It's that time of the year, again, again! Again!! They keep happening!! But instead of writing my list of games that Did Something For Me This Year, I recruited my friends to do it instead. Below are 8 200-400 word pieces that my friends and I wrote about a single game we played this year that...did something for us. And to not show favoritism, I sorted them randomly, and then a few more times until I got the order I wanted (this last part is a lie). 

I didn't edit any of these by the way, despite telling folks I'd give them feedback. Turns out you're all amazing and I'd rather your raw thoughts than something I changed!!

Good lord a lot of shit has happened since Jan 14th, which is when I heaped praise on Codgeguh. Not even worth getting into!! But also, this game has been blocking me because I don't know what to say about it, so...let's just figure out something to say.

I said I was going to play Hell Yeah but it turns out that doesn't work on Steam Deck and I was out of town. So instead I started Call of Juarez: Gunslinger and y'know what? This game rocks.

Let's try a new thing:

Welcome to my new series, Like New. I've chosen 52 games in my Steam library that I have never played, and I plan to play one a week for the entire year.  The goal is to get at least one hour in each game, although some will get more. I'm also playing them in release order, so the oldest games will be first. I don't plan to finish any of them unless they're eminently finishable, but who knows! Maybe I'll get really attached to a game and feel incomplete unless I see credits roll.

This week's game is RAGE, the id Software post-apocalyptic first person shooter from 2011.

2024 is almost at a close, which is exactly how every "Game of the Year" article starts. But this is not just any end of the year list. This is my end of the year list, which means it's inherently better. As we all know, my opinions are fundamentally correct and completely undeniable.