{"id":12703,"date":"2023-12-20T15:37:48","date_gmt":"2023-12-20T14:37:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/pushing-buttons-how-should-we-remember-2023-in-games\/"},"modified":"2023-12-20T15:37:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-20T14:37:48","slug":"pushing-buttons-how-should-we-remember-2023-in-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/pushing-buttons-how-should-we-remember-2023-in-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: How should we remember 2023 in games?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: While it was an incredible year for players, it was a tough year for anyone making games<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The time has come: our list of the 20 best games of 2023 is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/dec\/18\/the-20-best-video-games-of-2023\">now live<\/a>. I can\u2019t remember a year with such an embarrassment of riches to choose from, and the diversity of this list really reflects that. Most outlets \u2013 and players \u2013 appear to have divided themselves along the lines of Team Baldur\u2019s Gate, Team Zelda or Team Alan Wake 2, and any one of them would be a worthy GOTY. In the end you have to go with your heart. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2023\/dec\/18\/the-20-best-video-games-of-2023\">Have a read<\/a> and see if your feelings align with ours.<\/p>\n<p>Keep an eye out, too, for our games-you-might-have-missed list tomorrow, in which our full complement of critics recommend more than 30 additional games. And if you\u2019d like to hit reply on this newsletter and share a few sentences about <strong>your own favourite games of 2023<\/strong> and <strong>your most anticipated games of 2024<\/strong>, there\u2019s still time! We\u2019ll be publishing your responses next week.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2023\/dec\/20\/pushing-buttons-2023-year-in-review\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/fcfc0c0a723aa9125a7e7fd7f7e01127e0a2c154\/75_0_1799_1080\/master\/1799.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=080d175e35fc0282d7d60def0c6e2dab\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: How should we remember 2023 in games?\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: While it was an incredible year for players, it was a tough year for anyone making games<br \/>\n\u2022 Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nThe time has come: our list of the 20 best games of 2023 is now live. I can\u2019t remember a year with such an embarrassment of riches to choose from, and the diversity of this list really reflects that. Most outlets \u2013 and players \u2013 appear to have divided themselves along the lines of Team Baldur\u2019s Gate, Team Zelda or Team Alan Wake 2, and any one of them would be a worthy GOTY. In the end you have to go with your heart. Have a read and see if your feelings align with ours.<br \/>\nKeep an eye out, too, for our games-you-might-have-missed list tomorrow, in which our full complement of critics recommend more than 30 additional games. And if you\u2019d like to hit reply on this newsletter and share a few sentences about your own favourite games of 2023 and your most anticipated games of 2024, there\u2019s still time! We\u2019ll be publishing your responses next week. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: While it was an incredible year for players, it was a tough year for anyone making games \u2022 Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here The time has come: our list of the 20 best games of 2023 is now live. I can\u2019t remember a year with &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/20\/pushing-buttons-how-should-we-remember-2023-in-games\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pushing Buttons: How should we remember 2023 in games?<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":12704,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12703"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12703"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12703\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12704"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}