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Listen To Game Informer's Favorite Songs Of 2012

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by Matt Bertz on December 21, 2012 at 02:30 PM

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Many of the Game Informer staffers share similar passions to our readers outside of video games – whether that be films, television shows, books, comics, tabletop games, or watching clips of creepy people on YouTube. To round out our end of year coverage we decided it would be nice to share our favorite songs of the year with the community. The playlist has a little of everything – catchy hip-hop, thrashing metal riffs, bubbly electro-pop, somber bearded white guys strumming guitars, and anthemic punk songs. Click the links below to check out the Spotify playlists. We hope you enjoy it!

Game Informer's Favorite Songs of 2012

Note: The web browser playlist shows only 30 songs. To get access to the full list of more than 100 songs, subscribe to the playlist in Spotify.

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Filed under: Feature, game informer, Spotify, 2012 Playlist, No Dan Ryckert Contributions Because He's Stuck In 1978

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by Andrew Ryan Friday, December 21, 2012 at 02:35 PM

Who's pick was the Dino Jr track? Very nice.
by Jason Spencer Friday, December 21, 2012 at 02:39 PM

My favorite song of the year is "Blue" by Distorted Harmony.

distortedharm0ny.bandcamp.com/.../blue
by gunhavor Friday, December 21, 2012 at 02:40 PM

Okay who eve picked R U Mine? and The Dirty Projectors is now my favourite employees at GI. Just how much British music is on here makes me happy. Very cool of you guys to post this.
by tycho3rd Friday, December 21, 2012 at 02:40 PM

no thanks GI, i do not want to install 3rd party software just to listen to your favorite songs.
by Treetotheworld Friday, December 21, 2012 at 02:40 PM

yay
by PandaDoom Friday, December 21, 2012 at 02:47 PM

My favorite song of the year is (Cult)uralist by Whitechapel. Yay, deathcore!
by zach lowden Friday, December 21, 2012 at 02:53 PM

good Kendrick Lamar tracks
by x-XMantisX-x Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:08 PM

Not a bad playlist. Bad Girls though? Don't let Dan add songs!
by The Meta Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:10 PM

Personally loved P.O.S. and Japandroids albums too. Great choices. Gray Clark Jr., HEALTH, The Raveonettes, The xx, Purity Ring, Metric Passion Pit, Yeasayer, Nikki and the Dove, Band of Skulls, The Heavy. Who is it that's liking the same stuff as me?
by Jeremyx5 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:20 PM

Mastodon ftw
by shooterboy23 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:21 PM

What a peculiar article.
by Rick449 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:21 PM

My favorite song this year: "Elegies" by Make Them Suffer
by Robert Quinones Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:22 PM

Definitely did not expect half of the tracks on here Kendrick Death Grips Arctic Monkeys P.O.S. Japandroids Nas Dino jr EVEN RIFF RAFF. You guys have great taste in music as well as diversity! Well done Bertz
by Zero Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:31 PM

So you're going to make me download Spotify onto my recently-cleansed computer in order to see songs I've never heard.

Challenge accepted.
by theredskye Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:36 PM

Torche! Nice.
by FinalFantasy1026 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:40 PM

Nice to see fellow Jersey-natives The Gaslight Anthem on the list. "Handwritten" was one of the best albums of the year.
by Cave Johnson Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:44 PM

Sure, my company's theme song wasn't made in 2012, but that's no reason why it isn't included in your list. If any explosive lemons get lobbed into your offices, don't come crying to me!
by owman3000 Friday, December 21, 2012 at 03:47 PM

Backseat Freestyle is my fav Kendrick Lamar track, but good picks overall. Whose the Grimes fan though? Obscure stuff but I like her.
by The One and Only Happyginger Friday, December 21, 2012 at 05:03 PM

you guys know whats up