because its dumb to attempt such a thing. Obviously games from 8 yeaars ago are outdated, so while they were fun at the time, iteration may prevent them from holding up to current standards. So from an objective standpoint, its pretty much impossible.
Nah son, don't try to be all slickand shit. No one is gonna join your party next year and say the decade is over. They is all doing it now. A year completed accounts for 1 count to the decade. So we start from 0, (here 2000) and then end at 2001, one year. So the tenth year would be finished at the end of 2009. Although I will concede that the Gregorian and Julian calendars do not use a year 0. But it would be pretty gay to say a decade is from 1891 to 1900 instead of 1890 to 1899. It just looks better. So we all consider it this way because we want to keep the numbers in the decade to be the same. You don't say the 80's and 1990. You just say the 80's, then the 90s, because thats the number that defined the years in the decade.
My game of the decade? I will say that there is a conflict here, because there are definitely many cases where there is a game that was great, huge and amazing on its own. But then a sequel comes out and is bigger and better than the original but is its impact as significant?
I will say definitely that GTA III is my game of the decade. But San Andreas did everything bigger and better, but the impact is less. So which is the one you would take? This game created the genre or at least made it fun, and dominated this decade for the most part up until GTA IV came out.
Other times, there are games that just came out and its hard to really gauge the impact so soon. Uncharted 2. An amazing game and experience but damn, that was only a couple months ago. Can I truly say that is the game of the decade? This conflicts me because I love this game but I still dont know what its impact on me will be years from now.
" @Hailinel: By that reasoning 2000 was part of the 90's? "
There's a difference between a decade and referring to a period of time as the 80s, 90s, and so on. A proper decade begins at year 1 and ends at year 10.
Are we REALLY arguing over weather it's been a decade or not? Fine then: the poster meant to say "Game of the 00's," or "Game from 2000-2009." Geez. Anyways...
But in terms of popular culture since the 20th century we talk about the sixties and the seventies, eighties and the nineties in which case it's obvious that the years being referred to are 60-69, 70-79 etc etc. Regardless of what the first year after Jesus' birth was termed if that's how we decide to define our decades by convenience then we might as well stick to it.
Anyway, Destructoid did a top 50 of the decade. I for one do not disagree with Shadow of the Colossus topping it.
I think you all need to cool down on the time line rage! I'm guessing everyone celebrated 2000 as the new millennium. Therefore 2000-2009 is correct. I don't care if the calendars say differently or there is no year 0. This isn't fact, this is just common ground.
@Hailinel: When you say "the baby is a year old" that's technically incorrect. The baby has lived through a year of its life and he is now living on his second year.
So technically this is the year "2010" Which means that is in the end of the decade as we know it
That's what makes all this so damn confusing It's understandable though, but next time don't be so narrow-minded
" @Hailinel: When you say "the baby is a year old" that's technically incorrect. The baby has lived through a year of its life and he is now living on his second year.
So technically this is the year "2010" Which means that is in the end of the decade as we know it That's what makes all this so damn confusing It's understandable though, but next time don't be so narrow-minded "
What does that have to do with anything? There's a difference between saying something is a year old (when one could in fact be 1 year and 2 months old), and a year, which is a defined period of time. The first decade of the AD calendar stretches from the beginning of year 1 to the end of year 10. A period of ten full years. This is followed by the second decade, which stretched from year 11 to year 20, and so on.
" @Hailinel: When you say "the baby is a year old" that's technically incorrect. The baby has lived through a year of its life and he is now living on his second year.
So technically this is the year "2010" Which means that is in the end of the decade as we know it That's what makes all this so damn confusing It's understandable though, but next time don't be so narrow-minded "
What does that have to do with anything? There's a difference between saying something is a year old (when one could in fact be 1 year and 2 months old), and a year, which is a defined period of time. The first decade of the AD calendar stretches from the beginning of year 1 to the end of year 10. A period of ten full years. This is followed by the second decade, which stretched from year 11 to year 20, and so on. "
No. Nowhere in the definition of the word 'Decade' does it stipulate when the ten years can or can't start - it's just any span of ten years. There is no 'proper decade'.
It is obvious the OP is referring to the decade most of us refer to as the 00's. Give it up.
" @Hailinel: When you say "the baby is a year old" that's technically incorrect. The baby has lived through a year of its life and he is now living on his second year.
So technically this is the year "2010" Which means that is in the end of the decade as we know it That's what makes all this so damn confusing It's understandable though, but next time don't be so narrow-minded "
What does that have to do with anything? There's a difference between saying something is a year old (when one could in fact be 1 year and 2 months old), and a year, which is a defined period of time. The first decade of the AD calendar stretches from the beginning of year 1 to the end of year 10. A period of ten full years. This is followed by the second decade, which stretched from year 11 to year 20, and so on. "
You should realize that I don't recognize the first year to start at year 1
Also, I'm trying to say that I use the same logic in counting years to count the years in persons life
Also, I have nothing to add to the topic at which the thread was created for
" @Hailinel: When you say "the baby is a year old" that's technically incorrect. The baby has lived through a year of its life and he is now living on his second year.
So technically this is the year "2010" Which means that is in the end of the decade as we know it That's what makes all this so damn confusing It's understandable though, but next time don't be so narrow-minded "
What does that have to do with anything? There's a difference between saying something is a year old (when one could in fact be 1 year and 2 months old), and a year, which is a defined period of time. The first decade of the AD calendar stretches from the beginning of year 1 to the end of year 10. A period of ten full years. This is followed by the second decade, which stretched from year 11 to year 20, and so on. "
You should realize that I don't recognize the first year to start at year 1 Also, I'm trying to say that I use the same logic in counting years to count the years in persons life Also, I have nothing to add to the topic at which the thread was created for "
Try checking a historical calendar sometime. There is no year between 1 B.C. and A.D. 1.
I love that there are so many people that are so stuck up that they can't just get get on board and realise that while no, this is not the end of the 201st decade, that yes the period of time between 2000-2009 is still a period of ten years.
Would it make you feel better if they wrote out "Game of the Decade occurring in the decade running from the years 2000 through 2009" with the word "decade" being hyperlinked to the dictionary.com page for the word decade? You guys must be super fun to hang out with if you will be this argumentative about semantics, which you're basically wrong about, since all people mean by game of the decade is what was the best game of the past 10 years. How the lack of a year 0 affects the fact that 10 years have passed since January 1, 2000 is beyond me.
Also, it amazes me that since they since they are so stuck on proper chronology that they never take into account that Year 1 was off by about 3 years (most likely) and it's more like 2012 right now ... and the Mayans were wrong
This is all bullshit, there is no "difference" between something being a birthday, a timeline or whatever. 0-9 is how it works and if that is wrong I would like to see this almighty year 1 calendar.
" Generally decades are measured from the year ending in 1, to the year ending in 0. So the current decade goes from 2001 - 2010. Which means we have one year left. Although plenty of people measure it from the year ending in 0 to the year ending in 9 (which would make this decade from 2000 - 2009) but this is incorrect, since the first decade was from 1 - 10, the second decade from 11 - 20, and so on until we get to the 201st decade being 2001 - 2010. "
" Well even though its not over: As of Today:1. Half Life 2 2. Resident Evil 43. GTA IV 4. COD4 MW 5. WoW 6. Halo: Combat Evolved7. Uncharted 2 8. Bioshock 9. Mass Effect 10. Gears of War 2 "
" This is all bullshit, there is no "difference" between something being a birthday, a timeline or whatever. 0-9 is how it works and if that is wrong I would like to see this almighty year 1 calendar. "
It must be so nice living in the little bubble of ignorance you call your world.
" This is all bullshit, there is no "difference" between something being a birthday, a timeline or whatever. 0-9 is how it works and if that is wrong I would like to see this almighty year 1 calendar. "
It must be so nice living in the little bubble of ignorance you call your world. "
Your the idiot, who believes decades end on the mystical year '10'. 1990's ended on 19910?
" This is all bullshit, there is no "difference" between something being a birthday, a timeline or whatever. 0-9 is how it works and if that is wrong I would like to see this almighty year 1 calendar. "
It must be so nice living in the little bubble of ignorance you call your world. "
Your the idiot, who believes decades end on the mystical year '10'. 1990's ended on 19910? "
As insults go, that was a pretty lame attempt.
I will explain this one more time, as clearly as I possibly can. If you don't understand after that, well, I'll just leave you to your ignorance.
The B.C. calendar has no set beginning. We just don't know how far back it stretches. Arguing about there being a year zero prior to the creation of the calendar doesn't work because there were no years until a calendar system was devised. Shocking, I know. The measurement of time is a construct, and in the calendar system used, when the year 1 B.C. ended, the year that followed was A.D. 1, not zero.
Now, starting at 1, count up. you will note that the tenth number you reach is, naturally, 10, the same number of years that exist in a decade. Therefore the first decade in the A.D. calendar era stretches from the beginning of year 1 to the end of year 10. The second decade begins at the start of year 11 and ends at the end of year 20. The third begins at the start of year 21 and ends at the end of year 30, and so on. Likewise, the first century did not end with the year 99. It ended at the end of year 100. The first millennium did not end in 999. It concluded at the end of the year 1000. Similarly, the second millennium did not end until the end of the year 2000. Despite what belief may be popular, the current decade does not actually conclude until the end of 2010. This is a mathematical certainty.
Best game of the decade imo would be world of warcraft. It is basically pop culture at this point and it has helped games "evolve" to become even more mainstream, which imo is the biggest change in gaming this decade.
" This is all bullshit, there is no "difference" between something being a birthday, a timeline or whatever. 0-9 is how it works and if that is wrong I would like to see this almighty year 1 calendar. "
It must be so nice living in the little bubble of ignorance you call your world. "
Your the idiot, who believes decades end on the mystical year '10'. 1990's ended on 19910? "
As insults go, that was a pretty lame attempt. I will explain this one more time, as clearly as I possibly can. If you don't understand after that, well, I'll just leave you to your ignorance. The B.C. calendar has no set beginning. We just don't know how far back it stretches. Arguing about there being a year zero prior to the creation of the calendar doesn't work because there were no years until a calendar system was devised. Shocking, I know. The measurement of time is a construct, and in the calendar system used, when the year 1 B.C. ended, the year that followed was A.D. 1, not zero. Now, starting at 1, count up. you will note that the tenth number you reach is, naturally, 10, the same number of years that exist in a decade. Therefore the first decade in the A.D. calendar era stretches from the beginning of year 1 to the end of year 10. The second decade begins at the start of year 11 and ends at the end of year 20. The third begins at the start of year 21 and ends at the end of year 30, and so on. Likewise, the first century did not end with the year 99. It ended at the end of year 100. The first millennium did not end in 999. It concluded at the end of the year 1000. Similarly, the second millennium did not end until the end of the year 2000. Despite what belief may be popular, the current decade does not actually conclude until the end of 2010. This is a mathematical certainty. "
Math, and the Calendar are two different concepts. Trust me, the decade is set by the 0-9 rule.
There seems to be an argument about decades here. I'm going to throw a definition in here:
A decade is a span of ten years.
Saying that the current decade "began" in 2001 is pointless. If I were to ask in 2004 what your game of the decade was, it would be a game that was released between 1995 and 2004. Therefore, the game of the decade in 2009 would be a game released between 2000 and 2009. It's that simple if you ask me.
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