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Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Top 10 Games of 2008, in Wired Magazine's Opinion

"Top 10 Games of 2008"
Wired (December 22, 2008)

"2008 was an amazing year for videogames.

"With the next generation of gaming hardware hitting its stride, the hits came fast and furious: Nintendo shipped its long-awaited Super Smash Bros. Brawl for Wii, Rockstar Games finally gave us Grand Theft Auto IV and Sony got its make-your-own platform game LittleBigPlanet out the door.

"Perhaps just as important, independent games shifted from quirky distraction to viable business model...."

I enjoyed the description of #10, No More Heroes: "This Wii game squeaks into 10th place largely on the strength of its well-directed and very funny story about an otaku doofus pro wrestler who gets duped into being a lightsaber assassin...."

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