Episode Ten - The Top 10 Best Open-World Video Games

The (New) Joy of Gaming Podcast - Episode Ten
The Top 10 Best Open-World Video Games

On this episode of the (New) Joy of Gaming Podcast, we set out to create the next entry in our growing series of Top Ten lists, and this time we turn our attention to the most epic of all genres - Open-World Video Games. And the timing is certainly appropriate - this year, games like Elden Ring, Horizon: Forbidden West, Gotham Knights, and Sonic Frontiers have consumed much of the gaming discourse, and for good reason. Open-world games give players a sense of freedom, exploration and discovery that few (if any) genres can rival. The rules of the episode are simple: we each start the discussion with our own personal top ten lists, and by way of a (supposedly) mathematically-sound process, we combine our individual lists into one definitive TJOG Top Ten List.

Run of Show:

00:10 - Introduction

07:10 - The Top Ten Best Open-World Video Games

• Introduction
• Individual Top Tens
• The Merge and Tie-Breakers
• The Final List

1:56:35 - Closing Thoughts / Contact