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If it weren’t for the mainstream press I don’t know what any of us would do.* Today, Time magazine, long recognized as one of the leading publications for information on video games and gaming culture, released its 10 Best Games of 2008 (http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863763,00.html#).* The list is simply perfect in every way…* If you’re setting up a* joke.

1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. Braid
3. LittleBigPlanet
4. Rock Band 2
5. Gears of War 2
6. Dead Space
7. Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
8. Hunted Forever
9. Fieldrunners
10. Spore

Hunted Forever?* Really?* The N+ rip-off game?* How does THAT come CLOSE to ANYTHING that’s been released this year.* You know who that’s a top game of the year to?* Someone who doesn’t play games…. and probably shouldn’t get assigned big features like this…

FURTHERMORE….

Did the author of this STOP PLAYING games after August?

On what god-forsaken planet does Star Wars: The Force Unleashed best Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, Fable 2,* Mirror’s Edge, Battlefield:* Bad Company, or even GH: World Tour?* I can imagine a case could be made for GTA being top, and yes Braid was AWESOME… But* better than Gears 2, Dead Space and FRICKIN SPORE?!?* Lev Grossman added Braid at number 2 for the same reason that I spent an entire Sea World paycheck on Cavaricci’s when I was 16.

“Look how cool I am for knowing the title of an independent niche’ game.”

Think I am overreacting?* Maybe, it is in my nature, but consider this.* Today, TIME also named their Top GADGETS of 2008 (http://www.time.com/time/specials/2008/top10/article/0,30583,1855948_1863825_1863820,00.html).* On the list?* Playstation Home.* Yeah.* As in the same Playstation Home that isn’t even out yet.* We’re talking about severe cart-before-horse-itis.

I want to post a big ‘ole comment on TIME and tell them to either care enough about what they are writing when it comes to games to publish something based on reality or at least hire a freelancer who knows what the hell they are talking about do the article.* But I won’t.* Because I’ve got class.* Instead I will berate it quietly over here in our little corner of the Internet and then opine with the rest of you in our own comments.

Mainstream press is waking up, slower than anyone would have guessed, to the enormous appeal of video games in modern society.* Sadly, with pieces like this, they come off more like wanna-be’s than professionals.

Maybe some forms of media should stick with photo-essays of war-torn lands and political cartoons.

“I laugh very much at this list”

You?



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Lol I've never heard of a game called Braid yet it's the second best game this year? Where's Cod 5 in that list?

You've never heard of Braid? Uncultured ninny! Go check it out on the XBL marketplace, it's possibly the most beautiful and innovative indi game this year. Really great.

Braid was interesting, I didn't like it, but I at least understand why it's on the list. I've never even heard of Hunted Forever or Fieldrunners...I propose that we, the community of not just SG, but of all of the GCN podcasts, politely bombard Time with emails to either stop talking about video games or to at least to get someone qualified to do it for them.

Seriously? Fieldrunners? I have that on my iPod Touch, it's a basic tower defense game. And a crap one at that, compared to most of the free versions online.

Braid was interesting, I didn't like it, but I at least understand why it's on the list. I've never even heard of Hunted Forever or Fieldrunners...I propose that we, the community of not just SG, but of all of the GCN podcasts, politely bombard Time with emails to either stop talking about video games or to at least to get someone qualified to do it for them.

Or we could just ignore them.
At least their not talking about videogames causing violence..

Guy's it's Time.

I read Time for three years before I realized how out of touch they are. Most of the information they have is useless, their articles, alto ugh good, are often very left or very right, and the magazine itself is disjointed to say the least.

I bet they just had an office pool to find out what people thought, they're news journalists, not gamers.

Lol I've never heard of a game called Braid yet it's the second best game this year? Where's Cod 5 in that list?

I think you mean CoD World At War.

Lol I've never heard of a game called Braid yet it's the second best game this year?Yeah, deservedly.

Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it sucks.

That list is really sad :lol:.

The Force Unleashed?
Spore? I will admit that it was unique, but I still thought it sucked.
Never heard of Hunted Forever or Fieldrunners.

I've never even heard of 8 and 9, what a joke. MGS4 isn't there either.

Remember that it's a print magazine. They probably had to have tohe article ready by August.

Anyone see there top 10 movies.
Even Bloody (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/08/time-magazines-top-10-best-films-of-2008/) worse.

Wall-E was good, but it was not THAT good. Not over The Dark Knight.

Seems to me like they just picked names randomly out of a hat with some new games that came out here and their.

Anyone see there top 10 movies.
Even Bloody (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/08/time-magazines-top-10-best-films-of-2008/) worse.

Wall-E was good, but it was not THAT good. Not over The Dark Knight.

Ok, that is f*cking awful.

Yeah, deservedly.

Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it sucks.

Well most of the games that no one has heard of are unheard of for a reason.

Wow. That list is pretty sad. And if the article had to be turned in by August then there's no way they deserve to call it "Ten Best Games of 2008"

It's my belief that any "Best of the Year list" should wait until at least the last two weeks of December.

Doc, i completely agree with everything you've said in this article... its so obviously someone who has no idea what they're talking about.

Anyone see there top 10 movies.
Even Bloody (http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/12/08/time-magazines-top-10-best-films-of-2008/) worse.

Wall-E was good, but it was not THAT good. Not over The Dark Knight.

i disagree... i think wall-e was unquestionably the best movie of the year. i thought it was miles ahead of dark knight. of course when i see speed racer on that list as well, it makes me question myself. :lol: