Many years ago when Lists were new to the site I made a List of Games I Love. I've been adding to that list ever since but never removing from the list. Nearly 10 years is a long time. I do not feel the same way about many of these games as I did then. So, it's time to take stock. In this blog I will list the games being removed, and why so there will be some record as to what was on the list.

Team Fortress 2: I loved Team Fortress 2 in the late aughts but there is no denying that now the game is dead to me. It died in the early tens (tens? Teens? 2010-2020) when I realized I was spending so much time idling for weapons but never actually playing the game anymore. Once I stopped idling the game became forever inaccessible to me. I'd never be able to catch up. And then Overwatch came out and it had learned from TF2s mistakes and I loved it. I still have some nostalgia for it, but what I feel now is not love. It's more complex and sad. Mourning, perhaps. (Note: Orange Box remains on the list)

Shadow Complex: This is an above average Metroidvania. There are plenty of those not on the list. Order of Ecclesia for instance, or Axiom Verge. It does not hang, and is now gone.

Starcraft 2 (Terran and Zerg): This is more of a consistency thing than anything else. While Wings of Liberty and Heart of the Swarm were important to me at the time, more than enough to make the list, by the time of Legacy of the Void it was not, despite me really digging it as much as the first two, it didn't make the list. I still appreciate what SC2 was for me, and its role as a gateway to Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone.

Diablo 3: I had a really good time with Diablo III and appreciated the changes they made to make it more accessible and flexible. That said whenever I've tried to play it since I've been bored. I am taking that into account and removing it from this list.

Borderlands 2: This game was just really solid and I liked the guns a lot. Which is a really good thing in a game about guns. That said in retrospect I dunno that really hangs with the rest of this list of all time greats. Plus the story and writing is bad. Sorry Borderlands 2, you're still better than you should've been.

Sound Shapes: I had a lot of fun with this game, but it's not one of the all time bests. It originally had an impact on me because with its level creation tools I was able to create 3 really cool levels. That was big at the time, but a few years later Mario Maker helped me create ~65 levels I love. It just doesn't compare.