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The Best Year in Gaming: The Northwest Conference, Part 1

Welcome back to our Best Year in Gaming March Madness bracket competition! Yesterday we polished off the Southeast Conference with matchups between 1996 and 2010 and 2002 vs. 2018. Both ended up being relatively close - particularly '96 vs....

The Best Year in Gaming: 1998

Last year’s stacked lineup of games for the Game Awards had us thinking: What was the best year in gaming? As part of our series on determining gaming’s best year, we’re putting together an article on each year, charting...

The Best Year in Gaming: Round 2 in the Southeast Conference, Part 2

Today we've got two tough matchups to finish off round 2 of our Southeast Conference.

The Best Year in Gaming: 2010

Last year’s stacked lineup of games for the Game Awards had us thinking: What was the best year in gaming? As part of our series on determining gaming’s best year, we’re putting together an article on each year, charting...

The Best Year in Gaming: 2002

We take a deep look at the games released in 2002 and talk about why it was the best year in gaming history.

The Best Year in Gaming: Round 2 in the Southwest Conference, Part 1

Welcome back to our Best Year in Gaming March Madness bracket competition! Yesterday we polished off the second round in our Northeast conference, where both of our scrappy underdogs lost to superior years coming in at higher seeds -...

The Best Year in Gaming: 2008

We look at the games released in 2008 and make a case for why it was the best year in gaming.

The Best Year in Gaming: 1994

We look at one of the most insane years in the history of gaming and the height of the 16-bit console wars and make the case for 1994 as the best year in gaming.

The Best Year in Gaming – Round 2 in the Northeast Conference

Welcome back to our Best Year in Gaming March Madness bracket competition! Yesterday we kicked off round two with our first doubleheader and today we have another one. In a lopsided blowout, 2004 beat 1985, and in a competition...

The Best Year in Gaming: 2009

We take a look at 2009 and why it was the best year in gaming history.