Allen’s Game of the Year ListAllen’s Game of the Year List
In looking for an overarching theme of my favorite games of 2020, I found myself continually surprised how neatly each of them maps to the sense that this was a
Category: Game of the Year
Jennifer’s Games of the YearJennifer’s Games of the Year
Right off the bat, I want to give something of an apology: this is going to be a messy summary of an even messier year. After all, 2020 hit all
Gimmick Awards 2020 – Game of the Year Write-UpGimmick Awards 2020 – Game of the Year Write-Up
This is the big one. Game of the Year. We don’t hand out this award lightly, we don’t even let very many games onto our list of nominees. But enough
Gimmick Awards 2020 – That’s Our Jam Write-UpGimmick Awards 2020 – That’s Our Jam Write-Up
These write-ups will be shorter, and I hope y’all are okay with that: I’m not much of a music critic ^^; I do like music, though. And this year had
Gimmick Awards 2020 – Best New Character Write-UpGimmick Awards 2020 – Best New Character Write-Up
We’re like the USA Network over here at Scanline Media: characters welcome. In fact, characters practically required: it’s very hard to get in the door around here without some figures
Gimmick Awards 2020 – Hottest Mess Write-UpGimmick Awards 2020 – Hottest Mess Write-Up
Christ. What a year. I don’t want to talk about it any more than I have to in this category, let’s just talk about the “winners.” The Winner… (sigh)Ubisoft Scandals
Gimmick Awards 2020 – Best Moment Write-UpGimmick Awards 2020 – Best Moment Write-Up
SPOILER WARNING for the write-up of this category. Big spoilers for Final Fantasy VII Remake, Hades, and lesser spoilers for Paradise Killer. The existence of Best Moment categories is partially
Gimmick Awards 2020 – Best Vtuber Write-UpGimmick Awards 2020 – Best Vtuber Write-Up
I am really the least suitable person to be writing this one of all our staff, because I really am anything but a vtuber expert. But I wrote all the
Gimmick Awards 2020 – Three Kingdoms Spirit Award Write-UpGimmick Awards 2020 – Three Kingdoms Spirit Award Write-Up
This year, we finally finished Romance of the Two Networks, our journey through the best book I’ve ever read: Three Kingdoms. It’s a much funnier book than you might expect,
Gimmick Awards 2020 – Best Add-on Write-UpGimmick Awards 2020 – Best Add-on Write-Up
It’s not a shock to anyone when I say that more than ever, a game’s release is just the beginning of its story. Changes, patches, DLC, many games continue to