…would have to be that finally, finally this year I won’t have to see another “Is this the BEST year in gaming EVER??!!” article at the end of December. These articles pop up like clock work at the end of every year on gaming sites, with each basically boiling down to “BOY A LOTTA NEW GAMES SURE CAME OUT THIS YEAR HUH?!”, which is something that doesn’t need to be expanded into a three page news piece.

The thing about “Best Year in Gaming EVER!” to me is that a lot of the time, I won’t get to play every game or even most of the games on these lists until the next year or even a few years later. One of the best things about the used games business is that while some titles may still be costly considering their age, they can end up being more satisfying than the latest sixty dollar big budget release the store has posters littering their doors and walls with have. As a lot of those new sixty dollar games age and are relegated to the same “Used Games” bins as the last generation games are, those last gen games will inevitably disappear from the mainstream game stores all together.

So this holiday, if you finished your backlog and the big name titles that do make it out this year, check out a bunch of Golden Oldies that made those “Best year in gaming ever?!” lists from years past. They may not have achievements, but they’ll most likely cost less than the newest version of Madden does.- The Ben