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There’s a discussion to be had about “games of the year”, what that means, how to pick them, whether that’s a meaningful discussion at all… I don’t really have much to bring to it. I could outline the arguments, but you know them already. Instead, I’m just going to talk about some (mostly great) games that I played this year, and hopefully inspire others to check them out. These are in no particular order.
Also, some games I wanted to get to, but just didn’t have the time or prerequisites: Inscryption, Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin, Gunfire Reborn, Psychonauts 2 (which I did watch like three times and is probably the actual game of the year), Loop Hero, Chicory: A Colorful Tale, FFVII Remake Intergrade, Axiom Verge 2, the Outer Wilds DLC, fuckin’ Disco Elysium (still). Also, imagine telling teenage me that they would make a new Pokemon Snap and remake Diamond/Pearl and I would barely play either game. There’s too many damn video games.