• 5Jan 12

  Top Ten 2011

  Top Ten Games of 2011

  1. Skyrim – What can I say, Bethesda took everything I loved about Oblivion and made it better and gave us dragons! No matter if I am making armor, slaying dragons or simply exploring… I feel like I am at home.
  2. Star Wars: The Old Republic – I wasn't going to put this on this year's list, simply because it is a MMO and they take a lot of time to play and get a feel for, but this game has me hooked already.
  3. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception – Uncharted 3 gives you so much action and adventure and more importantly, it gives you some of the greatest characters in video game history.
  4. Resistance 3 – Insomniac gave us an almost perfect package. They took what was great from the last game and added it with what we all loved from the first and gave us Resistance 3. They also dragged us through the mud and showed us how strong the human spirit really is.
  5. Portal 2 – I never finished the first game, but what I did play I liked a lot. Valve took what was special from Portal and expanded on it with old characters and new ones a like and the puzzle solving was still a blast.
  6. Dead Space 2 – All I really wanted was more Dead Space and I got it, but I also got a main character that became human and that I really cared about. Dead Space 2 is also creepy and intense from start to finish; I was on edge the whole time.
  7. Batman: Arkham City – Arkham Asylum was a huge surprise and some felt like it couldn't be done twice. Rocksteady proved those people wrong. Although the open worldness isn't what I expected and some of the story was bland. This is an all around good game.
  8. Saint's Row: The Third – Crazy and insane hardly do this game justice. Everything is out of control and although I love that, something is missing that I can't place. No matter what, it was one hell of a ride.
  9. Red Faction: Armageddon – At first I was not finding this game that great, but once I shut my brain off and paid little attention to the story, I found myself loving all the destruction and killing of aliens.
  10. L.A. Noire – Team Boni, say what you will about them, they created something good here. L.A. Noire reminds me of the first Assassin's Creed, it is very refreshing and new, but so repetitive that playing it became a chore. With that said, in the long run was fun for the most part playing detective.

  Honorable mention (By Release Date)

  • DCUO Release Date: Jan 11, 2011 – I started to feel how repetitive this game really was and it needs a lot of work, but being a superhero or villain is a lot of fun. This game took many of my hours.
  • Mass Effect 2 Release Date: Jan 18, 2011 – I had to add this game, it may not have officially came out in 2011, but it did on PS3 and I still loved playing it.
  • Socom 4 Release Date: Apr 19, 2011 – Socom fans for the most part don't like the new changes Zipper made, but I do and I understand why they did it. Maybe it is not perfect, but it showed me Zipper does care. The main story was also not great, but had some depth that the series never had before.
  • Outland Release Date: Jun 14, 2011 – I have yet to finish this game, and that really is too made. It is an amazing sidescroller and it looks absolutely beautiful. I have heard it called a tribal version of Tron and I have to agree.
  • Apples to Apples Release Date: Dec 20, 2011 – I added this simply because it came out late at the end of the year and didn't seem to get much attention. Apples to Apples is a fun table top game and now it is a great video game. The single player is useless, but the online is so much fun. This is a game to get the family together for.
  • Posted Jan 5, 2012 7:29 pm GMT
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• 31Dec 11

  Live podcast tonight!!

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  • Posted Dec 31, 2011 4:50 pm GMT
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• 23Aug 11

  Donate to my Extra Life page!

  As you may know, I love video games. I'm even more passionate about helping my local Children's Miracle Network Hospital raise money for kids.

  On Oct. 15, 2011, I'm combining my two interests as I attempt to play video games for 24 hours straight. I'm participating in the annual 24-hour video game marathon Extra Life and I would really appreciate your sponsorship.

  Would you be willing to donate $1 for each hour of the marathon I play (that's just $24) to help me raise money for my local Children's Miracle Network Hospital?

  You can find my page to donate to at http://www.extra-life.org/participant/shacks. All donations are collected securely by Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.

  Thank you for considering this request for your support.

  Sincerely,

  Shawn Bird

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  • Posted Aug 23, 2011 7:51 pm GMT
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