It’s a classic game of detection where you collect clues about a court case and then argue about them in court, and the confidence of tone that surrounds protagonists Jayjay Falcon and Sparrowson is so unique that I kind of want to cry right now.

This game of bird lawyering barely snuck into the calendar year, but it is such a perfect encapsulation of a particular kind of humor that I’m honestly shocked that more people aren’t talking about it in a near-constant state of shock and surprise. But lo, the siren song of building a weird little city was heard by a fair few, and the Cities: Skylines developers hollered back from the borderlands that they would definitely make something that was playable and fun. Others wandered into the wastes, never to be heard from again.

The time sinks and the blips of gaming are reserved for a very uncomfortable office chair, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.īuckle up and get ready to read the most mind-blowing and definitive list of the best games released on the personal computer platform during the year 2015.Īfter the Grand Tragedy that was SimCity, the world yearned for a city building game that did not give them a massive amount of “the sadness.” Some retreated to the hellish waters of SimCity 4. Everything in the middle is in the realm of the console, the altar of gaming staged from the couch zone. I enjoy massive deep-dives that soak up hundreds of hours, and I enjoy games that you can play in about a half hour. In compiling this list of the “Best PC Games” of 2015, I realized that I clearly enjoy two kinds of games on this platform.

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