January 31, 2012 Eric Swain Critical Responses, Recent Posts PopMatters Top 20 Games of 2011 Well, PopMatters put up their list of top 20 games of 2011. I was a proud participant in their first ever end of year list for games. Back in December G. Christopher Williams put out an email that we were doing this and despite it only coming out recently all the decisions and blurb writing was completed obstinately before the new year. It was done by having all of us listing our favorite games of the year in order and our editor did some voodoo math to come out with this list. | more
December 31, 2009 Eric Swain Game Issues, Recent Posts TGC’s Game of the Year ’09 So what is my game of the year? Well unlike the last two years when I asked myself that question, there was a clear winner. In 2007 it was Portal and in '08 it was Metal Gear Solid 4. There were plenty of other good games out those years, but those two to me were just obvious. This year has no such easy stand out, hence the lateness of this post. Just to be clear, I have not played everything that came out, not even all the better than decent AAA titles, so this really is a personal pick. | more
December 27, 2008 Eric Swain Game Issues, Recent Posts End of Year Post Well with Christmas over and the after holiday sales taken advantage of and since everyone else has done their part, I figured I'd give my thoughts on the 2008 yearend in gaming. (Spoilers.) I start with the easy one, my game of the year. The easy one to write about clearly, not choose. | more