Giada Zavarise’s 5 best games of 2018

Have you tried… not playing videogames?

It’s Christmas. Go be with your family, for heaven’s sake.

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Wot I Think: The Long Dark – Wintermute Redux

The Christmas Papers

Sundays Mondays are for scoffing mince pies and putting your feet up for the holidays re-posting the Sunday papers because the robots we programmed to post this yesterday are unreliable drunks. Anyway, go on, treat yourself to some of the best writing about videogames from last week (and beyond).

As part of Waypoint’s end of year celebrations, Cameron Kunzelman looked back at this year’s crop of first person games – and liked what he saw. He argues that first person games have started exploring new territory, casting off AAA assumptions and building a new bedrock for the future. I haven’t played enough of the games he cites to weigh in, but he’s certainly made me regret that.

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The RPS Advent Calendar 2018, Dec 24th

Here it is: the best game of 2018.

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The first RPS Christmas cracker

Every year RPS goes into hibernation for Christmas and New Year. It’s cosy for us, but harsh for you, scavenging for scant nutrition on the permafrost. So here are the RPS Christmas crackers. Every day you get a joke, until we wake up on January 3rd, sluggish and grouchy. If you love us and want to leave a present (or just want to unlock more articles) consider joining the RPS supporter program. Have a good holiday. Now: the cracker!

Q: Why did the racing driver carry a pair of binoculars?

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Kat Brewster’s 5 best games of 2018