Games of the Decade 2000-2009 | Bonus

Surprise! We're back a week early with an absolute behemoth. To celebrate hitting 1 million downloads of the show a few months ago (!!), we're proud to present our one-hundred favorite games of the decade from the years 2000 to 2009! A sincere thank you to everyone who has ever listened to, shared, or backed the show. We couldn't have done this without you, for real. We thought there was no better way to share our gratitude than by following up the fan-favorite GOTD episode we did in 2019. And for those of you who DO back the show, make sure to head over to our Patreon to hear ANOTHER episode in which we chop the initial list down from 200+ to the 100 that made it here. Relevant Links:https://www.polygon.com/23779797/zelda-games-link-hairstyles https://www.moma.org/magazine/articles/798 ---Find us everywhere: https://intothecast.onlineBuy some merch if you'd like: https://shop.intothecast.onlineJoin the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/intothecast---Follow Stephen Hilger: https://stephenhilgerart.com/Follow Brendon Bigley: https://threads.net/@brendonbigleyProduced by AJ Fillari: https://bsky.app/profile/ajfillari.bsky.social---Season 7 cover art coming soon from Scout Wilkinson: https://scoutwilkinson.myportfolio.com/Theme song by Will LaPorte: https://instagram.com/ghostdownphoto---Timecodes: (00:00) - Surprise! We're here a week early! (07:35) - 2000 (01:01:32) - 2001 (02:07:42) - 2002 (03:09:10) - 2003 (04:06:27) - 2004 (05:38:41) - 2005 (06:58:32) - 2006 (09:04:28) - 2007 (10:09:50) - 2008 (11:21:42) - 2009 (12:33:33) - Honorable Mentions (13:50:42) - Making the Top 5 (15:12:24) - Ranking the top 5 (15:49:57) - Look at how far you've come. We are so proud of you and you should be proud of yourself. (15:53:50) - Thanks for 1 million listens