The Video Game Canon: Tetris Remains the Best Game of All Time in Version 3.0 Update
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Warp Zoned writes: `Once again, Alexey Pajitnovs puzzle masterpiece, Tetris, stands atop the Video Game Canon. If youre unfamiliar with the Video Game Canon, its a statistical meta-analysis of 53 Best Video Games of All Time lists that were published between 1995 and 2018. To qualify for inclusion, each list had to include at least 50 games, as well as some form of editorial oversight in the process (lists made up solely of reader polls or fan voting were excluded), and no restrictions on release dates or platforms. After feeding each Best Games list into the Video Game Canon machine, the games were ranked against each other using the C-Score, a formula that adds together a games Average Ranking across all lists with the complementary percentage of its Appearance Frequency. Combining these two factors allows us to create a list of games that have universal appeal across a long period of time without punishing any game for being too old or too new. Five new li...