WSJ’s Unsung Videogame Heroes of 2010

I just got an email from the Wall Street Journal asking me to link to this article in their Technology section on the “Unsung Videogame Heroes of 2010″.  At first I was surprised and excited, then I saw the list.  The list is a very obvious “Our game didn’t sell enough so please plug it one more time for us” PR post.  Just look at their selection:

• Fallout New Vegas – Would have been more popular, had it actually been playable.
• Mass Effect 2 – An Unsung Hero?  It was one the biggest titles of 2010.
• Star Wars the Force Unleashed 2 – So much potential, it quickly wound up in the bargain bin for having a lousy story and boring gameplay

Come on.. Some true “Unsung Heroes” of 2010?

• VVVVVV ?
• Limbo ?
• Minecraft?
• Super Meat boy?

How about anything that didn’t come from a major studio?

The Unsung Videogame Heroes of 2010: Fallout: New Vegas, Dance Central, Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 and More – WSJ.com.

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a visualization scientist working for a federal research lab, aiding researchers to discover the insights buried within their terabyte datasets generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world. He also runs VizWorld.com .