Final Fantasy IX: Saddest Ending Ever?
Billy has some interesting insights about Final Fantasy IX, and why, if you really look at the plot, it may have one of the saddest endings of any game ever created – even if the characters don’t even know it.
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It’s Time to Vote For the Games of the Year!
Thanks to everyone who nominated games for the 2015 GiN Games of the Year contest! We counted and compiled, and now present to you – as chosen by you – the top nominees in each category. Who will win? It’s all up to you. Come and choose the games of the year!
New Year’s Resolution Conclusion
The year 2015 has come to a close and Billy is finally ready to report in on his New Year’s Resolution from the past year. Did he succeed in clearing 25 games from his backlog, or did it go the way of every other new Year’s Resolution ever made?
Ready to nominate the games of the year?
It’s that wonderful time of year: awards season, and that means that we need you to help out with Game of the Year nominations. Let us know which games you absolutely loved in 2015, and help those hard-working videogame developers achieve GOTY glory!
A Hardcore Fan’s Take On Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Almost no other storyline has inspired as many video games, movies, comic books, novels and role-playing games as Star Wars. Our hardest of hardcore fans, Lisa Campos, takes a look at Star Wars: The Force Awakens for the new greatness it creates, and also several missed opportunities.
New Year’s Resolution: Entering the Final Stretch
Billy is heading into the home stretch in his seemingly-impossible New Year’s resolution to clear 25 games from his backlog. As an update, he is actually doing pretty well, though it’s the final stretch that could really leave him just shy of the goal line. Lots of RPGs in there. Will he make it? And have you thought about your own backlog of games too?
Clearing the Backlog: Halfway Point New Year’s Resolution
Billy made a New Year’s Resolution to play over 25 games in his back catalog. Now that he’s at the halfway part of the year, we check in to see how he’s doing on this monumental project. We know he beat Final Fantasy III, but has a ways to go. Good luck Billy!
Who Should Be Added To Super Smash Bros?
Super Smash Bros for the Wii U is already brimming with characters, but there can always be more, right? This week we ask our editors who or what they would add to the game if there were no restrictions on their pick.
New Year’s Resolution Quarterly Update
Billy is working hard on his New Year’s resolution to beat a bunch of games on his backlog and he has an update on his progress so far.
Celebrating The Games of the Year
With more votes ever cast, the GiN Game of the Year contest was certainly a heated one due to having so many great and deserving games to choose from in every category. But the people have spoken. Here are your choices for the Games of the Year!