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    11 Responses to “Best of 2009: Editors’ Top Picks”

    1. salejemaster says:

      I think machinarium deserves it!

    2. Erik Johnson says:

      I knew it was going to come down to Torchlight and Machinarium; two very amazing, very different games which both deserve everything they’ve received so far in terms of praise and sales.

    3. [...] Check out our Best of 2009 Editors’ Top Picks list. [...]

    4. [...] a week away. Don’t Look Back, another of Cavanagh’s games, was on this site’s best of 2009 list, and Judith was a pretty thrilling exercise in storytelling through a Doom-like engine. I’ve [...]

    5. [...] game has developed a considerable amount of praise, from us at DIYgamer to 24 countries in general as it is now one of the Top 25 Strategy Games in the UK, France, Italy, [...]

    6. [...] opinión: Gamasutra: Mejor Juego Indie del 2009, MSNBC.com: Los 10 Mejores Juegos de PC del 2009, DIYGamer.com: Juego del Año, VGChartz.com: Mejor Juego Indie del 2009, Gameview.com.br: Mejor Juego Indie del 2009, [...]

    7. ArticoMedia! says:

      Jump ! is a very good game. I can’t sit and play this game for hours on end, but it is great to come home every day and try to get further than the day before. Looks great, controls great, and is perfectly unforgiving like a retro-inspired title should be.

    8. [...] of an indie title which is surrounded by mega mainstream ones. In this case, our collective 2009 indie of the year strikes back by being a finalist in the 13th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. These awards [...]

    9. [...] the 4th of February that Runic Games’ successful action-RPG Torchlight–which garnered massive appreciation from indie fans and critics alike–will be hitting stores in Europe on March 23rd. The game [...]

    10. [...] previously been reported that the impressively updated PC version of an XBOX Live Indie Game (which our own Erik Johnson considers quite the hit) would hit stores in the near future. Clover: A Curious Tale will hit online distributors on March [...]

    11. [...] We all love James Silva’s entry into XBLIG around here as everyone should know by know, but his main arcade title The Dishwasher is also a solid addition to any game library. [...]

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