Crimson Desert is the clear GOTY so far if you actually played trough it. The distance between it and contestants for 2nd place is absolutely massive, like when Elden Ring won. They made 1 mistake tho; At the start they have you slowly figure out "whats wrong" in the first town, by making you do very random tasks (all subtly caused by the same problem) after which the story can start. Simultaniously, some of these tasks serve as controls-tutorial. A lot of Dishonest Journalists, who were tasked with shittalking the game, framed this as "The entire game is just random MMO quests". Its an incredible game, with a fun story. It was already easily the GOTY with countless awesome battles and the DLC Thats coming out in a few days looks even sicker. It was hit by the perfect storm of Lies from western journalists, and (probably) reverse guerilla marketeers of western "GOTY" games, while having been reviewbombed on launch by koreans who expected another onehanded idle mmo like black desert, instead of a controller-only action game.

This is how dark it is as I’m dropping my kids off for high school at 7:05am, school starts at 7:15am. Basically still dark in October. Next week, after daylight savings time switch, it will be light when they start school. Without daylight savings time, darkness would be even worse the next four months. And of course, many kids are standing at bus stops in this. Just something to think about for those of you who think we don’t need to switch time to keep morning daylight at least somewhat stable for work and school traffic schedules.

This hurt man.

Counting down my favorite games of all time: #72: Split Fiction (PS5) So I played this with my bestie @JParker317 and you know...this game was really amazing. You play as 2 ladies who are writers that sign up for a simulation experiment. One of you are into Science Fiction while the other is into Fantasy and you go on an adventure where you travel through both genres, overcoming obstacles together and trying to stop bad peoples. This is one of the few games I can honestly say doesn't have any boring parts to it. Every part of the game feels different and if it wasn't for a story that doesn't connect with me personally on a high level (please know...it's still very well done), it would be up much higher on my list. If there is one "drawback" to this game, it's that it requires co-op to play. So you're going to need a friend. But if I'm being honest, I don't personally consider that a drawback as it was one of the things I personally loved about the game. Also, only one of you has to buy it! Check it out if you get a chance.

Counting down my favorite games of all time: #73: WWE Smackdown! Here Comes The Pain (PS2) While I do have one more wrestling game above this, this is the highest a Smackdown series game gets, and to be honest, it's for a couple reasons. First off, the roster was just insane for this year's game. This was still shortly after the Attitude Era was over but a lot of the Attitude Era wrestlers were still wrestling, but it was also after some great newer stars had started wrestling as well. The story mode was done really well as well, and it was just a lot of fun to play as this era of wrestlers.

Counting down my favorite games of all time: #74: Heavy Rain (PS4) One of the games I didn't get to play when it released because I didn't have a PS3, I fell in love with this game. You start off as Ethan and one of your kids go missing. And this begins a WILD ride of crazy things to happen, involving several characters as their stories interweave. Again, it's a story driven, QTE style game where decisions also matter, so I can't get too far into it without very heavy spoilers. But just know, it's crazy, and it's great.

Counting down my favorite games of all time: #75: Assassin's Creed Origins (PS4) This is the first RPG in the series, and at the time of it's release, it felt amazing. I know a lot of us fans were hoping it would be a one off since they were telling us the story of how the Assassin's Organization was starting, but sadly this became the framework of what the series would become. Yes, I will have Valhalla ahead of this game, which is going to seem wild to so many of you, but there is something about that game that just gripped me and I just cannot explain it. I will tell you, that objectively I do think this is a better game. But this list isn't an objective list. It's me ranking them based on how much I love the games listed. I...love...Bayek, and you aren't going to get too many protagonists that have as tragic story starting off as him, and that's what makes his story so great. And yes, if this makes it's way out of my circle, I know there are going to be people that have a list of people with more tragic stories, but I want you to know that I'm not saying there aren't any. There just aren't a lot. I think a part of why I like Valhalla more is it's setting. While I LOVE Egyptian culture...the world is mostly just sand and orange and it feels bland to me. It's a color palette I'm just not the biggest fan of. One of my complaints though, is this game started the inclusion of myths and gods into the story telling and I hate it on every level. I do love this game though, and that is why it is on my list.

Apparently wanting a version of GTA where you can become a cop and STOP crime is “crazy”.

Counting down my favorite games of all time: #76: inFAMOUS Second Son (PS4) I...still...haven't played any of the other inFAMOUS games but when this game came out, I had heard how good they were and decided to jump on this. And MAN did I have so much fun playing this game. This is about as close as you are ever going to get to being a Super Hero without playing as one from a comic book. You play as Delsin, who as you make your way through the game, gain access to several different powers that you are able to use to achieve your goals. The game is set in an open world, but compared to games by today's standards, it isn't near as big as many you play now. You also get the ability to be either good or bad in your choices, which was really cool to toy around with. If you have a chance, I would still highly advise giving this game a chance. It is a lot of fun.