{"id":1136314,"date":"2026-02-04T20:09:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/v686CxRHSndYNLmEex4xw7"},"modified":"2026-02-04T20:09:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:09:54","slug":"the-baftas-dares-to-ask-the-internet-what-is-the-most-influential-videogame-of-all-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-baftas-dares-to-ask-the-internet-what-is-the-most-influential-videogame-of-all-time\/","title":{"rendered":"The BAFTAs dares to ask the internet: &#8216;What is the most influential videogame of all time?&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>The best thing about awards shows is that they give us an opportunity to get mad and argue when the winners are announced. PC Gamer&#8217;s Ted Litchfield, for instance, goes blind with fury every time Astro Bot wins another Game of the Year award. But in a nice change of pace, the BAFTAs are giving us an opportunity to get mad and argue <em>before <\/em>the awards by putting a very big and essentially impossible question to the internet at large: What is the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bafta.org\/stories\/the-most-influential-video-game-of-all-time\" target=\"_blank\">most influential videogame of all time<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>BAFTA\u2014the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, but it does videogames now too\u2014doesn&#8217;t make the question any easier by nailing down what exactly it&#8217;s looking for, but rather leaves it open to individual interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;\u2018Most influential game\u2019 can mean different things to different people,&#8221; the inquiry states. &#8220;Perhaps it\u2019s a game that birthed a genre, one that defined an era, or one that set the standards for storytelling and interactivity. Perhaps it\u2019s a game whose influence crosses into films, TV and music, which we still see today. It could even be a game that\u2019s had a big influence on you, personally, changing the way you look at the world.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In other words, it could be pretty much anything as long as you&#8217;re able to justify it, even if only to yourself. Which is what makes this sort of exercise so much fun: There is obviously no right answer but that doesn&#8217;t mean a whole bunch of other people can&#8217;t be objectively wrong with their selections, and when you open the door to that kind of debate to the entire internet, it&#8217;s good times ahoy!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m tempted to submit <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/RRS_Sir_David_Attenborough#Naming_poll\" target=\"_blank\">Gamey McGameface<\/a>\u2014it&#8217;s a write-in poll, so you can do that\u2014but without putting too much thought into it, I think my real answer would have to be Pong, a game that carried the medium over the hump from science nerd esoterica to mainstream entertainment. It&#8217;s not the most sophisticated videogame ever\u2014a <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/sports\/scientists-say-they-not-only-taught-hydrogel-how-to-play-pong-but-to-get-better-at-it-over-time\/\">jar of ionized goop<\/a> can play it\u2014but it has proven remarkably durable: 50 years down the road, the ol&#8217; &#8220;bounce the ball back and forth&#8221; mechanic is still <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/toasterball-is-kind-of-like-pong-but-with-toast-instead-of-paddles\/\">underpinning new games<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neil Newbon, best known (to us, at least) for his work as the voice of Astarion in Baldur&#8217;s Gate 3, took the easy way out by refusing to commit to any single game.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Time to ask @NeilNewbon an unfair question\u2026Now we know what Neil\u2019s most influential game(s) of all time is, what\u2019s YOURS?Vote here: https:\/\/t.co\/AVUTJePeEg pic.twitter.com\/j7u3UIqYUv<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1895519334258057474\">February 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Come on Neil, plant a flag and stand by it! Jane Douglas did, even though her choice is, sorry to say, <em>objectively wrong<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"see-more see-more--clipped\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet hawk-ignore\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An experiment gone wrong, but a game that got it so right\u2026 @janedouglas most influential game of all time, what more could you ask for?!Vote for yours here: https:\/\/t.co\/AVUTJePeEg pic.twitter.com\/jIbLqJ4CUc<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cantworkitout\/status\/1894736503978221884\">February 26, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"see-more__filter\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;re obviously not going to reach any kind of consensus here, although it will be interesting to see how the results reflect the current mindset around videogame history. But that&#8217;s fine, because that&#8217;s not the point: The point is to have a little fun (and yes, it is possible to argue and trash-talk without getting mad about it, so let&#8217;s all do that), and also to draw attention to the upcoming <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bafta.org\/awards\/games\" target=\"_blank\">BAFTA award nominations<\/a>, which will be announced on March 4. The awards ceremony itself, which I assume is when the most influential videogame of all time (as chosen by you!) will be revealed, takes place on April 11.<\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"f69d57a8-74cb-4f36-9511-aa554cd9f64a\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:400px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"Vji3V6i3HDWUHeQ22PrjFL\" name=\"New Project (8).jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/the-baftas-dares-to-ask-the-internet-what-is-the-most-influential-videogame-of-all-time.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/new-games-2025-upcoming-pc-release-schedule\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"f69d57a8-74cb-4f36-9511-aa554cd9f64a\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"2025 games\" data-dimension48=\"2025 games\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>2025 games<\/strong><\/a>: This year&#8217;s upcoming releases<strong><br \/><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Our all-time favorites<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-50-best-free-pc-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Free PC games<\/strong><\/a>: Freebie fest<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-fps-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best FPS games<\/strong><\/a>: Finest gunplay<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-rpgs-of-all-time\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best RPGs<\/strong><\/a>: Grand adventures<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-co-op-games\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best co-op games<\/strong><\/a>: Better together<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-baftas-dares-to-ask-the-internet-what-is-the-most-influential-videogame-of-all-time\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The best thing about awards shows is that they give us an opportunity to get mad and argue when the winners are announced. PC Gamer&#8217;s Ted Litchfield, for instance, goes blind with fury every time Astro Bot wins another Game of the Year award. But in a nice change of pace, the BAFTAs are giving us an opportunity to get mad and argue before the awards by putting a very big and essentially impossible question to the internet at large: What is the most influential videogame of all time? 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