The staff at Mashable will be exploring some of the greatest games of all time in a brand new podcast known as “Games To Play Before You Die“:
Which video games were so far ahead of their time, so much pure fun, that they stand apart? Since we love games we decided to answer this question once and for all in a new podcast series simply named “Games to Play Before You Die.”
Our host Jordan Minor, Senior Editor at Geek.com, breaks down the video games you MUST play before you kick the bucket (or get carpal tunnel). With the help of rotating experts and Mashable Editors, each episode dives into the development and launch of a video game that has impacted our host and guests personally as well as the industry.
Hosted by Geek.com’s Jordan Minor, the first episode of “Games To Play Before You Die” is all about Sega’s Sonic the Hedgehog 2. More specifically, the panel discusses, “How is Sonic 2 the only good Sonic game?”
Future episodes of “Games To Play Before You Die” should appear every week (or so), and I’m very interested to see where the series goes from here.
UPDATE (10/29/22): “Games To Play Before You Die” appears to be no more, but you can still watch the video versions of each episode on Mashable’s YouTube channel.
In the end, nine titles were part of the final tally of games featured on the podcast. Here they are for posterity…
Mashable – Games To Play Before You Die
- Assassin’s Creed II
- Diablo III
- Kingdom Hearts III
- Myst
- Pokemon Blue/Red/Yellow
- Red Dead Redemption
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Super Smash Bros.
- Tetris