Sunset by Charles Hans Huang. The booth Mr. Huang was standing at had a bit of a meditative theme to it, something entirely appropriate for a…
August 26, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
One of the appointments I had in advance for Play NYC was to see Mushroom Wars 2 by Zillion Whales, an RTS-esque game where you send out adorable little armies of mushroom men to attack mushroom huts…
August 24, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
I had the pleasure of attending the inaugural Play NYC convention in New York City. Taking place in Manhattan, it was Playcrafting's first attempt at running a large convention—and boy, did they pull…
August 23, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Early in my career at TechRaptor, I searched for gaming events in the New York City area and boy was I coming up short. There was no equivalent of PAX, GDC, or E3 to be seen anywhere in Manhattan or…
July 25, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
Playcrafting and the International Game Developers Association are joining forces to bring discounts to IGDA members according to a press release. Playcrafting is a New York-based organization that…
July 14, 2017 | 08:20 EDT
Playcrafting, an organization focused on teaching game development skills and providing networking opportunities for developers, has announced the launch of a new gaming convention by the name of…
May 4, 2017 | 01:00 EDT
I had the pleasure of attending Playcrafting's Spring Play 2017 Expo on Thursday. Like the many Playcrafting events I had been to before, I saw developers and attendees of all stripes uniting in…
April 30, 2017 | 09:00 EDT