Ari Notis & Zack Zwiezen |
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When people talk about the “best” year in gaming, they typically trot out the usual suspects: 2007 (Assassin’s Creed! Mass Effect! Halo 3!), 2013 (The Last of Us! GTA V!), 2017 (Horizon Zero Dawn! That other open-world game!). Allow us to posit that one of the best years in gaming happened exactly 20 years ago: 2002. Come with us for a walk down memory lane wherein every step results in another “Holy shit, that game was amazing!”

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