"The police turned to Griffin, this perfectly normal ten-year-old kid, and said, 'How did you do this?' and he said 'Mario Kart' was the answer."
Gabe Zimmerman
"Video games have an interesting relationship with creativity, don't they? On one hand, games are unique among all artistic mediums in being able to present us with interactive worlds filled with tools for creative self-expression."
"The Sunny Toilet has 1 million health and looks totally epic."
"Game Theory really got its start with my love of Mythbusters. I wanted to create a show where I could put to the test all the things that I was seeing in video games here in real life."
"Skyward Sword is both the most controversial and important title within the series, explaining the origins of the Master Sword, Goddess Hylia, and, of course, Demise's curse."
"Despite its flaws, Skyward Sword has some of the best dungeons in the series."
"To call World of Warcraft popular is insulting; World of Warcraft was a shift of tectonic proportions."
"World of Warcraft contains a lot of good in my mind, a lot of precious nostalgia for something I can't ever have back."
"World of Warcraft was the ultimate escapist fantasy, a game that sold heroism, status, personhood, and existence in a totally virtual setting."
"I hope you use video games to accomplish something that's actually important and productive and adds value to your life."
"We're going to hopefully sometime soon work on a video that covers the year one of Nintendo 64... what it was like to live through the era of N64 in that first year."
"The fun part for me about the N64 was just the pre-hype where everybody was just bringing up silicon graphic workstation outputs like here's the T1000 expect this for your next Nintendo console."
"On the whole, I do really love it. I think in some respects it's the perfect evolution of what Spider-Man PS4 and Miles Morales accomplished."
"I love video games 100%; like, that's I love that [__] a little bit more than fashion and rap."
"The success of Nintendo with smaller tier of the Kingdom single player experiences would suggest there is a market for games that aren't colossal open world time sinks."
"Hell Divers 2... it's turned out to be their best released game ever."
"The game story is perhaps the title's biggest selling point."
"We see a lot of police in games and we see a lot of doctors in games, but we don't really see a huge amount of firefighters."
"The game's setting is in New York, featuring a firefighting team of Americans, the game never saw release in America."
"Once you understand what drives him towards the video game, it can help you set healthy boundaries."
"It’s like comparing Mario and Sonic to me - Sure, both are platformers, but that’s where the similarities end."
"Of all the video game clichés, there are few I appreciate more than endings where we get to see what happened to all of the people we met along the way."
"This game is a celebration of everything I love about video games."
"Rayman Legends is one of the great 2D platformers of the 21st century."
"The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD is miraculous."
"We finally got that one must-have game... Super Mario 3D World launched on November 22nd, 2013."
"Mario Kart 8... Never before did a Mario Kart look this good, sound this good, play this good."
"Splatoon... was the most Nintendo way to do a multiplayer shooter."
"This was a game that was so hard to nab a cartridge of...for it to finally get anything was pretty awesome."
"A game that encompasses everything I adore about this company."
"You'd be hard-pressed to find a game so quotable, so oozing with personality and boundless charm."
"Imagine a world where Elden Ring, Dark Souls, and Dark Souls 2 are all combined into one beautiful specimen."
"The first 'Just Cause' made an attempt at raising the stakes for the open-world genre, popularized by Grand Theft Auto III, with gorgeous vistas and a go-anywhere, do-anything mantra."
"The development team realized they would need to do a much more literal reset. The result was Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn."
"The living failures can seriously smack the shit out of you."
"Honestly, I've practiced that game so much at this point that none of the DS3 bosses are really challenging for me anymore."
"Is a goose actually intelligent enough to perform the level of complex thought that we see demonstrated throughout Untitled Goose Game?"
"Let's watch all those Roblox videos now, and then we'll play a hilarious flight attendant simulator app game that'll make you feel so much better on the plane ride."
"There were many moments I had while playing Breath of the Wild that I had to stop in place to wonder how a game this good was possible."
"If you love exploration and video games, you owe it to yourself to play this game knowing as little about it as possible."
"There was genuine beauty to be found in this game for me."
"Breath of the Wild embraced that and made it a feature."
"You're shown a mysterious old man nearby and then left to do whatever you like."
"There's a surprising amount of freedom found in combat that mirrors the exploration in the world."
"Fighting all of the bosses in a row ended up being one of the most enjoyable parts of the game for me."
"Breath of the Wild is undoubtedly the best open-world game I have ever played when I am playing it as an open-world game."
"When I was five years old, I played my first video game. It was Mario Bros on the NES, a game that's older than I am by two months. Knowing nothing about video games, I took it to be a cartoon that I could magically control. That was enough to be enthralling."
"The world itself is absolutely gorgeous and detailed and cool."
"This game is magical in the Disney way to look at and in the performer's way to play."
"Forza Horizon 5 intersects with childhood nostalgia in such a fascinating way because it feels like an update and a resolution of it."
"What Nintendo have created here is not only the new benchmark for open-world games; it's straight-up really fun to play as well."
"GreedFall... is a very interesting adventure RPG game set in a lush, beautiful world."
"Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey... is seemingly a survival adventure exploration game but with the whole focus on early man and the evolution of apes."
"The Outer Worlds looks to have a lot and it's a world we want to explore and discover."
"Welcome to the start of a brand new let's play/tutorial for RimWorld."
"Naked brutality is super duper mega hard because you start with nothing, you're completely naked."
"The game is a hardcore cult classic with some of the most unique and memorable moments the genre has to offer."
"Stalker is a rare case, maybe even the only case, where I not only recommend save scumming, but I don't know how you could finish it without it."
"Stalker, shadow of Chernobyl is a cultural landmark."
"Being good at a video game doesn't matter and there's no impact or meaning in it at all; it's just a video game so at the end of the day the video game should be fun."
"The cool thing about this video game industry is that every couple of years, we have this giant success story kind of come out of the middle of nowhere from this smaller player, there's smaller company."
"Baldur's Gate 3 has been showered with tons of amazing reviews, giant success on PC and PlayStation, and hopefully soon Xbox."
"Games like Vampire Survivors, Outer Wilds, Cult of the Lamb, and Inside... changed this industry forever."
"Skyrim also went on to sell over 30 million copies within its first five years, making it the best-selling RPG of all time."
"Bethesda's attempts to create fully open and interactable virtual worlds for players to adventure in as they please is ambitious, and it always has been."
"These games are unique; they offer something you can't get anywhere else."
"There are few games in recent memory where I've been able to genuinely escape the way that I've been able to with Genshin Impact."
"Genshin Impact has a draw to it that a lot of other games don't quite manage to perfect the same way that it does."
"Paris is the Mona Lisa of open-world cities."
"Now stand with me, overlooking the great Notre Dame in revolutionary France, as we prepare to kill the Templar hiding within."
"Assassin's Creed is about credibility and authenticity, not about realism."
"I missed the modern plot line... I always liked seeing how the Assassins vs. the Templar conflict was playing out in the present."
"Assassin's Creed 4 is frequently a masterpiece of design."
"At least we've gotten Bellingham to a 99 overall. That was the main goal."
"I have not seen a single Zelda game where the consensus opinion on it has changed as much as with Twilight Princess."
"Halo Reach is a prequel to the initial Halo Trilogy and is expertly crafted to fill you with a sense of hopelessness and dread as the human Planet Of Reach falls to the might of the Covenant."
"For those unaware, Lasso is short for Legendary All Skulls On, and beating it requires you to complete a Halo campaign on the highest difficulty with modifiers that make everything substantially harder."
"Starting the game again from the very beginning showed me why I fell in love with Clash in the first place."
"It's still storytelling and it's storytelling in a way that only video games can."
"Bioshock is a wonderful example of how a game’s environment can be an effective method of storytelling."
"The curse of the undead keeps going past the age of fire, and people keep sort of going hollow, and the world goes on."
"Elden Ring's world-building is absolutely phenomenal."
"The world-building is oozing out of every facet of this game."
"Even with how poorly it tells the story, it's a phenomenal game."
"The Minecraft soundtrack is one of, if not the most memorable game soundtracks of all time."
"The game is opposed to child for simplicity, all the way down to the way the blocks were created. The low graphics and block-like textures give off the vibe of retro simplicity."
"This is one of the best video games stories and worlds... what greater compliment can you give to a story and world setting?"
"We love this game. We freaking love it. I wouldn't care to rant about it if I didn't like it this much."
"There are story delivery methods that could be improved, that would not change the experience in terms of the mystery, trying to find it, but make it far more absorbable."
"Marcel Duchamp brought to the art world the very significant and everlasting question of what is art, and as of right now, Spec Ops: The Line is the crowning jewel when it comes to bringing that level of discussion to the realm of video games."
"The major theme that I can derive from Nier is a sense of self-defined purpose."
"The Last of Us parts 1 & 2 are such divisive games because that creative perspective is so strong."
"Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 pushed the boundaries when it came to storytelling."
"Call of Duty Black Ops had its own fair share of controversies."
"The Cuban government in 2011 actually said a segment of the game where players try to kill Fidel Castro actually glorifies real assassination attempts made by the United States."
"Modern Warfare 3's London attack level causes a lot of controversy."
"A spokesperson from Activision's legal team said that Savimbi was a good guy and was portrayed fairly for who he was."
"I respect World War II's campaign because they at least tried to make some sort of cool narrative."
"Call of Duty Black Ops 4, the first ever Call of Duty game to completely remove the campaign from the game, which obviously was a huge blow to people who cared about the story sections of Call of Duty."
"A friendship move is a friendly version of a fatality."
"The whole point of these things is to be silly, to be the opposite of a fatality, to get laughter out of somebody rather than shock."
"He's skipping like a child, which is so kind of in the spirit of what friendship moves are."
"Falkreath's character, naturally stunning and familiar, while also hazy and unfamiliar, both literally and metaphorically, fills our hearts with the sense of a beautiful mystery."
"With open world, open-ended gameplay serving as a shining new direction for the future of this beloved franchise."
"Darkest Dungeon is about making the most of a bad situation. You are not expected to succeed on your first expedition, or even your tenth. Heroes will die, failure will abound, and the world will seek to smother your flame."
"If you value any shred of your sanity, do not try this. Do not attempt to put any shred of logic into FNAF; it will break you."
"Assuming that he is a spring-lock victim, that's brutally scary. Being thrown into an animatronic's mouth and crying so much that you make the jaw snap onto your own skull, killing you instantly. Holy crap, that is nightmare fuel."
"Apex Legends is now in its 20th season. Yes, you heard me right, 20th season."
"Legend upgrades change the way the game plays by giving players different skill trees to choose from mid-match."
"Guide a civilization through the ages, build the ultimate empire in Universum, a new breed of god game in development."
"It's time for me to craft my secret weapon, one bucket of lava."
"To this day, I still think Sonic Adventure is a really good game. It's not perfect, but I think it's still probably the best translation of the classic formula into 3D we've ever seen."
"City Escape is no exaggeration, one of the most iconic Sonic levels."
"It's not only what I consider the best Sonic game of all time, but it's one of my favorite games ever made."
"Five Nights at Freddy's is like working at a cash register until your boss yells at you in a fur suit."
"I think I get why it's extremely accurate to the source material and it's injecting me directly with anxiety like nothing else."
"The Witcher 3 features many races... a game that teaches us a lot about race."
"He was what he was, a brave and heroic hedgehog who gave his life to save this planet. Shadow the Hedgehog."
"The Last of Us adaptation truly stands as probably to this day the best video game adaptation to live-action ever done."
"The year is 2023, and a once beloved game developer's reputation is in absolute free fall."
"Warcraft 2, bro, this game was so good, this right here, this was the main computer game that I played as a kid, this was my game."
"Maybe as Link conquers those intrusive thoughts and begins to succeed, a malevolence grows elsewhere in the shadows."
"This is unofficially Sonic Adventure 3. Can I make that claim just yet? At least Sonic Adventure 2.5, right?"
"Video games not only qualify but even exemplify the way art helps us transcend the mundane and experience something extraordinary."
"Adventure games were never truly dead, just sleeping."
"The secret of Monkey Island is an unmitigated classic."
"Video games are increasingly viewed as legitimate cultural artifacts capable of communicating aesthetic, narrative, emotional, and ethical meanings."
"Sonic Generations, the Sonic game that, after deliberating on it, I realize is my favorite Sonic game of all time."
"This is the life. Oh yeah, I'm excited for the cake, and I know there's going to be Fortnite."
"A game that’s so deep, you’ll still be learning the ropes a hundred hours in?"
"For me, Sonic Adventure took what made Sonic so great and continued to expand upon it. It didn't always work, but when it did, it really knocked it out of the park."
"This game is actually majestic and, even though graphically it might not be the sharpest tool in the shed, it is still one of the best games ever made."
"Sometimes you just want to come home from a day surrounded by people and go and exist in a fantastical virtual world by yourself."
"Excellent quality plumbob-shaped gemstone worth 1,856 Simoleons can summon the Grim Reaper at will."
"Like always, we're going over more case studies of video games that showcase good and bad principles of graphic design."
"Gran Turismo 7 is designed to immerse players in the culture and history around racing."
"The cafe system in Gran Turismo 7 is primarily focused on taking you through the history of different cars, helping you understand and appreciate each one."
"Both titles have a lot to offer visually. Gran Turismo 7 gets the DF nod for the most visually striking game of the two."
"Ashes of Creation's biggest innovation, in my opinion, is its node system... ensuring that no two servers will ever be the same."
"Nothing beats that nostalgic feeling of firing up either Silent Assassin or Blood Money, hacking back to those days playing on a massive TV in my parents' living room on my PS2."
"I became engrossed in franchises like Resident Evil, Silent Hill, and Bioshock. Then, I became a massive GTA fanatic."
"The story is about two friends, Anthony and Gold Mario, playing Minecraft in 2010 when something begins stalking them inside their worlds."
"This map is just non-stop action, and I am all for it. What a great map to end on."
"Each Warframe sort of has their own fandom now, which is really interesting."
"San Andreas wasn't one city; it's an entire state, and it's filled with way more variety than anything the series has ever offered."
"San Andreas received even higher review scores than Vice City did, with critics applauding Rockstar for the remarkable attention to detail."
"Even by today's standards, the AI in Grand Theft Auto IV is impressive."
"It took something that I didn't think I was going to enjoy, that turn-based strategy, and made me fall in love with it."
"It literally has like a beautiful story. It was like that Pokemon dragon in it that you get, the legendary... and it's just so sick, like the journey itself."
"Assassin's Creed Revelations is full of brilliant storytelling."
"I love this, I absolutely love this. We don't have anything like this already in the game."
"That's pretty good for replayability, I think, that you don't have to do the same thing; you can do different aspirations."
"These games aren't just old games but time capsules of our past, the old positions of life where you can look back and reflect on the old you."
"In New Vegas, the world unfolded as many different perspectives came at you."
"Caesar's Legion are still the baddies, so to speak, but you see their warped perspective and how they logically come to their conclusions."
"The idea is to have companions that have their certain perspectives that can be changed over time through your and their experiences together."
"Games can carry as much weight and meaning as you bring to them, which makes Cave Story one of the most important and yet meaningful games I've ever completed."
"She never quite understood my love for video games, but she loved that I loved them."
"It's amazing that games can do that, right? Capture a moment in time and bring us back just through association."
"Final Fantasy 7 shot its way into the hearts and minds of millions with its captivating story, characters, gameplay, boobs, and state-of-the-art, top-of-the-line, glowed-up graphics for the 90s."
"The game was a cultural reset, and its influence and legacy have only grown since its inception."
"Violence in video games does not cause violent behavior in real life. We are acting out fantasies in a safe environment."
"The more I think about it, the more obvious it becomes that many games do a hell of a job of creating this objective-based murder and desensitizing you to it by dehumanizing the targets."
"Games are such an interesting medium because they mix this idea of a challenge, a simple contest, a competition with something that can make you emotionally invested."
"Brothers is the game that has affected me the most emotionally out of any video game ever."
"It's only by pushing the boundaries that we discover where this medium can really go."
"Disco Elysium is a better, more ambitious, more thought-provoking, and more sophisticated game than Jedi Fallen Order could ever hope to be."
"Disco Elysium is one of the best games of the year and certainly one of the most important."
"I respected it immensely. I do not want to play it again, but I want to play games much like it in the future."
"Disco Elysium seems to cast a spell on you, hypnotizing and paralyzing you in its tractor beam as it pulls you into its world."
"Disco Elysium excels in delivering mysteries that beg to be solved."
"No other game I've ever played has given me this much freedom to define who I am and be that person."
"Disco Elysium is an instant classic and one that will go on to influence RPGs for years to come."
"Art dies in pursuit of itself, and Hellblade works because it feels like the game Ninja Theory wanted to make, not the one they wanted praise for."
"The amount and level of high-quality single-player content Hollow Knight has at this price is pretty much unprecedented."
"Team Rocket gets so much development in this series."
"If you want an easy raid spot in TBC, not just on Alliance but Horde too, Shaman is arguably going to be the highest demand class."
"Without a doubt, the biggest, most important, impactful, and noticeable change for Shamans from Classic to TBC is that they are no longer shown as pink on the UI by default."
"Restoration Shamans will be the most desired spec/class combo in the entire game."
"While it may or may not be profound, Chrono Trigger is perfect."
"Though it might not be complexly perfect, it is simply perfect."
"The characters' struggles with existential dread and their respective triumphs over existential dread are so poetic and so positive that they are arguably unmatched."
"Well, it's about systems, right? Because I had, I had a sort of moment with Breath of the Wild, which I loved."
"The game doesn't let you reload your saves... it's all about sort of like living with those decisions."
"Like wandering the real woods of West Virginia, the world of Fallout 76 is full of monsters to hunt or be hunted by."
"Am I the only one excited for 76? I've been waiting for a multiplayer Fallout experience since New Vegas."
"Historically, the best video games I've ever played are unique in as many ways as they possibly could be, but what they shared in common were three things that they absolutely excelled at: They immersed, they challenged, and they rewarded."
"Instead, by adding these complex interactions and behaviors into the game, they've come much closer to living up to their promise of providing one of those living, breathing worlds they're always on about."
"Players can combine all of those things in an endless number of ways to solve these combat puzzles their way, rewarding them with some pretty fun and memorable experiences that they feel like they earned."
"It wasn't the game the superhero genre deserved, but it was the one it needed all those years ago."
"Batman: Arkham Asylum really made me feel like Batman."
"Batman Arkham Asylum is timeless in the sense that it should never be forgotten."
"Many people often forget due to the amount of storylines and drama happening that pretty much every freelancer agreed in wanting to end the great war. It's why they joined the program in the first place."
"Halo Reach was an incredibly influential game that completely changed my relationship with the medium."
"Being able to drop all those worries and come home to a game I loved, a community I found like-minded people in, was a huge comfort for me."
"The Last of Us stands as one of the most impressive examples, with massive tweaks available to visuals, sound, and gameplay."
"Elden Ring was the kind of game that I think the gaming industry needed right now... It was polished, it was a good product, it has a fun gameplay loop and mechanic for people who like a challenge."
"It's been proven that classic NES and SNES era of video games such as Super Mario Brothers, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong Country can be formally classified as non-deterministic polynomial time hard or NP-hard for short."
"Vassal opinion is one of the most important things to constantly be influencing when playing Crusader Kings 3."
"Titanfall is still one of the best first-person shooters of the last decade, maybe even of all time."