As 2011 draws to a close, we have a very eventful year to look back on. What happened that you liked? Disliked? Answer here! Feel free to add more than one answer.
Literature:
Favorite Book
Favorite Character
Favorite Author
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series
Games:
Best Overall Game
Best Arcade/Independent Game
Best "AAA" Release
Best Multiplayer Game
Biggest Disappointment
Worst Overall Game
Movies:
Favorite Film
Favorite Actor/Actress
Biggest Surprise
Best Trailer
Worst Film
Music:
Favorite Album
Favorite Artist
Favorite Song
Biggest Travesty to Music
Overall:
Favorite Moment in News
Favorite Internet Video
Favorite Person
Blunder of the Year
It's friday friday
gotta get down on friday
everybody's looking forward
to the weekend
partyin'
partyin'
(12-28-2011, 11:59 AM)Karthmas link Wrote: [ -> ]As 2011 draws to a close, we have a very eventful year to look back on. What happened that you liked? Disliked? Answer here! Feel free to add more than one answer.
Literature:
Favorite Book: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Favorite Character: Asha Greyjoy from A Dance with Dragons
Favorite Author: Jim Butcher
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series: Haven't read any this year
Games:
Best Overall Game: The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Bastion
Best "AAA" Release: Batman Arkham City
Best Multiplayer Game: Can't really decide, I personally would go with some fighting game
Biggest Disappointment: Brink
Worst Overall Game: Minecraft
Movies:
Favorite Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Favorite Actor/Actress: Too hard for me to decide
Biggest Surprise: The King's Speech
Best Trailer: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Worst Film: Haven't seen any "bad" films this year, but as for ones that came out Paranormal Activity 3 seems the worst. Haven't seen it but all my friends hated it.
Music:
Favorite Album: Camp by Childish Gambino
Favorite Artist: Childish Gambino
Favorite Song: Bonfire by Childish Gambino
Biggest Travesty to Music: Lil B
Overall:
don't have any for the other sections
Blunder of the Year: Ocean Marketing
childish gambino is a travesty to the genre
undun by the roots is how every album should be ever, easily best release of 2011 by far
(12-28-2011, 12:59 PM)geoff link Wrote: [ -> ]childish gambino is a travesty to the genre
undun by the roots is how every album should be ever, easily best release of 2011 by far
have you ever listened to Lil B? i don't think you have
all Luca.
Except for blunder of the year. That belongs to reddit and the plague of MRA's, militant atheists, and the great pedocaust of 2k11 (aka, the downfall of r/jailbait)
Literature/Movies:
iren: ANIME AND SPACEJAM iren:
![[Image: 2CcMmh.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/2CcMmh.jpg)
Games:
Best Overall Game: Alien Hallway / Bastion
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Alien Hallway / Bastion
Best "AAA" Release: Alien Hallway / Bastion literally better than all the shit released this year
Best Multiplayer Game: Hit Modern Videogame Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Biggest Disappointment: Dungeon Defenders (UMF/Nightmare Mode)
Worst Overall Game: SpergLordCraft / TF2
Music:
Favorite Album:Tesseract - One / LITE - For All The Innocence
Favorite Artist: Quote:Little Tybee; Seriously they own really fucking hard.
Favorite Song: Circles - Clouds Are Gathering / Aliases - What's Left For Us?
Biggest Travesty to Music: Childish Gambino / Design The Skyline
Overall:
Favorite Person: Bonerguy / Eric
Blunder of the Year humanity: The fact that Childish Gambino is popular.
"Literature":
touhou doujinshi
Games:
Best Overall Game: alien hallway
Best Arcade/Independent Game: terraria
Best "AAA" Release: human revolution
Best Multiplayer Game: mw3
Biggest Disappointment: brink
Worst Overall Game: tf2
honorable mention: anno 2070
Music:
Favorite Album: space jam
Favorite Artist: space jam
Favorite Song: space jam
Overall:
Favorite Internet Video:
Outpost Frags [LEGIT]
or
Deus Ex Unreal Revolution
Favorite Moment in News: poongko perfecting daigo
Favorite Person: bonerguy / eric
Blunder of the Year: akimbo machine pistols
Literature:
Barkley Edition Quran - vol. Jam
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Games:
Best Overall Game:
Alien Hallway
Best Arcade/Independent Game:Â
Alien Hallway/Jamestown
Best "AAA" Release:
Spike Lee's Malcolm X/Skyrim
Best Multiplayer Game:
Activision's Modern Warfare 3
Biggest Disappointment:
That I didn't buy Rock of Time/Bastion
Worst Overall Game:
Team Fortress 2
Honorable Mention:
Alien Hallway
Movies:
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Music:
Favorite Album:
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Favorite Artist:Â Mayer Hawthorne
Favorite Song:Â Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower
Biggest Travesty to Music: Childish Gambino/Tyler the Creator
Honorable Mention:Â Portugal. the Man - In the Mountain In the Cloud (seriously this is a really good album and the band is good check it out)
Overall:
Favorite Moment in News:
everything dealing with politics
Favorite Internet Video:
pubstar legends vol. 1
Favorite People:
boney/versus/diglett/tom the mw goon group
Blunder of the Year:
my life/relentless cynicism taking over it
good (bad) year
Literature:
Favorite Book: The Magician King
Favorite Character: Quentin
Favorite Author: Lev Grossman
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series: Mouse Guard, Winter 1152
Games:
Best Overall Game: Ghost Trick
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Dungeons of Dreadmore
Best "AAA" Release: Skyrim
Best Multiplayer Game: Team Fortress 2
Biggest Disappointment: Heroes of Might and Magic 6
Worst Overall Game: Duke Nukem
Movies:
Favorite Film: The Muppets
Favorite Actor/Actress: Colin Firth
Biggest Surprise: Captain America
Best Trailer: The Muppets
Worst Film: I actually didn't see anything egregiously bad this year.
Overall:
Favorite Moment in News: BBC Coverage of the Egyptian protests.
Favorite Internet Video: Most of them come and go from memory so rapidly, how could I decide?
Favorite Person: The original Occupy Wall Street protesters
Blunder of the Year: The entire GOP candidate slate.
Literature:
Favorite Book: -o-
Favorite Character: Aquaman
Favorite Author: Pedro Peirano
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series: Animal Man
Games:
Best Overall Game: Batman: Arkham City
Best Arcade/Independent Game: The Binding of Isaac
Best "AAA" Release: I would say Skyrim but i haven't played it, so Batman
Best Multiplayer Game: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Biggest Disappointment: Gears of War 3 (near invincible Lambendts killed the pace last games used to have, still a good game though)
Worst Overall Game: Trauma (hipster crap)
Movies:
Favorite Film: Captain America
Favorite Actor/Actress: -o-
Biggest Surprise: Despicable Me (i know it's last year's but i saw it like.. a few days ago)
Best Trailer: -o-
Worst Film: JAck and Jill
Music:
Favorite Album
Favorite Artist
Favorite Song
Biggest Travesty to Music: Hip hop, rap and all those derivates.
Overall:
Favorite Moment in News: Phoenix Wright is a character on UMVC3
Favorite Internet Video: The little Spycrab that could
Favorite Person:
Blunder of the Year: fucking classmates
Literature:
Favorite Book: I did not finish a book this year
Favorite Character: Tyrrion Lannister
Favorite Author:Â George R.R. Martin
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series:
Games:
Best Overall Game: I have no idea
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Bastion.Â
Best "AAA" Release: Skyrim :I
Best Multiplayer Game:Â Dungeon Defenders....I have not had many new ones to play :I
Biggest Disappointment: From Dust. Ubisoft D(erp)RM
Worst Overall Game: Might and Magic Heroes VI. Way to fuck a beloved series in the ass Ubisoft.
Movies:
Favorite Film: The Muppets
Favorite Actor/Actress: Robert Downey Jr.
Biggest Surprise: MIB 3 Trailer
Best Trailer: MIB 3
Worst Film: Any childrens movie with pop culture references being the basis of their humor. And chipmunks.
Music:
Favorite Album:Bastion Soundtrack
Favorite Artist: RUSH
Favorite Song: Vital Signs
Biggest Travesty to Music:Â Too many to list
Overall:
Favorite Moment in News: Occupy Wall Street makes me laugh
Favorite Internet Video: Does Netflix count? Or Rifftrax?
Favorite Person: Everyone from BRB.U I got to meet at Geekkon. I had a blast
Blunder of the Year: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker
Figured I'd bump the thread with my own answer.
Literature:
lol
Games:
Best Overall Game: Bastion. Holy crap, really really really well done. Story was easy to get into, gameplay was simple and fun, and that narrator!
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Bastion. See above.
Best "AAA" Release: Didn't really buy many big releases this year. I'd probably say Skyward Sword just because it did keep me occupied for a few weeks.
Best Multiplayer Game: Magicka
Biggest Disappointment: L.A. Noire
Worst Overall Game: L.A. Noire
Movies:
Favorite Film: Rise of the Planet of the Apes. No, seriously.
Favorite Actor/Actress: None
Biggest Surprise: Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Best Trailer: Super 8
Worst Film: Thor. I'm very lucky this year, could've been much worse.
Music:
Don't even think I bought any music this year. Mainly just freebies off the internet and other crap.
Overall:
Favorite Internet Video:
BLONIC
Blunder of the Year: SOPA and PIPA bills.
bastion does own and i need to finish it
(01-01-2012, 01:49 PM)Karth link Wrote: [ -> ]Blunder of the Year: SOPA and PIPA bills.
(01-01-2012, 01:49 PM)Karth link Wrote: [ -> ]SOPA and PIPA
(01-01-2012, 01:49 PM)Karth link Wrote: [ -> ]SOPA PIPA
![[Image: Sopapillas.jpg]](http://taracooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Sopapillas.jpg)
Well, I'm hungry.
And I have nothing of value to contribute to this thread.
Thanks.
(01-01-2012, 10:37 PM)Dr. Zaius link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Karth link=topic=6155.msg235258#msg235258 date=1325443749]
Blunder of the Year: SOPA and PIPA bills.
(01-01-2012, 01:49 PM)Karth link Wrote: [ -> ]SOPA and PIPA
(01-01-2012, 01:49 PM)Karth link Wrote: [ -> ]SOPA PIPA
Well, I'm hungry.
And I have nothing of value to contribute to this thread.
Thanks.
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i was really confused until i realized you meant sopapillas
(01-01-2012, 10:45 PM)versus link Wrote: [ -> ][quote author=Dr. Zaius link=topic=6155.msg235314#msg235314 date=1325475430]
[quote author=Karth link=topic=6155.msg235258#msg235258 date=1325443749]
Blunder of the Year: SOPA and PIPA bills.
(01-01-2012, 01:49 PM)Karth link Wrote: [ -> ]SOPA and PIPA
(01-01-2012, 01:49 PM)Karth link Wrote: [ -> ]SOPA PIPA
Well, I'm hungry.
And I have nothing of value to contribute to this thread.
Thanks.
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i was really confused until i realized you meant sopapillas
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me too