The brain is an important tool, and like all tools it must be kept sharp and ready for action. Puzzle games are a great way to do this, and puzzle games are a fun way to do this. But some puzzle games are better then others, and here ware the ones that stood out the most for us:
Portal 2
Catherine
Professor Layton and the Last Specter
The action game; it is way to generic of a genre so we combine it with adventure to bring you the Action/Adenture award. This allows us to narrow it down a bit better, and add more awards later. Lets looks at what this years possible winners are:
Batman: Arkham City
Assasins Creed: Revelations
Infamous 2
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
Saints Row the Third
Uncharted 3: Drakes Deception
The RPG, this is one of my favorite game genres. To me it embodies taking on the role of a character and truly making them your own. This year we selected the following games as our nominees for Best RPG of 2011:
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Dark Souls
Pokemon Black and White
Witcher 2
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Cars, they have been around for 100+ years, and as such we usually see a plethora of games on the subject. This also means that usually most of them are complete crap. Lets look at the few games that we felt stuck out above the rest.
Forza 4
Need for Speed: The Run
This category did not have a lot of entries to go with it this year, but that does not mean that we were going to leave it out in the cold. The nominess for this category are:
Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds
Mortal Kombat
Shooters, there is not every a shortage is the category, and it does usually involve some great games. So without futher time wasting I give you our nominee list for Best Shooter of 2011:
Battlefield 3
Modern Warefare 3
Gears of War 3
Warhammer 40K: Space Marine
Resistance 3
Kill Zone 3
Fear 3
Dead Space 2
While there was not a lot of competition for best MMO this year, what there competition that did exist was fierce. The nominees for Best MMO of 2011 are as follows:
DC Universe Online
Rift
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Good news, we have managed to keep to our weekly schedule after our break. That also means that we are only 4 weeks from episode 100. Do you guys wants anything special for it or just a normal episode?
Per usual the notes can be found on the podcast page, including information about our special guest.
So I am looking for a new recurring article I can write. This is propably going to be similar to Conversations with IrishPride, but let's see how it goes.
This week I came to the realization that I have about three weeks before The Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning comes out, and I still need to finish The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword. I really do want to finish this game, but at the same time I want to play two different characters in Star Wars: The Old Republic. For the first time in years I need to schedule playing 2 (or more) games at once, and it is proving more trying then I thought it would. I have an issue of having a one track mind when playing games, as I am sure many of you do. When I start on a SWTOR toon I want to continue the story now, which makes it hard to immediately go back to Link and sneaking around a mountain to get my gear back.
How does one force themselves to what essentially comes down to watching two movies at once? Currently I am testing out having a weekend game and a weekday game. Zelda is played in long stretches during the weekend and SWTOR is played in smaller chunks during the week. This, so far at least, is allowing me to play my games and still have a social life. The only wrench in this plan is that we recently started D&D on Sundays, and this takes all day. It prevents play of the weekend game for the day, but is worth it. Hopefully splitting my game time allows me to eat my cake and it not be a lie.
Happy New Year. We have returned from our break with the first podcast of the year. Hope you enjoy!
Notes are on the podcast page.
