@scotty It's what Steam uses to make Windows-only games work on Linux. If you've ever heard of WINE then same concept.

Tried playing NHL '94. Maybe it's just because it's a Genesis game and I was running it through an emulator with a PS4 controller and those d-pads couldn't be further removed from each other, but I wasn't really feeling it. Then I got myself a copy of NHL Hitz 2003 and while I've only played a few rounds, and am absolute trash at it, I'm loving the game so far.

This has been one of the few games I've actually been excited about for the last while, though now that it's so close to release I'm kinda worried about how well it'll play ball with Proton.

I didn't really have that hard of a time narrowing down my list but then that's probably just because all my previous lists were riddled with games didn't make the cut so by the time I picked all the games left that I thought were actually GOTD material (and not just "hey this is ok I guess") there were only a few cuts that needed to be made.

You're all sleeping on Recettear, just saying.

Oh hey New Vegas. Never got very far in it but just from messing with it every now and again it was pretty interesting. Always liked just getting lost in the wasteland while Heartaches By the Number or Big Iron played in the background. Probably my strongest memory is always going for headshots and always failing.

@brandon_reister That was a 2010 game?

...shit. in my defense I didn't play it until it hit Wii U so I have a hard time thinking of it as one.

I feel like every year my votes tend to be the odd ones out in a way because I just have different tastes but 2010's somethin different. I guess it's because it wasn't until like right at the end of the year (heck it mighta been early 2011, memory's fuzzy) that I actually got a PS3 and for the first time in a long time was actually up to date with modern gaming. Up until then I was still just playing old games on my PS2 and occasionally DS.

@dipset maybe it's just where I live or what games I play but I distinctly recall buying NHL 20 last year less than a month after release for half off.

I've always thought it was a fool's errand to buy a sports game at launch when they're usually marked down to $30 within a month or two anyway. And frankly I don't think 99% of games are worth buying at $60 to start with, if $70 becomes the norm then I'll just stop buying things that aren't on sale/markdown entirely.

oh yeah, that came out in 2010 didn't it.

I dunno I remember everyone acting like these remakes were the second coming but I never thought they were more than "alright." Granted they came out right as my interest in the franchise was nosediving so I don't even think I finished it but at the same time if I ever felt the need to relive the Jhoto games these days, I'd probably just play Crystal instead.