Archive for December 2008
Bye Bye 2008!
Well that’s all the wrote for 2008. It was a hard year for many. It was a year for change for many, myself included. There’s a sense of hope again with the election of a new President after eight years of going backwards or so it seemed. It’s funny, in my travels I found a couple of T-Shirt’s which pretty much summed up they year quite perfectly. I’ll put them after the jump as they might be a little rude for some.
Roger’s Favorite Movies Of 2008.
Enough with the stupid lists I hear you say! Okay, but one more. This time it’s my favorite movies of the year. Every year it seems to me that it gets harder and harder to pick 5 of my favorite movies. Not because there is so many good ones, but because there are so many BAD ones. Sadly were living in a World of sequels and terrible remakes because the movie studios are not wanting to take a risk and that’s a sad thing. Regardless, here are my top 5 films of the year. Happily you won’t find rubbish like: What Happens In Vegas, Love Guru, Zohan or Speed Racer, you’ll find films that are much, much better!
Roger’s Best Games Of 2008.
2008 was another big year for games. There were a lot of sequels (Resistance 2/Gears Of War 2) and spin offs, many overrated games (Spore/GTAIV) and many bad games too. 2008 though will be seen by these eyes as a year where some companies were willing to take a few risks, but the payoff for us the consumer was excellent. Here are my top games of 2008:
Roger’s Most Disappointing Games Of 2008.
Yesterday I went through my list of the worst games of the year. Now I’m going to focus on the most disappointing games of the year. While they are are from the worst seen this year, they are definitely not the best seen either. They may have had potential, but failed miserably for one reason or another.
Roger’s Worst Games Of 2008.
While this maybe a primarily personal blog, I still like to chuck a little bit of other content on it especially if I’m feeling creative. Games are just one of the things that I like to play in my personal time. BAH! Games I hear some of your say. Well, yes! 20 years ago games were just in there infancy, but as I’m one of the generation who grew up them when I was young they are as normal an entertainment past time as going to the movies is to an older person.
Being at the mature end of the gaming spectrum, I find that most games today are useless copies or re-hashes of previous games, after all if it ain’t broke don’t fix it hey? Sadly though a lot of creativity is missing from the games industry now just like the movie industry. But that doesn’t really matter as most of the target market are ritalin fuelled morons who accept mediocrity willingly. The vast amounts of money that are being spent on titles basically stifles any creative endevours on the whole, but occasionally an original one sneaks out on the market. Sadly is wasn’t many this year, just rehashes of older games with tarted up graphics primarily. Regardless, here are my top 5 worst, best & disappointing games of the year.
Lets start with the worst shall we?
A Blu Christmas!
Another Christmas has come and gone and with it almost another year. So how did you score on your Christmas haul? Yes, Yes. I know it’s supposed to be about family and togetherness and all that. But it’s also one of the most commercialized holidays ever sadly. Christmas just doesn’t seem as fun as it was when I was a young fellow. It’s still good to know that my rellies know what I like and I cleaned up well on the Blu-Ray movies side of things at least. Now I just need to find time to watch my new prezzies.
Christmas Incoming!
It’s quite scary how fast the year is going, it seems that not long ago we were ringing in the new year, and now the jolly fat man is about due to drop presents all around the World. So, considering the busyness at this time of the year, if I don’t post on here again before the big day, here’s a “Merry Christmas” to you all.
I Have Tasted Evil…And Survived!
Long time no blog. Apart from a few decidedly individual movie reviews from when I was unwell, it’s been pretty quiet around here due to that culprit I like to call work. But I just wanted to take a moment out of my busy day to say. CRANBERRY JUICE IS REALLY, REALLY BAD!
In all my 31 years, I haven’t ever had the stuff and I still wish I hadn’t. What is it with Yanks and there penchant for rubbish? I’ve never knew what evil tastes like, but now I finally know!
