I’ve seen a lot of discussion about whether or not it’s been a “good” year for video games, but 2019 turned out to be a fantastic one for my personal tastes. And look, I get the reasons why it felt… different. With new consoles on the very near horizon, there were fewer marquee AAA titles or big-budget sequels, and the kinds of games that usual clean up awards were nowhere to be found. In its p...
Yes, I'm publishing my Game of the Year list in January for the second year in a row. Considering how much I do with my end of year music list , however, I'm going to give myself a pass for being slightly late. And while I echo the chorus that 2018 wasn't the all-time year for video games that 2017 was, I still found a number of gaming experiences (specifically 10 I suppose) that resonated enou...
2017 was the year I truly gained a passion for video games. It's not that I didn't have some sort of a passion before, but this was a year that took gaming to more than just a hobby I enjoyed and into something that I felt much stronger about. At just about any point in 2017, I was in the progress of playing a video game, and while I've certainly been engaged with gaming news and streaming webs...