Magpie Gamer

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners is a 2022 Polish–Japanese animated series based on the video game Cyberpunk 2077, itself based on the Cyberpunk tabletop games created by Mike Pondsmith. The anime acts as a prequel to the game, taking place about a year before the events of Cyberpunk 2077. The series was animated by Studio Trigger under the supervision of CD Projekt for the Netflix streaming service. Opening Song: This Fffire (by Franz Ferdinand) Credits Song: Let You Down (by Dawid Podsiadło) Spoiler Warning: I am going to give a synopsis of each episode and my opinions at the very end.    

Between the rising cost of video games, industry scandals, and the deceasing quality and originality of triple A releases, I opted not to buy very many new games this year; instead I replayed a few old favorites. I also got back into some of my other hobbies, namely miniature painting, which took up a good deal of my free time. To clarify, these are not the "best and worst" games of the year. They are titles I enjoyed or was letdown by based on my own preferences and expectations. Most of the titles I consider disappointing are not even what I would consider bad games, they just weren't for me or were not what I was expecting. I have ordered the list based on my overall enjoyment (one being the best) of games I played in 2022. Most of the games on this list are not brand new 2022 releases. They are games I played in 2022 that were new to me.