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The 2020 Grimmys: Feature of the Year
Games are full of stuff, but what was the best stuff in one game that was better than all the other stuff in all of the other games? Combat – Ghost of Tsushima Try naming a great third person melee combat system that isn’t a Souls game. Go ahead we’ll wait. We didn’t realize the…
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The 2020 Grimmys: Mr. Dave Award for Best New Character of the Year
The most unforgettable character that did not exist before this year made them up. Abby – The Last of Us Part II We did not expect a new character to steal our attention away from our established favorites in The Last of Us Part II. You can’t take your eyes off of Abby, no matter…
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The 2020 Grimmys: Best Indie Game Debut
The best game from a indie development studio that hadn’t released a game before. Deep Rock Galactic – Ghost Ship Games One of the few early access multiplayer games that we stuck with through its campaign and on through 1.0. The pace of this underground horde mode kept us coming back to be a better…
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The 2020 Grimmys: Old Game of the Year
What we played and enjoyed the most in 2020 that didn’t come out in 2020. Rocket League While not as flashy as previous victories, we took Rocket League more seriously than ever. In between bouts to “get good,” Horrible FC was born and competitive in multiple seasons of Indy Gaming League’s challenging esports intramural leagues…
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The 2020 Grimmys: Attitude Era Awards
Rapid fire awards from a bygone Horrible Night era. We gotta get warmed up somehow. The Warmup Awards Best Hype Package For the Family Award More of These Award The Intermission Awards Best Truckz Best Digital Butt Comeback Award The Interruption Awards Video Game Ass Video Game Award Hard Times Award Best Brosef Best Hype…
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2020 Games of the JDevL – The List
There’s a lot we couldn’t predict about 2020. Even as it started swirling around the drain, I couldn’t predict how games would fit into my own debilitating version of 2020. When truly terrible things happen, you remember where you were and what you were doing. I stopped playing some games because they started to remind…
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2020 Games of the BGRadio – The List
In light of certain events, I’m going to keep this list incredibly positive. That’s a very simple task because video games saved the year yet again in all the expected and unexpected ways that I can imagine. We found ourselves spending a lot of time at home and in need of remotely connecting with friends…
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2020 Games of the GiffTor – The List
Without going into the "Ooof, 2020, amirite?" that we all have, 2020 was a weird gaming year for me. In some ways, it was a great gaming year, but not in the normal sense of "I played a bunch of fresh, new games and they were all awesome! Woohoo!" What 2020 did give me was…
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The 2019 Grimmys: Game of the Year
The consensus pick for Horrible Night’s Game of the Year 2019. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order That Star War got us this year. All of us. It’s genre-mashing pulled each of us in for different reasons, but we all stayed for the full adventure. No other game can say that this year. Star Wars welcomed…
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The 2019 Grimmys: Developer of the Year
This team went way above and beyond just releasing a game this year. Respawn Entertainment – Apex Legends / Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order What even is EA without Respawn in 2019? First, Respawn softened a rough start to the year by taking the industry by storm with Apex Legends. Then, (probably) the entire Star…