In no particular order, yet. Also wildly incomplete, I'm sure.
*Update: Added Valiant Hearts to the list, modified some of the descriptions, and added in my pick for my own unofficial 2014 Northie Award
*Update 2: Added The Fall
It's Airplane: The Video Game
Assassin's Creed without all the bullshit
It's weird that I liked this version so much, considering how ambivalent I was toward the original
Don't you judge me, DW8:XLCE is a surprisingly fun game
Because this is Giant Bomb, after all
Impressively implements a "retro" aesthetic without using it as a crutch
It's a JRPG-ass JRPG (Final Fantasy 5, specifically)
Well, part 1 of Broken Age at least
It turns out that World War 1 was a huge bummer for just about everyone
Congratulations to Mr. Baker for winning BBAlpert's Unofficial 2014 Northie Award for being in every game ever (although he'll always be Kanji Tatsumi to me, dammit)
A short puzzle platformer with one of the most clever premises for ability progression I've seen in a long time
