Best. Plot Twist. Ever.
Few people remember BioWare's Jade Empire, but it had a unique setting and a really well-executed plot twist.
Fixing Match 3
For one of the most popular casual games in existence, Match 3 is actually really broken. Until one developer fixed it.
Deus Ex and The Treachery of Labels
Deus Ex Mankind Divided was a clumsy, tone-deaf allegory that thought it was clever, and it managed to annoy people of all political stripes.
Denuvo and the "Death" of Piracy
Denuvo videogame DRM didn't actually kill piracy, but it did stop it for several months. Here's what we learned from that.
Zenimax vs. Facebook
This series explores the troubled history of VR and the strange lawsuit between Zenimax publishing and Facebook.
I would like to second fried potatoes for number one.
“The award for 6th place will be shared by Resident Evil 5, Left 4 Dead 2, Plants vs. Zombies, and Zombie Driver.”
I believe that should be “8th”. Not to nitpick.
Bah, #2 beat me to it!
No, I think it’s deliberate.
Not to mention that this year sees the requisite “top 10 games of the decade”, where the only titles worth playing seem to be Half-Life 2, Halo, Resident Evil 4, Grand Theft Auto 3 (or some iteration thereof) and additional option varying from publication to publication.
I’m instead trying to do a retrospective through each individual year, but man is that tough. Especially since Wikipedia’s list of games from 2000-2006 or 2007 is missing a lot of games.
Your title is misspelled, and you are the top Google result for “requsite.”
Maybe that was the idea? ;)
If it wasn’t before, it is now ^_^
And for some reason now my brain has free-associated its way to Shamus’s article on behind-the-curtain retcons while DMing. I…don’t know.
I dunno about a top ten, but a short list of some of the cool things about this year…
–Dickens Christmas Fair.
–I *can* make tasty lasagna.
–Got my violet protodrake in WoW (and thanks to Shamus for giving me the kick I needed to actually sign up for the game last year)
–Brand new computer to replace my ~7 1/2 year old clunker.
–I look great in a bowler hat
Thanks for another year of blogging, Shamus! I look forward to the next!
Basketball Stars is a 2-player basketball game created by Madpuffers, the developers of other popular online sports games like Moto X3M and Football Masters.