2023 Game of the Year
Like last year, I am not going to base my 2023 list solely on the 2023 games I completed. There were simply too many games and not enough time, and at the end of the day I wouldn't have 10 games from this year but also a few from the past. This year was a good year for video games, but a bad year for the games industry, and for those tired of hearing or reading that fact it is truly something that needs to be acknowledged as we appreciate this medium of entertainment. While 2023 will arguably go down as one of the best years in gaming history so too shall it be considered as one of the hardest. IT would be hard to leave this on a sour note; as I said this was a great year for video games and to have games like Alan Wake 2, The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, Super Mario Wonder, or Dave the Diver, Dredge, and, yes, Baldur's Gate 3 is truly a feat.
Unlike last year, my Switch got a lot of hours put into it from four of those games already mentioned. What a great time to have a Switch after these last few years. One cool thing about this year was I was able to get my wife into games beyond Stardew Valley, as we played Super Mario Wonder, Venba, Dredge, and Dave the Diver together. My Playstation 5 maybe had the least amount of hours thrown at it this year while I relied on the latest Xbox Game Pass releases even if not right at launch or when they were added to the service.
Games I wish I played more of:
- Baldur's Gate 3
- Sea of Stars
- Jusant
- Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
Top 10 Movies:
- The Holdovers
- Oppenheimer
- Asteroid City
- When Evil Lurks
- John Wick Part 4
- Leave the World Behind
- Evil Dead Rise
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
- You People
- Saw X