Thoughts About Games

Backtracking: Max Payne (2001)

Backtracking: Shenmue (2000)

2024 in Review — Video Games

Backtracking: Age of Empires II (1999)

Backtracking: Baldur's Gate (1998)

Backtracking: PaRappa the Rapper (1997)

Backtracking: Tomb Raider (1996)

Backtracking: EarthBound (1995)

Backtracking: System Shock (1994)

Backtracking: Myst (1993)

Backtracking: A Link to the Past (1992)

Game of the Year 2023

GOTY 2023 — #1 Lies of P

GOTY 2023 — #2 Venba

GOTY 2023 — #3 Wildfrost

GOTY 2023 — #4 Hi-Fi Rush

GOTY 2023 — #5 Alan Wake 2

GOTY 2023 — #6 Chants of Sennaar

GOTY 2023 — #7 Infinite Guitars

GOTY 2023 — #8 Metroid Prime Remastered

GOTY 2023 — #9 The Talos Principle 2

GOTY 2023 — #10 COCOON

GOTY 2023 Kickoff

Game of the Year 2022

GOTY 2022 - #1 Citizen Sleeper

GOTY 2022 - #2 Elden Ring

GOTY 2022 - #3 Signalis

GOTY 2022 - #4 Teardown

GOTY 2022 - #5 Norco

GOTY 2022 - #6 Last Call BBS

GOTY 2022 - #7 Tunic

GOTY 2022 - #8 Tinykin

GOTY 2022 - #9 Sephonie

GOTY 2022 - #10 Marvel Snap

GOTY 2022 - Kickoff

Game Of The Year 2021

GOTY 2021: Best Mechanical Gimmick

GOTY 2021: Most Breathtaking Vistas

GOTY 2021: Most Interesting Nostalgic Experience

GOTY 2021: Best Attention Grabber

GOTY 2021: Kickoff

'Unsighted' is Greater Than the Sum of its Parts

'Sable' Imagines a Different Kind of Open World

Top 5 Games of 2020

GOTY 2020 #1. Umurangi Generation

GOTY 2020 #2. Paradise Killer

GOTY 2020 #3. Blaseball

GOTY 2020 #4. Signs of the Sojourner

GOTY 2020 #5. Hades

Top 5 Games of 2020 - Backlog Edition

Backlog #1. ECHO

Backlog #2. Pathlogic 2

Backlog #3. Disco Elysium

Backlog #4. Diaries of a Spaceport Janitor

Backlog #5. Dragon's Dogma

GOTY 2020 Kickoff

Top 10 Games 2019 - Wrapping Up

Top 10 Games 2019 - #1: Outer Wilds

Top 10 Games 2019 - #2: Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice

Top 10 Games 2019 - #3: Eliza

Top 10 Games 2019 - #4: Control

Top 10 Games 2019 - #6: Untitled Goose Game

Top 10 Games 2019 - #7: A Short Hike

Top 10 Games 2019 - #8: Life is Strange 2

Top 10 Games 2019 – #9: Vision: Soft Reset

Top 10 Games 2019 - #10: Baba is You

Top 10 Games of 2019: Kickoff

The Months Between - Life is Strange 2 and Episodic Content

Humble Beginnings - April 2019

Ashen and the Anatomy of a Soulslike

Paul's Top 10 Games of 2018

The Messenger is a Retro Love Letter with a Modern Touch

Guacamelee! 2 is Too Outrageous for its Own Good

Death's Gambit is an Intriguing 2D Soulslike

Dead Cells Brings Metroidvania Elements to a Roguelike

Chasm is Interesting, but Inconsistent

Into the Breach: Combining Mechanics I Dislike into a Game I Adore

Horizon's DLC Has a Very Good Side Quest

Where the Champions' Ballad DLC Falls Short