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| Digitalboy 585th Post
 
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|  "General Year In Review" , posted Sat 20 Dec 16:42
Sincere apologies to Spoon.
Not to be confused with Spoon's thread but this the GENERAL year in review. Not limited to any particular subject, interest, multimedia, et cetera.
These are my opinions, so what is yours?
The highlights of my year:
SEX! - Love it! Cannot get enough of it! Recommend this for everyone. People would not be so angry if they were getting laid.
Rock Band 2 - Although I hate the way EA handles certain franchises, this game is actually fun to play with family and friends. The only game that I have purchased for my Playstation 3 since I bought the ruddy thing. There are not really any other games that has really caught my interest than this.
Wii Fit - Yoga is harder than I thought.
KOF XII - revealed!
100 Bullets - Brian Azzarello finishing strong.
Y: The Last Man - Brian K. Vaughn.
Iron Man (movie) - Best comic book movie of this year. The best movie under the Marvel imprint.
Where The Wild Things Are - Read this to my nephew and he enjoyed it.
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah - Still reading it.
Angry Video Game Nerd - 
Street Fighter Tribute - Great job Udon! Did anyone knew that they were looking for contributions? I wish I had known because I would have at least tried to send in my submissions.
Letdowns of the year:
Ninja Gaiden II (Xbox 360) - Invisible walls, awful camera angle changes, nearly identical graphics from the original Xbox version. This is suppose to be a next generation title right? Only minor changes that I perceived were the on screen body count and all the embedded missed throwing stars on floors and walls.
Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS3/Xbox 360/Wii) - Played the PS3 version at my friend's place. Interested in the drum kit but overall it was all flash and failed to deliver as it was advertised as the Rock Band killer. The playlist shallowed in comparison to Rock Band, drums were not as responsive and gaudy plastic.
Wizard (magazine guide to comics and now STUFF) - This magazine is getting worse and worst. I do not know why I even torture myself with this crap by paying five dollars of nonsense. Wizard tries to cover every multimedia outlet when all I want to do is find out what is happening in comics today. If I want to know about some movie I would read about it in Entertainment Weekly. STICK TO COMICS YOU SCHMUCKS.
Comics in general - How can Marvel still be on top if Joe Quesada is messing things up? "It's magic, I don't have to explain anything." GTFO Joe. DC Comics we need more Kevin Conroy! Image what are you thinking when you allow Rob Liefeld back? Todd McFarlane create another comic instead of Spawn.
KOF XII - Size of the roster and no story. Why even bother with the roman numerals?
Street Fighter Tribute - Not enough variety of character art. WAY too many Ryu/Ken/Akuma/Chun-li/Cammy pin-ups. They had a section dedicated to only Blanka (which was great) but for other characters it was just spread around. Try sectioning by individual character art then group shots; that way at least in the book there would be more than just one pin up page of a character (id est Sodom).
My laptop - I owned the piece of crap for the last 5 years and it finally died on me without warning. The harddrive is still intact though.
Expectations for 2009:
Vacation in the Philippines!
Street Fighter IV.
KOF XII.
Building my own computer.
I don't know how to live
But I've got alot of toys...
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| Iron D 3115th Post
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|  "Re(1):General Year In Review" , posted Sat 20 Dec 17:12
quote:
SEX! - Love it! Cannot get enough of it! Recommend this for everyone. People would not be so angry if they were getting laid.
BAH! I lost my virginity in '07, and all I wanted was to have MORE sex in '08 and I got NONE. NONE! Gods be DAMNED that pissed me off, and I'd probably have gone through the year less angry if I HAD gotten some.
DAMN IT!!!
Rock Band 2 - kicks ass. Especially with a full band.
100 Bullets - This has been suggested to me so many times, but I haven't had the money to start on it. I also haven't had good experiences with Azzarello...I hated his run on Superman. Then again, it was Superman, whom I hate, so maybe that has something to with it.
Y: The Last Man - See 100 Bullets. I really like Vaughn's work, with the exception of most (keyword: most) of his run on Ultimate X-men.
Iron Man (movie) - Second best in my opinion. I bet you can guess which one I thought was #1...
Angry Video Game Nerd -
What?
Guitar Hero: World Tour (PS3/Xbox 360/Wii) -Actually, going stricly on the playlist, I was slightly more interested in this than RB2. The Doors? More Hendrix? I'm totally there.
Wizard (magazine guide to comics and now STUFF) - The thing that's pissing me off most with Wizard is the fact that they're not trying to be funny anymore. As lackluster as some of their coverage can be at times, I always got a kick out of how hilarious the magazine was. Especially the random captions that throw in. I don't even mind that they're trying to cover everything (although their coverage on everything but comics is awful...especially their videogame coverage).
Comics in general - Final Crisis is a pleasant change from the usual big event fare. I still think that Joe Q. gets more heat than he deserves. Under his watch, Marvel has become better than it's been since perhaps the early 90's. Not saying that he hasn't done some stupid stuff (*cough*ONEMOREDAY*cough), but overall I think he's done an admirable job.
Expectations for 2009:
Graduating from college.
Getting a career going.
My sister coming back from the South.
Street Figher IV.
KoF XII.
Moving in with one of my best friends and hoping that things go well with that.
Hopefully getting some more sex.
Er.....
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| ktallguy 1061th Post
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| "Re(6):General Year In Review" , posted Mon 22 Dec 14:33:
2008, the end of an era:
1. MGS4 was amazing, yet I'm happy that the MGS series is over. I want a new series with less baggage from Kojima. Still my favorite game this year.
2. Projects getting busy, staying until 10PM becomes a regular occurrence, and 12PM happened more often than I wanted. However I got a new boss, and he is totally awesome and supportive. I've learned so much from him this past year.
3. Shipping one title meant less 10PM nights, but another project piled on top saw their return. However TGS was fun stuff.
4. Got in a car accident, I was fine but my car was totaled. Probably the worst event of my year. But there was a silver lining, as....
5. I got an opportunity to transfer to my company's Nagoya office, which I happily took, as I've been wanting to work in Japan for a long time and perfect my Japanese. I start in about a month. So I would have had to sell my car anyway.
6. Went on an awesome vacation to the Turk Islands with my girlfriend to celebrate. Amazing stuff.
Notable Games:
- Dead Rising
- Lost Odyssey (didn't finish it but I did enjoy what I played)
- MGS4 and the new Siren were both really excellent.
- Little Big Planet, which is the first game that my girlfriend happily grabbed the controller to play.
- Layton series has been very great, starting on #3
- Crisis Core and Monster Hunter as well as Policenauts kept my PSP busy.
- Replaying Silent Hill 2 and going to play 3 for the first time soon.
- Finally, I'm playing the Mother series on GBA. Mother 1 was excellent and Mother 2 is a bit ... whimsical for my tastes. I was more moved by Mother 1, so I hope that Mother 2 gets better.
This year had so much... content, and next year will have so much change. I'm looking forward to experiencing it though.
Oh and I'm very happy Obama got elected, as Bush and the last 8 years make me want to throw up. :(
I hope everyone has a safe and happy New Year!
Play to win.
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| Black_Hayato
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| "Re(8):General Year In Review" , posted Mon 22 Dec 17:55:
As far as gaming and media, its been great. Dark Knight, Iron Man, Persona 4, lots of great DS games like Ecclesia. Probably one of the better years for games imo.
But honestly 2008 has been the worst year by in large, in my entire life. Several deaths, horrid jobs and job changes, social/sex life crash, car accident, betrayal of best friend and others, and laid-off the wk before Christmas. With glimmers of hope yanked from me throughout the year like crack on a stick.
And 2009 is looking even worst what with the almost inevitable collapse of the US and shit the world will soon have to deal with.
I keep trying to cheer up and focus on what matters in life(love, health, shelter,etc). But its difficult.
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| ktallguy 1061th Post
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| "Re(9):General Year In Review" , posted Tue 23 Dec 01:40
quote:
As far as gaming and media, its been great. Dark Knight, Iron Man, Persona 4, lots of great DS games like Ecclesia. Probably one of the better years for games imo.
But honestly 2008 has been the worst year by in large, in my entire life. Several deaths, horrid jobs and job changes, social/sex life crash, car accident, betrayal of best friend and others, and laid-off the wk before Christmas. With glimmers of hope yanked from me throughout the year like crack on a stick.
And 2009 is looking even worst what with the almost inevitable collapse of the US and shit the world will soon have to deal with.
I keep trying to cheer up and focus on what matters in life(love, health, shelter,etc). But its difficult.
I'm really sorry to hear that.
Just remember, good things will come as long as you tough it out a bit. Everything will be all right in the end.
I downloaded Policenauts from the Japanese Playstation 3 Store, and downloaded it to my PSP.
Play to win.
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| Tai-Pan 336th Post
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| "Re(9):General Year In Review" , posted Tue 23 Dec 02:57
quote:
As far as gaming and media, its been great. Dark Knight, Iron Man, Persona 4, lots of great DS games like Ecclesia. Probably one of the better years for games imo.
But honestly 2008 has been the worst year by in large, in my entire life. Several deaths, horrid jobs and job changes, social/sex life crash, car accident, betrayal of best friend and others, and laid-off the wk before Christmas. With glimmers of hope yanked from me throughout the year like crack on a stick.
And 2009 is looking even worst what with the almost inevitable collapse of the US and shit the world will soon have to deal with.
I keep trying to cheer up and focus on what matters in life(love, health, shelter,etc). But its difficult.
I totally agree with ktallguy in terms of media. But I also agree with this post. Its been such a shitty year for me. Got laid off just before xmas. And the job market stinks so I don't see a very bright future for me. I guess I will try to be strong and positive like any bon jovi song and try to think positive about my future....But I can't stop thinking on how the world is going to hell..
"Those who follow the path of a warrior must be ready to die in order to stand for one's convictions live for one's convictions die for one's convictions"
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| Digitalboy 587th Post
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| "Re(10):General Year In Review" , posted Wed 24 Dec 18:19
Tai-Pan/Black Hayato: I can empathize with you two. While I did not mention in my opening post that a huge majority of my personal life is disheartening. I just did not know if it was appropriate to include that information on this board. I personally feel that I am in quicksand. I mainly visit this board for cheering up. Sex really helped me get through this year too. Hang in there guys.
Black Hayato: Nice avatar. I thought I was the only one that enjoyed Cromartie High.
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As far as gaming and media, its been great. Dark Knight, Iron Man, Persona 4, lots of great DS games like Ecclesia. Probably one of the better years for games imo.
But honestly 2008 has been the worst year by in large, in my entire life. Several deaths, horrid jobs and job changes, social/sex life crash, car accident, betrayal of best friend and others, and laid-off the wk before Christmas. With glimmers of hope yanked from me throughout the year like crack on a stick.
And 2009 is looking even worst what with the almost inevitable collapse of the US and shit the world will soon have to deal with.
I keep trying to cheer up and focus on what matters in life(love, health, shelter,etc). But its difficult.
I totally agree with ktallguy in terms of media. But I also agree with this post. Its been such a shitty year for me. Got laid off just before xmas. And the job market stinks so I don't see a very bright future for me. I guess I will try to be strong and positive like any bon jovi song and try to think positive about my future....But I can't stop thinking on how the world is going to hell..
I don't know how to live
But I've got alot of toys...
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"Re(2):General Year In Review" , posted Sat 20 Dec 22:41
), let's hope that his other works manage to live up to my expectations. 
