Best of year

  It is that time of year for all the videogame stuff I follow where they all decide what the best and worst of various games throughout the past calendar year was. It is fun to watch the various outlets try to cover their bases and show that they are the one place for the definitive list. Personally I just agree with a couple of places in their opinions and generally agree with the lists they decide on. However other than the obvious choices each year the variation in personal opinion of games is very clear. You end up with games that are on one sites top ten list only to appear on another sites list of biggest disappointments. Indicators of the taste in games of people having a big influence on what people thought was best.

  It is such an objective thing to put up saying "this is the best", there will always be people who vehemently disagree. Some games this year that everybody put high up on their list I simply don't like. Some I've played and wouldn't classify them as the best and others I believe are better games. The only real thing most people can agree on is the bad games, those that simply don't work or are just not fun. It doesn't help that a large proportion of the good games each year come out in the last few months of the year in the build up to Christmas in the hopes of getting lots of sales from that timing.

  Not sure where my mind is going with this, just scribbling down something since I've been reading a few different articles on this subject. At least one site I read though is moving away from the stupid best of categories and on to one list of the best games and other more interesting awards that showcase the fun and important and stuff that should be known about during the last year in games.

  In the end though it all leads to lots of good games for me to play and isn't that the most important thing? :|