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?
Games can fill a lot of roles
in our lives. If we want to immerse ourselves in a good story, The
Walking Dead can step up. The
social lubricant of an online experience allows us to connect with
friends via World
of Warcraft and Call
of Duty. If we’re
seeking nostalgia, Nintendo has the entire Virtual Console library at
our disposal. We can make a bus ride go faster with Tetris,
or reflect on our lives with Braid.
A versatile medium, indeed.
