This summer NPR asked some of its staff and contributors a simple question.

What are the best video games of 2022 so far?

Now we've got their answers, so it's time to explore some of the favorite picks from

Epic blockbusters to indie games that might just win your heart.

I'm Stephen Thompson and today we are recommending some games we love on Pop Culture Happy Hour

from NPR.

Joining me today is NPR's here and now producer James Master of Marino.

Hey James.

Hi.

Thanks for having me.

It is a pleasure.

So, some of us at NPR are hardcore gamers.

Some of us dip in and out every now and then.

Some of us, like me, for example, are horrible at any video game made after 1983.

But we did want to assemble some useful recommendations for new games people will love.

Now James, you play a lot of games made after 1983 and you worked on a project NPR put

together in which NPR staff and contributors picked their favorite games of this year.

So far, tell me a little more about the survey itself.

Yeah, so we just, as you mentioned, asked a very simple question.

What games have you enjoyed this year?

People could respond as many times as they wanted to and this really evolved out of the

NPR gamer slack, which has over a hundred people.

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