Kinda Funny's Top 100 Games of All Time Day 1 (#s 100-81)

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What does Top 100 mean to me? I think it's another way for the audience to get mad at us.

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It's something that we're going to debate, we're going to laugh, we're going to probably hate, but that's the point. It's so exciting to see all of the different viewpoints of everyone at Kinda Funny come together into one list. Game of the Year, GamesCasts building out this entire studio. It is the culmination of so much of the stuff we've been doing here.

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Something that I found very interesting in myself when I reflect back on my life is, I was always interested in video games, not just playing them, but talking about them. I owe so much to the magazine I grew up with and learned so much about video games from Electronic Indian Monthly's top 100 games of all time. That is where I learned about the majority of classic video games. I would walk around with that magazine as if it was my Bible, reading that top 100 list over and over and over.

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For 11 years, it's the people that make Kinda Funny. These are the games that have made the 11 of us.

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Top 100 are games that are both monumental to the industry, but then monumental for us.

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These are the games that you ride for. These are the games that you want to tell all of your friends about.

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Games that challenged us to learn more about ourselves and the medium as a whole. The stories we experienced and made together.

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We took these seven people's lists and combined them into one that even they haven't seen yet. It's time to reveal Kinda Funny's top 100 games of all time.

Let's go. This is a list that's entirely subjective. And the team of people who take no responsibility to make you sad, mad, or down might be a little bit bewildered at their choices. Now, what does this list invalidate? Any top 100 list you might have in your head. It's just the top 100 games that could come up using their minds, their tiny minds, their tiny, brilliant, silly, silly, dumb, dumb minds. If you're still angry, please feel free to use your own tiny mind. I know I do. And unfortunately, it's not fit for broadcast.

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Ladies and gentlemen, make some noise for the first person you're going to see today, Nick Scarpino.

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Oh, my God.

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How is everyone doing today? Good, yes.

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Well, everyone, welcome to Kinda Funny Games, top 100 games of all time. That is a crazy thing to say. Let me start off by first thanking everyone who is sitting in this audience for being here with us today. We really appreciate it. Give yourself a round of applause, guys. Thank you so much.

Yes, and to everyone watching at home, thank you as well for watching this. This is going to be a wonderful, wonderful day, week of shows. I have been tasked, Tim Gettys gave me this nice little list of telling all of you how this whole thing kind of came together and how it's all going to work out. Let's start off with the definition of the top 100 games of all time. Okay, best, favorite, iconic, influential, timeless, classic, all are factors, but in no mathematical way. It comes down to these are the games we would fight for. These are the games that people who make Kinda Funny love the most. Now let's talk about franchises for a second, right? That was up to the individual to how to handle franchise entries, remakes, remasters, reimagining and similar versions. Jared, in our lovely control room over there, has highlighted overlaps in similar, there you go, yes.

It highlighted overlaps in similar games and had individual conversations with us to see where we felt strongly before locking the final list. Now let's talk about what qualified for to be on this list. Games that had to come out before December 31st, 2025 They could be on console, PC, mobile, arcade, those little hand held Tiger electronics from the 90s. If we consider it to be a video game, it counts. And this one's really important, guys. Next up, this is going to be full spoilers. So if you guys are watching live, you're screwed. If you're watching at home, you're also screwed because we are going to spoil the heck out of all these games that we talk about. This is not about keeping anything back. This is about sharing the love we have for this games with all of you guys. Sound good? Okay. And lastly, there were in fact no ties. So, yes, we had to prioritize. I know, I know. That one was hard for Tim.