BALLOT SUBMISSION IS NOW CLOSED, THANK YOU EVERYONE!
READ THE RESULTS HERE!

per the comments in this thread I'd like to start collecting each of these "ballots" as it were to put together our own Gaming Canon for the site. just for fun and shit. basically what I'm saying is I'll do the spreadsheet leg-work if people want to submit these. 100 is a nice round number to aim for in terms of number of ballots, but it's not a hard threshold or anything. I'd also really love if we could, once the list is complete, get a blurb for each to contextualize each. would give a lot of really great reviewers a chance to contribute to something lasting for the site, if they're interested.

general submission vibe: if you had a personal 10 games that you feel define the medium, what would they be? there's a variety of avenues here: could be progenitors of gaming trends, peaks of their genre, unique titles that use the medium in interesting ways, and landmark titles in terms of popularity. could just be a top 10 as well. just has to be 10 games! no ordering either.

feel free to comment with suggestions and such, or to "submit your ballot". one ballot of 10 games per person. I'll use the first game on your list as "representative" here by default, but if you want a different one lmk. it won't affect the results but it's just for fun.

if you'd like to recommend a particular person to write blurbs, fill out this form: https://forms.gle/weZ8gxZWi64c2LKL6