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We are slowly approaching the end of these best of the decade lists, but we have to make a stop in the world of video games first. As an artistic medium, it's often argued that video games are the only medium that is constantly improving as technology advances. New advances in technology mean new things are possible in video games and so with each new generation, it becomes possible that even more advanced video games can be made. This decade, video games have been a great escape for me, offering both stories I could lose myself in and gameplay experiences that I have loved sharing with friends. Because they're so time consuming, please don't be offended if any games don't make it onto this list. I really wanted to play The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt , but it was a very daunting prospect. On a similar note, games like Spider-Man  or God of War  have not made the list because I don't have a PS4 and therefore couldn't play them. Otherwise, all a game has to do to qualif...

As an English Literature student, you would hope I have good taste in books but as it turns out, no, not really. I'll be honest, I haven't read loads of books this decade because, as my reading skills and tastes have developed, I've been going back into previous decades to read classics for the first time. As such, it feels weird talking about the books I've loved reading this decade when I can't talk about Kurt Vonnegut or George Orwell. Still, between finally getting something close to a social life and having to read books for study (talk shit about my degree all you want, reading at least one book a week leaves little time for recreational reading), I did manage to read a selection of books from this decade that I absolutely loved and it would be a pleasure to share them with you. Some are biographies of creators I love, some are short story collections that I love to dip into and some are sprawling epics that may live with me forever. All are highly worth readi...