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John Carpenter's Top Six Games of 2013

The Horror Master himself lets us know what games he enjoyed most this past year.

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John Carpenter has made a number of the Giant Bomb staff's favorite movies--Big Trouble In Little China, The Thing, and They Live, just to name a few. Earlier this year, we discovered that Carpenter had taken to tweeting about video games semi-frequently, and Patrick got it in his head that he'd like to try and interview the man about his interest in the medium. The resulting interview also got us thinking that maybe, just maybe, Carpenter might like to submit his own list for this year's special guest Top 10s. Not necessarily expecting him to oblige, we reached out, and were quickly rewarded with a short, but intriguing list of the director's favorites. Below is the unedited list he was kind enough to send us.

John Carpenter's Best Video Games of 2013

1. ASSASSIN'S CREED IV: BLACK FLAG - Classic ASSASSIN'S CREED gameplay, awesome world, fabulous game.

2. FAR CRY 3 - Magnificent open world adventure

3. THE LAST OF US - Great characters make this a classic

4. DEAD SPACE 3 - Scary snow world and twitching monsters - Please dismember

5. REMEMBER ME - Unique female leading character in futuristic action game

6. BORDERLANDS 2 - I know, I know, it's from 2012, but the last add-on is this year and this is a brilliant, funny, action-blasted game! My favorite!

John Carpenter

Thanks, John.

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@jayeh said:

I've never seen a Carpenter film

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"Please dismember"

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@yummylee: Yeah, Dead Space 3 is totally a zombie game, lol.

@dekinblues: I think he has stated interested in the past of wanting to make a Dead Space film? That or he said it would be a great film, I can't remember.

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I like how every time John Carpenter is mentioned on a video game website there's a ton of people that don't realize he loves video games.

I first found out about it when F.E.A.R came out as he consulted a little on that game.

I'm disappointed he didn't like Bioshock Infinite =P (jokes!)

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@i_stay_puft: Man, I adore that guy. Keep doing what you do, John Carpenter. :)

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@foxmulder: Yup. That's the part I'm going to take away from this too.

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You guys seriously find unique ways to one up yourselves every year. Well done chaps!

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Presently playing Borderlands 2, it's pretty damn good!

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HOLY SHIT JOHN CARPENTER

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@dynamix said:

@i_stay_puft said:

Found this on youtube, sounds like those emails are him. Very fascinating man.

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F-ing awesome!

I was kinda bummed that "Remember Me" got almost no attention (props to Alex for bringing up the cool soundtrack, but I thought the visuals and story were also worth mentioning), so seeing it on this short list really made my day.

Keep rocking, John!

Remember Me is probably one of the prettiest games I've ever seen. It basically looks like a French comic book or a Luc Besson movie in a way that no other game ever looked like. Everything has this plastic style to it, I just wish the game itself was better.

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I suppose when John Carpenter tells you a thing or two about characters, you'd fucking better listen. Great, now I need to play this The Last Of Us game.

Yup, because if there's one thing John Carpenter's movies are known for, it's their realistic, well-defined characters.

Sorry, I like John Carpenter movies too but come on.

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Man this is awesome! John Carpenter playing Dead Space 3!

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I'm a little surprised he didn't sign the letter in ALL CAPS too.

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WELL FUCKING DONE!

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that is pretty fucking awesome

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Okay. I just justified my purchase of Dead Space 3.

Edit: And everybody who is still crying about Patrick, can go drown themselves. He got John Fucking Carpenter on Giant Bomb.

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Far Cry 3 is 2012, but I can understand it being considered 2013 because it was released so late. A lot of sites didnt even consider it for GOTY because it was released so late in the year

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You know who he is right? He's us...in the future.

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Found this on youtube, sounds like those emails are him. Very fascinating man.

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Looks like Square-Enix owes someone endorsement money. I hope next year someone from GB finds a way to get him on the Bombcast before he apears on "Up at Noon With Greg Miller"

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That's so cool to get Carpenter to doa list for you guys! And yeah Visceral should be pretty stoked that he liked Dead Space 3 that much!

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this is amazing!

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I glanced over the newly posted lists just now, usual suspects... wait, what? John Carpenter!? :D

Good get indeed! And intriguing choices as well.

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Wow, this is really awesome.

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Wow, John F***ing Carpenter, quite unexpected and very cool. I think I'll watch 'They Live' again now.

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There's something crazy about John Carpenter playing Dead Space 3 right? That game was honestly alright by the way, if not very Dead Spacey. That was a very interesting list - kudos Giant Bomb Staff!

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Even though this is short, it's SO great to see this. Seeing that Carpenter loves Dead Space, a series he undoubtedly inspired in a major way, is really amazing. Nice job Patrick!

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It's all in the reflexes.

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Fuck yes! What a get!

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This is amazing. The man has made some of my favorite films of all time and to think he is contributing to my favorite website? Incredible.

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This makes me feel loads better about loving Dead Space 3.

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Amazing

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Mac wants the flamethrower! To set fire to this list.

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What in the... John Carpenter is awesome! This is crazy. He really likes video games! How rad.

Also he likes Basketball so he is doubly awesome. Way to go, John.

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John Carpenter has become my favorite director of all times ... thanks you for the BL2 love

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Good taste.

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@ghostiet said:

@dynamix said:

@i_stay_puft said:

Found this on youtube, sounds like those emails are him. Very fascinating man.

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F-ing awesome!

I was kinda bummed that "Remember Me" got almost no attention (props to Alex for bringing up the cool soundtrack, but I thought the visuals and story were also worth mentioning), so seeing it on this short list really made my day.

Keep rocking, John!

Remember Me is probably one of the prettiest games I've ever seen. It basically looks like a French comic book or a Luc Besson movie in a way that no other game ever looked like. Everything has this plastic style to it, I just wish the game itself was better.

I've finally found one other person to put Remember Me on their GOTY list and it's John Carpenter - well apparently great minds think alike!

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someone should make a game starring Carpenter. Maybe different Carpenters of entertainment. How come no one cares about In the mouth of madness? Maybe John can be the first honorary member of the Bombcast? A knight of Giantbomb.

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Well, that's pretty rad.

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This is awesome, props to @patrickklepek for getting him to submit a list!

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Dude, what?!

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@castiel said:

Wow I did not see that coming. That is pretty fuckin' cool. The Thing is also one of my all-time favorite movies and in my opinion it's close to, if not better, than Alien.

I would say better, as it did not spawn a terrible legacy of sequels/adaptations. Which is not to say all of them, of course, but there are a few god-awful entries.

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WOW, John Carpenter is a crazy awesome get for anything, but getting him to make a goty list for a medium sized videogame site is *slow clap*

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This is in my top 10 guest top 10 lists!

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Every time when someone like this ''comes out'' and just freely says that they are a gamer still makes me feel good in a really strange way.

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Love Carpenter, and really cool to get him to make a top ten! Now you need to get him on a E3 cast ;)

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thats rad.

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About the comment for Far Cry 3 been released last year... Far Cry 3 was not included in the GOTY awards last year by reviewers for being released late in the year. I'm happy that Mr. Carpenter remembered that and included the game in his list. The game deserves it. So does Blood Dragon.

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Of course Carpenter loves a game with snow planets and disturbingly shaped alien creatures covered in gore. :P

Great get, Patrick! Maybe next year we could get Wes Craven to chime in, haha.

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I absolutely love that Dead Space 3 is on his list. What a great get on people for Goty lists.