My favorite games of 2024 | The DeanBeat

So many games. So little time.

Seems like I say that every year, as my pile of shame gets bigger. I was once again much more of a game industry business writer and event coordinator this year than I was a game reviewer. But I did dip my toe into playing games enough to come up with my annual list of favorite games.

The competition for my time was more severe than ever, with more events to organize and more travel to do during past years thanks to the global nature of the gaming business. I’ll have to commit to being more of a portable and mobile gamer to keep up, but that will have to compete with my obsession of listening to science fiction books on Audible on my iPhone.

Yet I still believe that you have to play games to be a good game journalist and bring ...