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The 45 Best PS2 Games of All Time (2004–2005) Which PS2 Games Still Hold Up Today Part 1 Part 2 Part 4 Welcome back to our look at the best of the PS2 era! Part 1 and Part 2 followed the console’s rise from pioneers to mid-generation … Read more
The 45 Best PS2 Games of All Time, Part 2 (2002–2004) Which PS2 Games Still Hold Up Today Part 1 Part 3 Part 4 The PlayStation 2’s golden years were just heating up. Part 1 showed how 2001–2002 laid the foundation with instant classics. But 2002–2004? That’s when … Read more
The 45 Best PS2 Games of All Time (2000–2002) Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 No console rewired living-room culture like the PlayStation 2. It moved 160 million units, stayed on store shelves for 13 years and amassed over 4,300 games worldwide—still the industry’s biggest catalog. How … Read more
More Hidden Gem PC Games from the Early 2000s You’ve Never Heard of Read Part One Here In my last post I wrote about the some of the best PC games that never got their due. These games are all either very well-made, creative or important, but missed by most players. It’s surprising, but even … Read more
The 6 Most Underappreciated PC Games from 2000-2010 Read Part Two Here One main difference between writing the underappreciation posts for consoles and for PC’s is I know exactly when a console’s life begins and when it ends. Not so for the PC, so I’ve broken it down into decades. This post is all about … Read more