Best of the Decade: Shadow of the Colossus
Sat, December 11, 2010 at 4:34 PM 
Shadow of the Colossus
Platform: Playstation 2
Release Date: October 18, 2005
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Developer: Team Ico
Whenever the overplayed argument over whether or not games are art gets dragged out for another flogging, there’s one title in particular that never fails to come up in the discussion. It’s certainly not the only title that gets put forth as an example of a game that does something more than mindlessly entertain, but it does seem to be the most consistently mentioned.
Though I will celebrate another title or two before this list is complete that I feel stand alongside it as the industry’s most museum-worthy productions to date, Shadow of the Colossus undoubtedly deserves to be recognized as a standout effort that truly represents the best of what this medium has to offer in terms of interactive emotion.