Old Is New: This Year's Best Games Are All About The Classics
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Oct 18, 2012 2:00 PM    

Old Is New: This Year’s Best Games Are All About The Classics

by Kirk Hamilton and Jason Schreier

Old Is New: This Year's Best Games Are All About The ClassicsThis fall, we've been getting the best sort of déja vu. From Dishonored to XCOM, many of the best games of the fall have learned from past classics and reworked them into smart, satisfying, fresh-feeling games. Is this new appreciation for 90's classics a trend, or an anomaly? What exactly does "old-school" mean? Does the future of gaming depend on this current crop selling well? Is Mitt Romney actually a giant spider?

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