#50: Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball Probably one of the more obscure titles on this list. This was an experimental first-party game from Nintendo for the 3DS that featured baseball themed mini games, and may well have been their very first free-to-play game. The pricing model was unique, featuring a free-to-start model with a demo featuringContinue reading “Games of The Decade, 50-41”
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Games of The Decade, 60-51
Well, we’re now over a week into 2020, so my list may be a little untimely at this point, but we trudge on! Halfway done! #60: Overwatch Born from the ashes of Blizzard’s MMO project Titan, Overwatch is the first property they’ve made that is set on Earth, featuring a cast of superhero-like characters taskedContinue reading “Games of The Decade, 60-51”
Games of The Decade, 70-61
#70: Cuphead Like Ori, this is another example of a game that I considered a turning point in visual design. Studio MDHR meticulously drew sprites and backgrounds to look like a cartoon straight out the the 1930s, and created something unlike anything we’d seen before. The game’s blistering difficulty hearkened back to shooters on theContinue reading “Games of The Decade, 70-61”
Games of The Decade: 80-71
Sorry for the delay in getting more of these up, between work, Christmas shopping and the holidays I simply haven’t had the time or energy to put another one of these together. But without further ado, here’s another 10! #80: Broforce From Free Lives, a developer hailing from South Africa, Broforce is a love letterContinue reading “Games of The Decade: 80-71”
Games of The Decade: 90-81
#90: Escape Goat A 2D indie platformer by developer/composer MagicalTimeBean. Escape Goat inhabits a world all its own. It doesn’t pretend that it has to make sense, as most games from the era it pays homage to didn’t make much either. You play as a Goat imprisoned for witchcraft, and solve puzzles by pushing bouldersContinue reading “Games of The Decade: 90-81”
Games of The Decade: 100-91
Here we are, at the end of another decade, with more games than ever to sort through and rank. I’m doing this by no means as a definitive list of the best games to come out in the last decade, but merely as a way to look back fondly and remember the games that shapedContinue reading “Games of The Decade: 100-91”
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