The Year in Review Through Prose Poetry

Games of The Year in Prose Poetry

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This is not going to be a list of 2011's best video games. This is not even a list of my favorite video games from the past year. Yes, this collection of things is meant to fit the "Year in Review" format, but it does so under the guise of what I will call "prose poems." Look it up. Rather than include haphazard blurbs that recount the most memorable moments in each game, I try to capture particular flavors, something like distilled essences. Sometimes I write about a character, a setting, or a moment. Sometimes I write about something only tangentially related. So while the prose pieces that follow may be exhausting, they are not exhaustive.

I imagine I should also admit one thing off the bat: notable titles are conspicuously absent; for instance, certain military shooters. And before I get accused of being an elitist – I am – I want to point out that even games that I adore, namely Sword and Sworcery and Rayman Origins, do not make the cut. Call it an accident of the creative process. Call it whatever you want. What follows is an experiment, a meeting point, the confluence of a love of video games and a passion for rich text. So grab some coffee. And enjoy.