dantey

@grixxel: @el_stork: Thanks!

@winternet: I did try that, but he has not replied.

@winternet: Yeah, that would be awesome, although I live on the other side of the Atlantic so Skype calls can be a problem.

@probablytuna: Hmmm...Sessler you say? Maybe one day I will branch out. I kind of want to do an interview with one Brad Muir.

@winternet: It was written using PMs. Why do you ask?

I like the "Fuck You This Is Art" idea, because then I can use my 3D modeling skills to make an image, but I also have a microphone so I am down for some HOT MUSIC COLABS, SON! Anyway, awesome idea, duder.

Is it odd that I cannot wait for the panel archive? Waiting for that video is just killing me. Also, does anybody has a clue when that thing might go up. I really want to see it.

Hi!

http://steamcommunity.com/id/dantey01/

1. THQ Humble Indie Bundle
2. Awesomenauts
3. Dirt 2
4. Warhammer: Dawn of War II
5. Civilization V
6. Just Cause 2
7. Binding of Isaac Colection
8. Orcs Must Die! 2
9. Torchlight 2
10. Legend of Grimlock

Giant Bomb's Game of the Year feature is done and it is time to combine the individual lists of the editors and see how they compare to the official list of Giant Bomb. The counting system is the same as last year, with one point going to the the last game on the list and ten points going to the first game on the list. Since Alex was one of the judges this year, he has moved form the additional list team to the main list. But I still left Drew, just to see, how he would inapact the end result. First, let's review the individual top 10 lists.

Brad:

1. Mass Effect 3
2. The Walking Dead
3. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
4. Mark of the Ninja
5. Journey
6. Asura's Wrath
7. Far Cry 3
8. Dust: An Elysian Tail
9. Frog Fractions
10. Trials Evolution

Ryan:

1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2. The Walking Dead
3. Hotline Miami
4. Mark of the Ninja
5. FTL: Faster than Light
6. Forza Horizon
7. Rock Band Blitz
8. Journey
9. Asura's Wrath
10. Alan Wake's American Nightmare

Jeff:

1. Far Cry 3
2. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
3. Syndicate
4. Fez
5. Forza Horizon
6. FTL: Faster than Light
7. Rhythm Heaven Fever
8. Persona 4 Arena
9. Pinball Arcade
10. Call Of Duty: Black Ops II

Patrick

1. The Walking Dead
2. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
3. ZombiU
4. Mark of the Ninja
5. Dishonored
6. Fez
7. Journey
8. Papo & Yo
9. Asura's Wrath
10. Slender: The Eight Pages

Alex:

1. The Walking Dead
2. Journey
3. Hotline Miami
4. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
5. Forza Horizon
6. Rhythm Heaven Fever
7. Sound Shapes
8. FTL: Faster than Light
9. Sleeping Dogs
10. Rock Band Blitz

Vinny:

1. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
2. The Walking Dead
3. Sleeping Dogs
4. Mass Effect 3
5. Binary Domain
6. Fez
7. Spec Ops: The Line
8. The Book of Unwritten Tales
9. Tiny and Big: Grandpa's Leftovers
10. Journey

Drew:

1. Halo 4
2. The Walking Dead
3. Diablo III
4. Spec Ops: The Line
5. Journey
6. Digital Combat Simulator
7. XCOM: Enemy Unknown
8. Chivalry: Medieval Warfare
9. FTL: Faster than Light
10. Hotline Miami

These are the lists an below you will find a table of three lists with the official top 10, math top 10 and math with Drew top 10. Don't think that this is about the right top 10 list of Giant Bomb. The math list is made from individual lists, not from a discussion of a team. So keep that in mind, as you compare the lists (the numbers in brackets are the points).

The top 2 are the same in all three lists, which kind of was expected. The only game to be featured in all of the individual lists was XCOM, while The Walking Dead and Journey were on six out of seven lists (Jeff did not put these games in his top 10). These lists show me how personal opinion can influence the end result. This can be seen in the official list (Far Cray 3, Syndicate) and in the math lists (Halo 4, Forza Horizon, Hotline Miami). Hope you found all of these numbers interesting.

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Since the whole idea for GB reviews is to show the opinion and experience of the reviewer, I have no problem with them not finishing a game for review. Jeff has been saying from day one, that you cannot really write a review that will serve everyone, since video games are so big now. So when I read a review, that is presented to me as a personal experience I have no problem with the author saying: "This game is so bad on so many different levels, that I could not make myself finish it." The question one should ask is not about the reviewer not finishing the game, but about does that person agree with the reviewer on different opinions about games. If one agrees, then they should have no problem with the reviewer not finishing the game.

As for all the comparisons to Dragons Dogma, then they don't really work. There are games like To the Moon, where story is the main driving force, so they don't wait for the last moment to show why you should care about the story. Dragons Dogma is not that type of a game. Nor is Steel Battalion. The difference here is, that the gameplay is more fun in the RPG.