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With so much to organize and help put together, I didn’t get a chance to do my own personal Game of the Year list for 2014. It’s probably for the best, as picking favorites games is very difficult for me. It’s like picking favorite people. I like a lot of people, and they are all so different, but all so important to me. I’d have an easier time picking a favorite finger. I’d probably go for the left pinky, as that’s the one with the coolest freckle.
Still, I can safely guess that I spent more time in 2014 playing Animal Crossing: New Leaf, 1001 Spikes (Wii U), Pokemon Puzzle Challenge (3DS VC), Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow (Wii U VC), Advance Wars (Wii U VC) Rouge Legacy (PS3), Skullgirls: Encore (PS3), Rhythm Heaven Fever (Wii), Super Smash Bros. for the 3DS (Smash Run mode), Bayonetta 2 (Wii U), Luftrausers (PS3) and the God damn Maverick Bird than just about anything else. I didn’t have to play any of them, for work or otherwise. In fact, I probably shouldn’t have played them at all, as I always have time sensitive work breathing down my neck. Yet these games kept pulling me back, whether I liked it or not. I think it’s because they all utilize a rigid structure to house a huge amount of potential variables and surprises. That seems to be the best way to keep me fascinated these days.
How about everyone else at Destructoid? What did True Detective‘s Rust Cohle think of 2014? How about The Badger? Game developer Adam Tierney? Read on to find out!
GOTY Nomination lists (includes otherwise unlisted games)
Nominees for Destructoid’s Overall Best Game of 2014
Nominees for Destructoid’s Best World Design of 2014
Nominees for Destructoid’s Best Game Mechanics of 2014
Nominees for Destructoid’s Best Narrative Design of 2014
Nominees for Destructoid’s Best Multiplayer Design of 2014
Personal GOTY lists from regular Dtoid contributors
Mr Andy Dixon’s top 10 games I played drunk in 2014
Laura Dale’s attempt to nail down some Game of the Year 2014 winners
Alessandro Fillari’s personal picks for Game of the Year 2014
Patrick Hancock’s personal picks for Game of the Year 2014
Brittany Vincent’s random assortment of Game of the Year 2014 picks
Nic Rowen’s list of the best games of the year
Bill Platt’s personal picks for Game of the Year 2014
Kyle MacGregor’s sexy picks for Game of the Year 2014
Darren Nakamura’s personal picks for Game of the Year 2014
Brett Makedonski’s personal picks for Game of the Year 2014
Chris Carter’s personal picks for Game of the Year 2014
Jonathan’s personal GOTY for best butt goes to…
Steven Hansen Presents: The other GOTY awards
GOTY 2014: Best evidence that we should go full communism
GOTY 2014: Best willful misspelling in a title
GOTY 2014: Best interpretive representation of Jeff Goldblum
Guest GOTY awards and related editorial
Rust Cohle’s GOTY games for 2014
Adam Tierney’s favorite games of 2014
2014: Go F*ck Yourself (The Badger)
2014: I want to make love to you. Seriously. (The Wombat)
Winners of Dtoid’s GOTY awards
The winner of Destructoid’s Best Multiplayer Design of the year is…
The award for Best Game Mechanics of 2014 goes to…
The winner of Destructoid’s Best Narrative Design of 2014 is…
The award for Best World Design of 2014 goes to…
Destructoid’s award for Overall Best Game of 2014 goes to…
Community Action
Destructoid’s Game of the Year 2014 Community Choice Award!
Cblog Recaps End of the Year Recap 2014 Super Ultramax: Tournament Edition
