Could it be that the reason this was so late in posting was because I got obsessed with Overwatch and finally launched by esports career?  No; just boring life stuff getting in the way.  If only I had another multiplayer live service game to motivate me, one with wacky robots and cartoonish characters.  And I'm not talking about Fortnite, although Epic and Microsoft most certainly are.  Yes it's another week of palace intrigue in the world of video games and we are here to further add to the whispers while we await some of 2026's large releases.

For the past four years Polaris, a non-profit group of game designers, have been polling luminaries in the field to create possibly the most important Top 10 list of video games - not of the best games, no, but the most inspiring. This week on the podcast, we walk through the 10 most influential games of all time!

Show notes:

- The Polaris List 

- Music from Brad Sucks