

So now, I would like to raise a virtual glass to my fellow members of the Esquire Gamer Zone-Sarah Rense, Cameron Sherrill, and Dom Nero-who joined forces in a series of chaotic, end-of-year Zooms to decide the best, worst, and weirdest from the past year in gaming.** If you’re unfamiliar with how we do things, know that you will see traditional awards-Game of the Year and all that-alongside indispensable honors, like Best Himbo. My fellow gamers: I did, in fact, not die. I was seeing green and yellow and blue spots in my eyes, sweating through each and every pore of my body, my heart fluttering under the caffeinated influence of GHOST Gamer- this was when I started juicing in the name of gaming journalism-when I thought, Will I live to write the introduction to The 2021 Esquire Gaming Awards, Sponsored By Arby’s*? There was a time when I thought I wouldn’t make it to today, writing to all of you, here at The 2021 Esquire Gaming Awards, Sponsored By Arby’s*.
