by Ice Cream Jonsey » Fri Jan 03, 2020 7:11 am
pinback wrote: Fri Jan 03, 2020 4:29 am
Gettin' a little nervous! There are three games that I think MUST be on the list. One I know is not. One I am 90% sure is not. And the last one I'm 50/50 on.
But then I have to remember, this is CALTROPS top 50, and you know how those guys are.
However, the fact that Retrobooster made it makes up for any other omissions, so I RETRACT MY OBJECTION.
What I tried to do for a little bit each day was get a list of candidates and then do research on the forum to see if people enjoyed them or not. What I learned is that if you go in searching - at least for game titles - the people who talk most about games from 2015 on are you, me and Mischief Maker. Before 2015 there is more variety in opinion. Which makes sense because the people keeping that site alive for the last three years are you, me and Mischief Maker. (Rafiki as well, he always has good takes.)
50 is an odd number. (Let me explain, Commander.) There are some games that are just undeniable and you look like an a-hole if you don't put it on your list. Like if Tetris or Super Mario Bros. isn't on a "best games ever" list. So those have to be in there. But then you've got the ones that, say, one guy is passionate about. One of the game I loved most for the decade that was was DUCK GAME. I had never played Super Smash Brothers, so the gameplay I attributed 100% to Duck Game. Nobody else anywhere has ever mentioned it. Okay, so that one is out. Or maybe it's in if the list is 100? But I also knew that writing and compiling text and screenshots and links for 50 games would be a sizable project.
(But one I wanted to do, to get something accomplished at the beginning of the new year.)
I have to write up the remaining entries, I was a little ahead of schedule going into yesterday but did not remain ahead and now it's Friday morning.
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Gettin' a little nervous! There are three games that I think MUST be on the list. One I know is not. One I am 90% sure is not. And the last one I'm 50/50 on.
But then I have to remember, this is CALTROPS top 50, and you know how those guys are.
However, the fact that Retrobooster made it makes up for any other omissions, so I RETRACT MY OBJECTION.
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What I tried to do for a little bit each day was get a list of candidates and then do research on the forum to see if people enjoyed them or not. What I learned is that if you go in searching - at least for game titles - the people who talk most about games from 2015 on are you, me and Mischief Maker. Before 2015 there is more variety in opinion. Which makes sense because the people keeping that site alive for the last three years are you, me and Mischief Maker. (Rafiki as well, he always has good takes.)
50 is an odd number. (Let me explain, Commander.) There are some games that are just undeniable and you look like an a-hole if you don't put it on your list. Like if Tetris or Super Mario Bros. isn't on a "best games ever" list. So those have to be in there. But then you've got the ones that, say, one guy is passionate about. One of the game I loved most for the decade that was was DUCK GAME. I had never played Super Smash Brothers, so the gameplay I attributed 100% to Duck Game. Nobody else anywhere has ever mentioned it. Okay, so that one is out. Or maybe it's in if the list is 100? But I also knew that writing and compiling text and screenshots and links for 50 games would be a sizable project.
(But one I wanted to do, to get something accomplished at the beginning of the new year.)
I have to write up the remaining entries, I was a little ahead of schedule going into yesterday but did not remain ahead and now it's Friday morning.