Danny O'Dwyer's Top 10 Games of 2016

Danny O’Dwyer left GameSpot earlier this year to make video __game documentaries at Noclip. You can also find him ranting about speedy-race-cars with Drew on Giant Bomb’s Alt+F1 podcast. Another year, another Danny O’Dwyer GOTY list on VideoGames.com--though the site’s new layout makes it really hard for me to find the Star Wars meme section. Anyway, here are my top 10 distractions from the dumpster fire that was 2016. (in order of appearance)...

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Giant Bomb's 2016 Game of the Year Awards: Day Five

Watch the Day Five Deliberations here: On our final day of __game of the Year deliberations, we came to some of the biggest conclusions of 2016. Who's the best at protecting the payload? What story grabbed us more than any other? Most importantly, what is the worst and the best __game of the year? Find out below. Overwatch Character of the Year Reinhardt There are a lot of great Overwatch characters, sure. Some have their funny little...

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Sonny Coming to Steam

The all-new remake of classic RPG series Sonny is headed to Steam. Remember when we released Sonny on iOS earlier this year? Remember when you were all, “You should release it for Steam”? And remember when we were all, “We’ll make an announcement as soon as we have everything finalized and know for sure”? Well… surprise! Announcement time. Sonny is coming to Steam! And not even, like, “eventually” or “next year” or “if you wish upon a star”. But...

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Scott Benson's Top 10 Games of 2016

What a year. Maybe you had a great year somehow living on a private island, chatting with the pod of talking dolphins that live in the lagoon by your beachfront house. But I gotta say, a whole lot of folks did not have a great time in 2016. There’s a song off Sleater-Kinney’s most recent record that contains probably the most perfect description of right now: We’re sick with worry/ These nerveless days/ We live on dread/ In our...

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Back to the Freezer | New Penguin Quest

We promised you a quest, and by golly you've got one. Belly-slide into __game right away and enjoy Back to the Freezer � the very latest Penguin quest. How to Start Speak to Chuck at Ardougne Zoo Requirements RuneScape membership Ernest the Chicken Some Like It Cold 50 Divination 45 Runecrafting 37 Slayer The penguins are back for another slippery tale of subterfuge and ramshackle science that'll leave you questioning the very...

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Nick Capozzoli's Top 10 Games of 2016

Nick Capozzoli is a video __game critic and practicing architect, whose reviews have previously been featured on GameSpot. You can find him on twitter at @nickcapozzoli, and his reviews at nickcapozzoli.com. I have the easiest “me at the beginning of 2016/me at the end of 2016” meme. I’d just put the usual portrait on one side, and in the other frame, a bunch of x-rays. It’s like I was collecting injuries to go with the year’s various...

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