• 2Jan 11

  Top 10 Of 2010

  2010 has finally come to an end. The year brought us many good and bad games. I figured it was my time to post my top 10 list for the year. So.... here it is

  10.

  

  Dead Rising 2

  Dead Rising was one of my favorite games. Dead Rising 2 is an improvement on the first in many ways. DR2 has improved graphics, controls, and a more even difficulty. Add in the new co-op multiplayer and the TIR online mode and you have one great game.

  9.

  

  Miles Edgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations

  This one was an obvious choice from the start. The Ace Attorney series has always been a favorite of mine. Investigations not only switches lead characters once again but it also changes the main gameplay. No longer is a majority of gameplay spent in a courtroom. This adds some much needed variety to a series that had begun to become stale. Add in the excellent story and you have one of the best DS releases of the year.

  8.

  

  Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

  After the extremely disappointing Homecoming. Shattered Memories is just what Silent Hill fans needed. A great story which has no interruptions. Bad combat? Don't worry about it there is none. Now your only choice is to flee whatever is chasing you down. This adds some fear to the game and is much more intense than the past few games have been. Best horror game of the year.

  7.

  

  Heavy Rain

  *grabs nearest flame-shield* Heavy Rain has been subject to major criticism. "It isn't a game" "It's a movie" and similar things. However I enjoyed it very much. I'd even say there should be more games in this ****in the near future. Heavy Rain is a great IP and in the current world of sequels and remakes it's a breath of fresh air.

  6.

  

  Super Mario Galaxy 2

  There's not much to say here. It's a Mario game and it's an excellent one at that. Possibly the best 3D Mario yet.

  5.

  

  Rock Band 3

  More Rock Band? Yes please! Not just another Rock Band. Rock Band 3 adds in new difficulty modes, a new peripheral, and of course new songs. Add in the multiplayer, better arranged career mode, and the ability to import songs from previous RB games and you have the definite music game.

  4.

  

  Pokemon Soul Silver/Heart Gold

  Gold and Silver were always my favorite Pokemon games. Now with Soul Silver and Heart Gold the games have been made new again. Just enough changes to make a difference while keeping the charm of the original. I'll probably playing this game for years to come.

  3.

  

  Kirby's Epic Yarn

  Kirby's Epic Yarn is without a doubt my favorite Wii game of the year. It takes a great game franchise and twists it around. This was all for the better thankfully. Kirby's Epic Yarn is my favorite Kirby game. I'd love to see more franchises take bold steps to shake things up a bit as this game did.

  2.

  

  Nine Hours Nine Persons Nine Doors

  The most surpring hit of 2010 for me. I picked 999 up as a blind buy. I sure am glad I did. 999 is a visual novel similar to other DS games such as Again, Hotel Dusk, and Trace Memory. Unlike those games though 999 deals with much more mature material. A chilling story that keeps you guessing to an end along with multiple endings. 999 is one of the best DS games ever.

  *DRUM ROLL*

  1.

  

  Last Window: The Secret Of Cape West

  Hotel Dusk is my favorite DS game ever. When I heard about the sequel was being developed I was ecstatic. When I heard it wouldn't be released in the US I felt like a piece of me died (maybe not...). I decided I had to import this game. Thankfully I did. Last Window conitnues the story from Hotel Dusk wonderfully. Add in a great soundtrack and more of the exploring and investigating gameplay and you have my game of the year for 2010.

  Honorable Mentions:

  Epic Mickey, Again, The Sly Collection, Red Dead Redemption

  I know there are a lot of games I missed. If there is an obvious game missing it's either because I never got to play it or I really didn't like it. Feel free to post comments on the list. Tell me what you thought of the list, what's wrong with it, what your list was, or anything like that .

  Now we can only hope 2011 will be a great year for gaming as well.

  • Posted Jan 2, 2011 3:02 pm GMT
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• 27Dec 10

  Holidays -> Games -> :D????!

  Hey everyone, I've returned to GS and figured what better post to start with than a Holiday/What I Got For X-Mas post. First off I hope everyone has had a wonderful and safe holiday. I sure did. With break still going on this gives me a little bit of time to try and get through some of the games I've yet to finish and the ones I have received. I received the following things for Christmas.
  PS3:
  Rock Band 3
  The Sims 3
  Red Dead Redemption
  
  Wii:
  Epic Mickey
  
  DS: Last Window: The Secret Of Case West Dementium 2
  
  What did you guys get for Christmas?
  
  Along with the stuff posted above I also got an acoustic guitar. Which is both exciting and frightening considering I know next to nothing about playing an instrument. I'll just have to start learning then. Enough about the holidays. Now that i'm back I will hopefully be blogging more frequently. Maybe I'll find/make up some kind of __ day challenge for this blog. Only time will tell. Once again I've run out of things to write about. I'll just leave it at that until the next post. I'll be around...
  • Posted Dec 27, 2010 6:18 pm GMT
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• 19Jun 10

  Warped Reporter 2010

  

  So each year Warped Tour has Warped Reporters. A few people at each date who see a band backstage and write/post pics after the show (pretty much what a reporter would do to begin with). They had 3 surveys to take for a chance to win this a while back. I took them and then totally forgot about it. However today I checked my email only to find an email saying I had been selected as one of the Reporters for the Cleveland show. I'm extremely excited but it's kinda disappointing because the VIP pass said you'd be able to go backstage but according to the email, Reporters will be seperated into groups based on who they want to see. Then they will have to go onstage with the official Warped Tour Reporter; We will only be allowed backstage when we're with the girl. This is still amazing but there is yet another problem... I had people to go with. Now i'll have to leave them before the gates even open to do this thing. Why is it that whenever I get an awesome oppurtunity something has to be affected negatively.

  • Posted Jun 19, 2010 10:32 pm GMT
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