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Cary’s 2025 Game of the Year – Herdling

I played a handful of solid new games this year, from romping through the afflicted Living Lands in Avowed, to exploring myths and legends of the American South in South of Midnight, to traveling the stars and then some in The Outer Worlds 2. Before my personal Game of the Year pick came along, any…

Cary’s 2023 GOTY: Street Fighter 6

Unlike in past years, I’m able to say that this year, I played more than one new release! This means I have a handful of games from which to choose for my game of the year. That’s said, it’s not much of a race…because my winner is, without a doubt, Street Fighter 6.

Cary’s 2022 Game of the Year: Stray

As I sit here and think about Stray, I struggle to come up with a game in recent memory that affected me more. I mentioned in my review of the game that the experience of playing it was undoubtedly colored by the recent passing of my own beloved cat, but still, the game rose well…

Cary’s 2021 Game of the Year (and Bonus Review!)

Looking back on my 2021 in gaming, two words come to mind: few and scattered. That’s to say I played plenty but didn’t complete many games, let alone any released in 2021. The only exception to this would be Mass Effect Legendary Edition. While its DLC was new to me, however, the excellent core experience…

The Duck’s 2021 Game of the Year

It’s now the Duck’s turn to cover my game of the year! While I didn’t exactly play a lot of games released in 2021, the few that I did were quite memorable indeed. After perusing my choices, however, the most logical pick would have to be Psychonauts 2 thanks to its creativity and unique premise.