The Bestest Videogames of 2010

I obviously haven't played every videogame that came out in 2010. I mean, who does that? But I definitely played more of the videogames that were released this year than I watched new movies or listened to new music, so this really had to be the unimaginative end-of-year, can't-believe-I've-only-posted-once-in-December blog content de jour. Or err, "blog content cette année" I guess.

I'll get on with it, shall I?

What Am I Playing At? #3

It's been a while since I last did one of these (see parts one and two), so we've got a lot to cover. Let's cut to the chase:

Heavy Rain (PS3): One of the main reasons I ended up buying a PS3 last month was because I kept seeing descriptions of this that said, "if you care at all about videogames you MUST play this game". And it certainly is quite something: at moments mind-blowing, oftentimes an embarrassment, but nonetheless consistently compelling throughout the first play through. I'm hoping to eventually write something meaningful about it, but think I should probably play David Cage's earlier games Fahrenheit and Omikron: The Nomad Soul before I do.

Heavy Rain: Are we now over halfway through the Uncanny Valley?

2010 Hype-o-meter

Don't you just hate the way the videogame press hypes forthcoming releases while knowing next to nothing about how they're actually going to play? Me too! So here are the games I'm most looking forward to playing in 2010:

Red Dead Redemption

From the creators of Grand Theft Auto comes what might be the first great videogame Western.

Mass Effect 2

A delicious nerd-fest.

Alan Wake

I'm a sucker for this kind of eerie, moody, plot-driven adventuring.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

If it's half as good as the first it will be amazing.

Brink

Mirror's Edge style controls bolted onto grand-scale objective-based team-deathmatch should result in something truly ground-breaking.

Heavy Rain

Perhaps the game that finally turns the PS3 into an essential purchase for me. Or bloated gameless crap. We shall see.