The Greatest Video Games of the Past 45 Years? Jordan Minor Has the Answers!

The Greatest Video Games of the Past 45 Years? Jordan Minor Has the Answers!

Author: Spawn On Me LLC June 26, 2023 Duration: 56:29

We are back from Summer Game Fest with our latest episode featuring the amazing PC Mag Senior Writer, Jordan Minor. He comes on to share more about his new book Video Game of the Year: A Year-by-Year Guide to the Best, Boldest, and Most Bizarre Games from Every Year Since 1977.

Through a series of entertaining, informative, and opinionated critical essays, author and tech journalist Jordan Minor investigates, in chronological order, the innovative, genre-bending, and earth-shattering games from 1977 through 2022. Minor explores development stories, critical reception, and legacy, and also looks at how gaming intersects with and eventually influences society at large while reveling in how uniquely and delightfully bizarre even the most famous games tend to be.

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