Video
games can be many things to many people, so the idea of proclaiming a
single one as the best of 2012 strikes us as a little limiting. This
year, instead of screaming at each other for hours in a sweaty,
smoke-filled room until we emerge with a handful of winners, your
friends at 1UP have decided to forsake categorization and write about
the experiences that brought us the most enjoyment this year — and
that’s the point of playing video games, isn’t it?
For some folks Double
Fine Happy Action Theatre
(DFHAT) — a Kinect experience that uses camera and motion controls to
produce unusually wacky on-screen results — doesn’t immediately
register as a contender for 1UP’s Favorite of 2012 list, but let me
assure you it’s an interesting and capable entry; a game that
challenges the definition of a video game.
