Sload Soap wrote:So, no shared themes then?
And I am participating. This is it.
There doesn't have to be a singular trend that all the games share (other than that they were released that year), but many games do highlight trends (plural) in the industry that provide a picture of the year as a whole or a look at a company or genre at a point in time.
Your other criticisms aren't invalid, certainly, but I don't think they're fatal to the idea of TR. Game club of the month just doesn't work for this forum any longer. There simply aren't enough active posting, playing participants who are all willing and able to play a single title any more. But we all clearly want to be engaging with each other over games, so we're adapting.