Top 50 Games of the Decade according to Destructoid

[dunno001]

Dr.Grass said:

naznatips said:

--OkeyDokey-- said:

naznatips said:
There was no year zero. The decade ends at the end of 2010, not the end of 2009.

1. 2000
2. 2001
3. 2002
4. 2003
5. 2004
6. 2005
7. 2006
8. 2007
9. 2008
10. 2009

2000-2009 = ten years.

Missed the point. There was no 0000 AD. It started with 0001 AD. This means the current century didn't really start until 2001, which means the current decade doesn't end till 2010.

OH FOR GOD'S SAKE WE'VE HAD THIS DEBATE A MILLION TIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!

"For example, "the 1950s" refers to 1950 through to 1959 (inclusive). In English, "decade" can also be used to specify any period of ten years" ~Wiki

2010 is the start of the next decade. DEAL WITH IT.

Then perhaps people should use it correctly. Nazna is correct on this, and ironically, this gets into the intricate parts of the English language. Yes, a decade is any period of 10 years. Referring to the 90's as a decade is not incorrect. However, changing A decade to THE decade actually does. Use of 'the' is for a very specific 10 year cluster. The first decade of the millennium refers to the year cluster 2001-2010. The 70's refers to a different cluster, 1970-1979.

So why this conflict. It's been mentioned that the first year in this counting system was 1 AD, not 0. Thus, the first millennium must be from 1-1000 AD. Likewise, the first decade was from 1-10 AD. Sure, 1 BC - 9 AD is a decade, but it's not the first decade of the AD system. So the millennium started in 2000? No, A millennium did, but not THE millennium. Otherwise, we would have a millennium going from 1-999 or 1001-1999, and neither of those constitutes a millennium. If they wanted to refer to this list as best games in the oughts, I'd have no problem with that. (except for the fact that they're technically not over yet) But it's not the first of the millennium. We've got a year to go.