2010 was in the last decade. This decade doesn't end until next year. Because there was no year zero.

“I could do a 3 hour video on any of these games” turns out he really could

Tim, I love that you took the horrible "top 10" youtube format and created something very personal and honest. Respect! Please never change.

5 minutes in: Tim needs an editor 30 minutes in: Tim must never be edited

Undertale bit got me. You’re an amazing human being and even if you feel what you’re doing isn’t meaningful or substantial enough, your passion is palpable and that sort of passion is contagious. I and I assume many others have been inspired by your videos to create and be creative, to just be ourselves, in a way that seems also silly to admit. You are sharing something wonderful, and regardless of whether a given video lives up to your desires, you shouldn’t overlook the impact you have on others. It’s true you put on a silly persona, but there’s an authenticity to how wholebuttedly you throw yourself into that silliness, to the point that it becomes actually genuine. Please know that you are loved and appreciated and inspiring.

As always, I really enjoyed this video. The bit at the end of the Undertale segment was sad and I'm sorry you feel like that. Just listening to the Bad End podcast now and it's gotten to the bit where you talk about how you feel after you post a video... just wanted to say I really, truly appreciate all your videos and they genuinely make my life better, simply because I enjoy your style and sense of humour so much and my mood is always lifted by watching the videos and hearing you talk. Thanks Tim!

I laughed for a minute straight over that final fakeout

I’m not even joking: this is is the Dark Souls of the Game Of The Decade videos. Thanks Tim.

"Flappy Bird's single input induces the character to perform a physical action of such transient ephemerality preceding a nosedive of an unpredictable trajectory - muscle memorizable only to the most philosophical of Herculeses" 10/10 Review. BRILLIANT

This is the weirdest best games video I’ve ever seen.

I always feel mentally enriched after reading or watching some of Tim Rogers' stuff. It feels like fuel for the mind.

Tim, We will still love you & your comforting voice, Wether you're 40 years old or 50 years old.

We want 87 hours. Release the Rogers' Cut.

Now hold up a minute. A best of the decade video by Tim Rogers and its ONLY 50 minutes long? What kind of nonsense is this?

Finally. Some Tim Rogers in my Christmas

Tim Rogers videos are beautiful conversations between Tim, the audience and Tim again. Looking forward to Dragon Quest 11s placement on this list

I really truly expected Tim to do something like "the top baker's dozen games of the decade."

God I’m just so thankful for all of your work. I could never properly tell you how much what you do has shown me what is important to me and has taught me how to love games and art and life so much more. It’s a weird relationship to have with an internet person I’ll never meet I guess, but you and your work have changed my life. Thank you

For me, for my money, the "YOU DIED HUNGRY" joke post video is probably the Gran Turismo of post video jokes

There’s more emotion and humanity in this video than in all of broadcast television. Tim, I want to read your fiction.

After being on youtube since it basically launched, today I write my first comment ever because the Undertale section really moved me and I just wanted to thank Tim for his incredible work because those videos are helping me define myself as a gamer and not feel isolated and left out for having a hobby nobody from my social circle can relate to. Video games forever.

Feel free to cry with me while listening to a snippet of Tim's sad backstory at 31:51 I think many of your fans here would read your fiction!

I won’t spoil it for everyone still watching (or yet to have watched and who is just comment-hunting) but your box-art flash for #1 had me unexpectedly scared , followed quickly by extreme relief and laughter. Also, I. would. LOVE to read one of your books!

Tim, buddy, you are one of the best parts I’ve found on KZfaq this decade. You are an absolute gem and should be so proud of yourself, because we all are. Thanks for the great content this decade.

I watch because I love the sound of your voice.

It’s not a Tim Rodgers video if I’m not laughing through tears at some point in the middle. Dude can flat out hit you in the feels. Release the novels.

“Is THAT time of the decade again... the END of it”. Tim, you bloody genius.

I want to say thank you for turning me on to some of my favorite video game experiences of the 2010s. Particularly Celeste, the game that has inspired me to try harder at all aspects of my life, and Minit, the game that has inspired me to just remember to pet the dog and chat folks up day to day to see how they are doing even if I have to listen to a long ramble from an old man by a lighthouse. Empathy is important. Take care of yourself, Tim Rogers. Please outlive the 2020s.

You are the best Tim, your videos and podcast have helped me through some very tough times. Thank you.

Hey Tim! For what it’s worth, you’ve made a lot of bad days in my life a lot better small amounts of time. Those small amounts of time will always be cherished. Here’s to another decade Mr. Rogers!

I watched your entire death stranding review video and of all the reviews I’ve read/watched on death stranding you were the only one that nailed it with the grace it deserved. Hell, you are one of the few reviewers I actually believe played the game to completion. Re: Don’t let anyone ever tell you that your videos are too long.

Thank you, excellent video as always. Please never stop doing what you’re doing.

Thank you Tim Rogers for being you! You’re videos are a service to mankind.

I hope you realize Tim that there's a lot of us out here that love the content you create. Whatever you end up doing in the next ten years, I'll follow your career closely. You're a very unique individual, so thank you for sharing your perspective with all of us.

No Dragon Quest 11?!? We need to take your Dragon Quest fan membership away.

Man I can listen to anything by this man for as long as he wants to talk, that voice an sense of humor and how meticulous he is about things. We love you man!!!

Tim's videos always make me laugh throughout. "You Died HUNGRY" is probably my favorite edit ever! Thanks for the videos, Tim. They always lift my spirits.

Tim, as someone who started reading your blog because of your Bioshock Infinite review, I have to admit this to you. I genuinely laughed out loud when you put up Bioshock Infinite as the game of the decade and thank you so much for that.

Nice video. I think me and my friends will have to try out VideoBall final tune sometime on a saturady night. I watched your GDC talks in my first year of University where I studied game programming and proceeded to follow you on socail media and then through Kotaku as you got the job. You have had quite a large influence on half my decade through your writings and videos. You've kinda been a role model for me. Thanks.

I love your videos and they are inspiring to me just like watching Adam Savage gush about his box collection or his button collection or his helmet collection makes me feel inspired. I am inspired by watching someone care deeply about something enough to study and articulate about it so clearly and in such an entertaining way. Thank you, Mr. Rogers. I hope you are not dead in 10 years.

Discovered Tim's videos randomly and now I watch them all. The length doesn't bother me. I enjoy the personal stories.

Tim i hope youre around for at least 25 more years so you can be a John Peel type character for the video games industry

Ahhh, how i've yearned for another "HELLOUGHH"! I was just thinking a few hours ago that we've not had any Tim goodness for a while

That is some Professional Product Placement™ there Tim, well done.

Entertaining and amazing as always, Tim! I love your videos and your work, and as a number of other people in the comments have 'shouted out', after listening to your episode on the Bad End podcast I was moved to hear some of your story. Your videos literally put a smile on my face every time, a sentiment I have seen from others in the comments, and it sucks to hear that you (and anyone really) are affected by the negative comments. Stay weird and stay awesome!

Tim: If there is anything full of life and color it is these videos you make and the stories you share. You're no sort of jerk. C'mon man that part made me cry. Hang in there Tim

Hearing that nutcracker music brought a smile to my face.

When I came to this video summation of the 10 best games of the decade, I did not expect to come incredibly close to crying in front of roommate for the first time after hearing hints of the life story of the man who wrote it. This is probably one of the more heartfelt and beautiful things I’ve ever seen, I can just feel the emotions oozing out of every part of it. So uh, good job.

Ahhh I've been waiting for another Tim Rogers video.

Dear Tim Rogers, I would sit down for an 87 hour-long video of you talking about video games.

Oh wow, telegraphing his ff7r to cyberpunk review bridge on his way out at Kotaku. Really leaves the impression that Tim either plans these things out well in advance, or gets obsessed with ideas that can't let go of him. Either way, great vid.

the best thing to happen on a monday - a new video from my hero tim rogers

Probably the most unique and original top 10 list I’ve ever seen. Loved the brutal honesty!

Hey Tim, Thanks for the pointer to your podcast appearance, just listened. I spent the early 2010s getting my masters of education, have since been teaching high school, this year moved to Nagoya and am teaching there. There are dregs of feeling that I am doing the right thing, but even on this path, there are lots of ways in which I feel my work is not truly productive in the way it should be. Just wanted you to know I resonated with your sentiments around sense of purpose. If I used twitter I’d hit you up but I figure if I haven’t started yet I may as well stay offa there. Warm regards.

The "Hello" of the decade

thanks tim i enjoyed this video and the bad end podcast too

hey tim, just wanted to say that i adore your videos and the sincerity and love you have for the medium shines through no matter how silly your funny video gamer man voice is (and it is funny)

“And ya know what? Prince of Persia is kind of like Dark Souls” got me to laugh and like and comment. - signed, the performance-capture actor for Deadman & Higgs in Death Stranding

I kinda teared up during the Videoball bit.

Tim keeps on being a blessing. thanks tim

Great video man! I love that your vids have this vibe of feeling like a celebration for whatever their given topic is. (I hope that makes sense) Kudos!

This guy is just a run on sentence personified into a human being and I love it

First 10 minutes: Methods and Materials

I’ve never commented on any of Tim Rogers content. So for my only comment of the decade on his work. Great job Tim.

Man I just remembered reading your "Sticky Friction" article back in 2010. Just now realizing that was you! Cheers to a decade of nice work!

Dark Souls, it's sequels, and the influence it's had on the industry is LITERALLY the only reason I didn't completely give up on video games back in 2012. It finally feels like at least SOME developers are making games for me again. If fallen order had come out even five years ago it would've been either a samey open-world game with no level design to speak of, or a completely linear rehash of force unleashed with bad god of war combat. The fact that I'm genuinely enjoying a star wars game in 2019 that isn't just my 10th replay of kotor II is insane, and it's all thanks to dark souls. Dark Souls 1 is my favorite game of all time with a bullet, a masterpiece of the highest order, literally no amount of praise is enough. You'll hear no complaints from me.

I’m shocked at your naming “Tomodachi Life” as the best game of the decade.

This video deserves millions of views and so do most of Tim Roger’s videos. The fact this video does not have millions of views only makes me feel a greater sense of appreciation for having stumbled upon this old video on Kotaku (a channel I haven’t heard very much good about over the last several years) - but alas here I am binging all the Tim Roger’s Kotaku videos and wondering why Kotaku didn’t push for more content writers and creatives like Tim? To be fair Tim is a one in a million talent and a 1 of 1 personality but surely this format could work with Kotaku’s wide reaching network of professionals and viewers. Find someone passionate, find someone knowledgeable, find someone relatable while also being their own person, and have them write about video games emphasis on writing about video games bc too many sites go beyond meta and talk about stuff that is not of concern and actively detracts from the viewing experience.

I still watch and listen to Tim's Kotaku videos religiously. Keep these posted Kotaku. PLEASE.

Dude, the prose in here is so tasty I want to scoop it up with a spoon and eat it. Especially at the end there for Dark Souls. I want to read your books man. Let people read them. I guarantee you that people will support you if you do because most people enjoy seeing people do the things they love. No offense to the other hard working folks at Kotaku but your videos are the only ones I watch on here.

Even though Dark Souls is nowhere near my favorite game of the decade, I would agree that is THE game of the decade.

This is my first view of any of your videos and you have yourself a new subscriber. I love your monologues, keep it up!

Thanks for the music recommendation Tim. Love the album.

I want to see Tim Rogers and Brian Gilbert from Polygon make a video together, it would be the ultimate fusion of bespectacled weirdness.

3:37 "Then we drove literally ten hours to Burning Man for a 'Team-Building Exercise...'" What sort of team-building exercise is that?!

There is no chance we won’t be clamoring for another Tim Rogers game of the 2020s video in 10 years. You may not have achieved what you wanted in game design yet, but your videos are all tiles in an amazing, personal, hilarious mosaic. There’s no one who does what you do, and you are deeply appreciated.

Oh my God I can't wait to watch this after work

I remember reading your articles back in the "action button dot net" days and really hating your "new games journalism" style that seemed overly pretentious and contrarian for the sake of cool irony. In the years following, I think high school me was just jealous of your ability to purely like what you liked and dislike what you disliked, regardless of what series or developer the game came from. You don't know me, and I'm not trying to pretend to know you, but now I really enjoy the stuff you put out. Unless I hate it. This one, I do not hate. Keep being you, man.

Wow, that wish about 2020 sure jinxed it.

I was not expecting this to be as genuinely funny, weird, and articulate as it was. Mad props, much enjoyed.

Dear Tim Rogers, I really wish I found you sooner. I only started following your creations this past year. You are my voice of the decade. Please continue to be you in 2029.

Souls-like games certainly made a stamp on the last decade. “This is the dark souls of ______”

Rip NieR:Automata. The masterpiece no one played.

Hey Tim, as a lifelong Brooklynite - the borough will have you down in the dumps, especially this time of the year... don't let it get to you and keep those creative juices flowing. You're the internet sensation of the decade. ✍🏾 Videoball looks dope 👌🏾

Thank you, keep on keepin’ on

tfw you've read some of Tim's writing back and the 2000's and people complain about his videos now being too long lol

"I could write a 3 hour video about any of these games." Prophetic.

This is an absolutely excellent summary of the vibe of this soon-to-be us-forsaken decade.

Oh jesus you just made me wanna cry...…

The true story here is Tim Rogers and his questionable and precarious modes of transportation.

Tim. I just paused the video before it even began. I know what Dragon Quest XI means to you. If you do not give it your game of the decade. I will feel great sadness Edit: After having seen your video game of the decade, and the story behind it, and no mention of Dragon Quest at all, the depths of my sadness cannot be known. I had no idea you developed your own game, I'm going to buy it as soon as I can. I hope we can help get your game's cost paid!

Thanks for translating MOON for us all Tim Rogers from one Hoosier to another

You're an inspiration, Tim

Nobody: Tim Rogers: Flappy Bird is the 8th best video game of the decade

“Fortnite the shooting is good the building is bad” never a truer word said!

You have a heart of gold. Don't let them take it from you!

I wish you'd have your own channel! I love your commentary

Dragon quest is my favorite game series Dragon quest 11 is my favorite game in my favorite series Waiting 50 minutes but no dragon quest ....... Wtf 😂

r we just going to ignore tim is 40, he looks like he's in his early 20's thats crazy. is he a vampire?

How in the world is this video about the best games of the decade SHORTER than a video about a nominal update to an existing controller? Tim Rogers. That's how. Bless this man.