One of the disadvantages of doing year-end staff selections for the “best” games of the year is that because video games are such a time-consuming pursuit, we all have significantly different rosters of games we’ve played in 2013. So instead of attempting to form a group consensus, in December we take stock with individual perspectives, which is where Gameological prefers to live anyway. It’s the Games We Liked. As we did last year, staffers have picked a handful of games that stuck in their minds and endeavored to tell you why. These are the writers’ personal takes, not to be construed as an expression of the Gameological hive mind, which to my knowledge does not exist (but would surely conquer the world if it did). Advertisement The best mainstream and superhero comics of 2013 How one scene changed The Good Wife’s fortunes Best of 2013 Calendar Also like last year, you’re invited to write your own mini-retrospectives in the comments. Just follow the rubric we’ve laid out here—set up your rationale in the first sentence and go from there. (It’s fine if your picks overlap with ours, because you’ll probably have a different specific reason for digging a game.) We’ll…