My Favorite Game

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In the My Favorite Game series, get to know us better as staff writers share the game they love most and why.

I’m a high school teacher, and inevitably, my students learn about my obsession with video games. Without fail, the next question I’m asked is, “what is your favorite game?” I’ll admit, I struggled with this question for a long time. There are so many amazing games that I didn’t think it would be possible to narrow the list down to a singular title. In a lot of ways, this is true, but answering “it’s too hard to choose!” is definitely not satisfactory for high school students. Lately, my answer to this question has finally settled down and become fairly consistent.

My favorite game of all time is Portal 2. READ MORE

In the My Favorite Game series, get to know us better as staff writers share the game they love most and why. Today, our video editor, Coury Carlson, uses his medium of choice to tell you about his pick.

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In the My Favorite Game series, get to know us better as staff writers share the game they love most and why.

It’s one thing to casually ask a friend what their favorite game is, and even they struggle to find an answer.

“Ah, jeez.” They may just shut down entirely. “Can I, like, give you a top five?” READ MORE

In the My Favorite Game series, get to know us better as staff writers share the game they love most and why.

Paper Mario is pure joy. There are games that provide more interesting tactical decisions, games that invest more time in the story and games that stick around and entertain you a lot longer, but there’s just nothing compared to the bliss that comes from this particular blend of battles and puzzle-adventure mechanics.

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You’ve had it happen to you before, right? I’m sure every gamer has at one point or another. That one moment when a single game, out of nowhere, hits you like a brick, and you just know that it’s the game for you. You may not have any logical reason for it, and you may not even be able to describe it with words, but it’s just in that moment of clarity that you know beyond a shadow of a doubt. This is your game. READ MORE