Look, man. It was a year. Here are some video games that helped me get through it.
Alex did not play all of the 2019 video games, but he did play these 2019 video games, and they are good 2019 video games.
alex: Best of 2010

Kojima's first post-Konami project is a bizarre, self-indulgent mess that never quite manages to tie its myriad pieces together.
2018 is almost dead and buried so let's sing one last song to celebrate the good games that came out of an atrocious year.

Red Dead Redemption 2 offers up an astoundingly engrossing world that's remarkably easy to get lost in.
Odyssey takes Origins' formula and expands it to the point of nearly breaking.
You probably already know where Alex stands on 2017 as a whole. Let's just talk about where he stands on the video games of 2017.

We briefly chat with the D4 and Deadly Premonition designer about his new venture, White Owls Inc.

Here are the extremely good video games Alex plunged himself into to avoid dealing with everything else in 2016.

Mafia III is a smartly written and enthralling open-world action game bogged down by technical issues and a repetitive structure.

Remember how everyone thought it was going to be a home console/handheld hybrid? They were right. Everyone was right.
It's light years from being a great game, but there's still something at the heart of No Man's Sky that speaks to the would-be explorer in all of us.

What once appeared to be a significant but not-acrimonious exit is apparently a great deal more complicated.

Microsoft has begun discussions with Lionhead employees about shuttering the studio, while Press Play has been definitively shut down.

Campo Santo's debut adventure offers up a taut mystery built around two tremendously engaging characters.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if ten video games were good? Alex has, and he thinks it might look a little like this top 10 list.

WWE 2K16 improves on the many things wrong with last year's game, but not nearly enough.

It doesn't offer many surprises, but Syndicate represents a return to form for Assassin's Creed.

Avalanche's take on George Miller's post-apocalyptic wasteland is replete with striking visuals, basically enjoyable busywork, and not much else.

For the second year in a row, Madden makes smart, interesting changes that genuinely improve the experience.

Her Story is a bold and largely successful experiment in interactive crime fiction.
It's squid kids and ink blasting abound in Nintendo's exceptionally fun new online shooter.

Former Castlevania producer has turned to Kickstarter to complete funding on his new action game. UPDATE: It's funded.

If you had to delete Konami's horror teaser for some reason, it's gone now. You can't re-download it anymore.