Tuesday 22 December 2009

Of the Year Part 2

COMEDIAN OF THE YEAR
Rhod Gilberts had a fantastic year. He's gone from relative obscurity to a huge force in British comedy, with his DVD selling buttloads. His Angry Welsh stage persona has captivated people around our small isle. On top of that, his DVD "Rhod Gilbert and the Award Winning Mince Pie" is probably one of the funniest DVDs released this year- you owe it to yourself to watch it.

ANIME SERIES OF THE YEAR
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood is a reimagining of the original series, with the story sticking a lot closer to the manga. After a rushed start, the series has really picked up in the last 20 episode or so, with some amazing twists and top notch character development. The story has gone from "Okay for a shounen" to "Fucking amazing", making the series an easy pick for best anime this year.

EVENT OF THE YEAR

Due to illness, I didn't much enjoy the October expo. However, May 2009 was a fantastic time, and to date my favourite expo. Photographed a lot, lots of free hugs, and a great social experience. I can't wait until next May, where hopefully illness won't rear it's ugly head again.

Sunday 20 December 2009

Jamie and the Giant Blog Of the Year Edition

Haven't done a post in while, heres my "STUFF OF THE YEAR!"

WEBSITE OF THE YEAR


Okay, maybe this one is cheating a bit. I mean, after all, I AM editor of the site. Maybe a different, less biased choice is in order.


Tumblr is a site that has been around since around '07, but only recently have I discovered it. Tumblr is a website that basically means "Hey guys look what I just found online". Imagine StumbleUpon but rather than being based on a bunch of strangers thumbing things up, its all your friends showing you cool things. For example, a friend tumbl'd this . Any website that helps me find that is pretty damn good.
It's also one of the better blogging tools out there. Not as fine as good ol' Blogger, but it's a lot better than "I now realise its not that great" Twitter.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga is the current day Madonna, and I will argue this statement until I die. She's outrageous, a good singer (despite how much autotune her producers use) and is very sexual. She is also extremly popular with the young generation, whilst the older people don't -get- it. That's exactly what Madonna was. And you know what? The Fame Monster is one of the best made dance-pop albums ever made. Don't believe? Go on Youtube and listen to Bad Romance or Monster. Then tell me that this album isn't pure gold.

INTERNET FUNNY GUY OF THE YEAR


Hey, anyone you ask woulda thought I'd have given this to TheSpoonyOne. And you know, fanboyism almost made me do just that. But y'know what? Nostalgia Critic had a better year. Spoony seems to be mulling around, not sure how many "skits" he should put in as opposed to actual reviews, and his reviews have been getting a little on the long side. However, NC has been consistant, putting out a slew of fantastic reviews. This guys still funny, and is on a massive roll. SpoonyOne had an okay year, but Nostalgia Critic had a bloody phenonemal one.

MOVIE OF THE YEAR

I'm gonna be honest, I haven't seen much cinema at all this year. And by that, I mean I haven't been once. District 9, Inglorious Basterds, Thirst, Terminator Salvation...all films I wanted to see, but never got round to it. Nevertheless, here is the film I saw for the first time this year that I enjoyed the most:



Oh yes. Call me a "Emo faggot who doesn't know what deep truly is its just pretentious you know", but I LOVE Evangelion. And no, it's not because its "LOLDEEP", I just generally love the characters, designs, story and things. And the movie takes the series, and ups it times a million. I loved it from beginning to end, and am truly relishing the Blu-Ray release over here, as well as the second ones release.

COMEBACK OF THE YEAR
If the X-Factors good for one thing, it's bringing back Journey. Oh hell yes. Was tempted to give this to RatM for getting Chrimbo#1 (Nice job, by the way), but christ. SOME OF DEM DAT BURN CROSSES isn't as sing-alongable as JUST A SMALL TOWN GIRL. Good song. Deserving of being put back into the limelight.

CHOCOLATE OF THE YEAR


The king is back. You like Wispas? WELL FUCK YOU HAVE SOME CARAMEL MOTHERFUCKER. Why did they cancel this? Why was this only a limited run? I don't care, all I know is that I had Wispa Gold goodness again, even if for a short period


Best of the other awards:

Game of the Year: Dragon Age: Origins
Tea of the Year: Twinings Earl Grey
Drink of the Year: Pepsi
Retailer of the Year: CeX
Park-Chan Wook of the Year: Sympathy for Lady Vengence
TV Series of the Year: Gavin and Stacey Series 3

Saturday 12 December 2009

VGA - Awards (Shamelessly Copy and Pasted from Destructoid)

Game of the Year

  • Assassin's Creed 2
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Studio of the Year

  • Infinity Ward
  • Naughty Dog
  • Rocksteady Studios
  • Valve

Best Independent Game Fueled by Dew

  • 'Splosion Man
  • Flower
  • Osmos
  • Trials HD

Best Xbox 360 Game

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Halo 3: ODST
  • Forza Motorsport 3
  • Left 4 Dead 2

Best PS3 Game

  • inFAMOUS
  • Killzone 2
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best Wii Game

  • Madworld
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • Punch-Out!!
  • Wii Sports Resort

Best PC Game

  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • Left 4 Dead 2
  • Plants vs. Zombies
  • The Sims 3

Best Handheld Game

  • Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
  • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
  • Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
  • Scribblenauts

Best Shooter

  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Halo 3: ODST
  • Killzone 2
  • Left 4 Dead 2

Best Fighting Game

  • Blazblue: Calamity Trigger
  • Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
  • Street Fighter IV
  • Tekken 6

Best Action Adventure Game

  • Assassin's Creed 2
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Brutal Legend
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best RPG

  • Borderlands
  • Demon's Souls
  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Best Multi-player Game

  • Borderlands
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Halo 3: ODST
  • Left 4 Dead 2

Best Individual Sports Game

  • Fight Night Round 4
  • Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10
  • UFC 2009 Undisputed
  • Wii Sports Resort

Best Driving Game

  • Dirt 2
  • Forza Motorsport 3
  • Gran Turismo (PSP)
  • Need for Speed Shift

Best Music Game

  • DJ Hero
  • Guitar Hero 5
  • LEGO Rock Band
  • The Beatles: Rock Band

Best Soundtrack

  • Brutal Legend
  • DJ Hero
  • Guitar Hero 5
  • The Beatles: Rock Band

Best Original Score

  • Assassin's Creed 2
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Halo 3: ODST
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best Graphics

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
  • Killzone 2
  • Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best Game Based on a Movie/TV Show

  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game
  • South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!
  • The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena
  • X-Men Origins: Wolverine Uncaged Edition

Best Performance by a Human Female

  • Eliza Dushku as Rubi Malone
  • Kristen Bell as Lucy Stillman
  • Megan Fox as Mikaela Banes
  • Tricia Helfer as Dare

Best Performance by a Human Male

  • Bill Murray as Dr. Peter Venkman
  • Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
  • Samuel L Jackson as Afro Samurai/Ninja Ninja
  • Shia LeBeouf as Sam Witwicky
  • Vin Diesel as Richard B. Riddick

Best Cast

  • Brutal Legend
  • Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard
  • Ghostbusters: The Video Game
  • South Park: Let's Go Tower Defense Play!
  • Wolverine

Best Voice

  • Arleen Sorkin as Harley Quinn
  • Claudia Black as Chloe Frazer
  • Jack Black as Eddie Riggs
  • Mark Hamill as The Joker
  • Nolan North as Nathan Drake

Best Downloadable Game

  • Battlefield 1943
  • Fat Princess
  • Plants vs. Zombies
  • Shadow Complex

Best DLC

  • Fallout 3 - Broken Steel
  • Fallout 3 - Point Lookout
  • Grand Theft AUto IV: The Lost and the Damned
  • Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Most Anticipated Game

  • BioShock 2
  • God of War III
  • Mass Effect 2
  • Starcraft II

my VGA notes

Spike VGAs in 2 minutes, squeeee

New Batman game confirmed, Jack Black won best voice actor

New True Crime game. Because True Crime did so well the last time.

Livestream worked just in time for me to see a trailer for the new Tron game. I came.

Tron trailer ends, Tony Hawks comes out to announce the winner for Best Action Adventure game. I love the VGAs

Assassin's Creed 2 won it. Odd, it beat out uncharted 2 and Arkham Asylum. Didnt see that one coming.


Deadliest Warrior videogame announced. Whatever that is. UP NEXT: SAMUEL L JACKSON ANNOUNCES TE NEW STAR WARS GAME

the UFC 2010 was underwhelming. Oh well, out walks Zach Braff with a cosplaying blonde chick. Harry should be watching this, really.

He's announcing studio of the year. Winner is: Rocksteady Studios. Good choice.

HERES SAMUEL L JACKSON. COME ON, NEW STARS GAME IS...FORCE UNLEASHED 2. DUAL LIGHTSABERS FOR THE 2. AS A FAN OF THE FIRST GAME, I AM HAPPY.

Jake Gylylylylhallneo is on stage, talking about Prince of Persia movie. Showing new clip of it. Definitly looks Prince of Persia, I can really see this movie going well.

Best Team Sports Game. No-one cares about that award. NHL won. Whoop-de-doo.

Exclusive footage of the new Prince of Persia game? Do want. Looks more like a game of the movie, oddly enough, but still, its made by Ubisoft. So I trust it'll be good.

Hugh Jackmen won best preformance by a male (Wolverine Origins) and the game also won best cast. Thats...anti-climatic.

Best indie game, Flower. Never played it, but heard good things. I know for a fact it won a VGA. :P

Live preformance by Snoop Dog. Videogames.

Right, coming up: Crackdown 2 trailer, reveal of who will be in the next Rock Band game. Except the whole Rock Band Green Day trailer released earlier this year probably ruined that. Doh.

Okay, new game reveal. Over the shoulder third person shooter from the looks of it, in a post-war torn city. Looks cool. Spec Ops: The Line.

Best individual sports game. Almost as exciting as best team. UFC 2009.

Crackdown 2 premiere. First was pretty damn good. Second looks...less so. But hey, its still Crackdown.

Snoop Dog announcing best RPG game. Seeing him trying to act gangsta whilst talking wizards is funny. Dragon Age Origins won, thank God. Also collecting "Best PC Game". Well done Bioware, you've blown the gaming world away once again. I applaud you.

Though they ruined me getting happy for Bioware by showing a trailer for Green Day Rock Band. Cheers VGA.

"Best Other winnesr". Megan Fox - Best female. Shadow Complex - Best downloadable. New Super Mario - Best wii. Ballad of Gay Tony - Best DLC. God of War 3 - Most anticipated. They just kinda skipped past those awards to get to the GotY. Ah well.

Footage from new Medal of Honor. Will the king of war games return? Or will it still be in CoDs shadow? Gonna be honest, the trailer showed us nothing new, it seems a lot like CoD4. As in, exact. Disappointing.

Mike Tyson and some people I don't know are having awkward dialogue on stage. And now heres the winner for the best shooter: Modern warfare 2. I didn't even have to wait for them to announce it, its obvious they'd go for the popular choice as opposed to something deserving (It also won best multiplayer, despite L4D2 coming this year. Yeah, its a rehash of L4D, but MW2 is a rehash of MW so...)

More other winners. Best Fighting: SFIV, best handheld: GTA Chinatown, best driving: Forza 3, best soundtrack: DJ Hero, best 360: Left4Dead 2, best original score: halo ODST, best game based off of movie/show: South Park Tower Defence (Lol, ghostbusters and chronicles of riddick were nominated)

Best musicgame presented by: Stevie Wonder. Thats pretty cool. Though he wants games for blind people. Yeah keep dreaming. Winner is Beatles Rock Band.

And now a preformance from the bravery. Then I think we're getting Game of the Year, before the show wraps up. Some good reveals and a fairly predictable award ceremony, an okay way to spend a 2 hours.

Some girl just came on and gushed about Halo being the best FPS ever. Yeah right. Now for a Halo Reach trailer. Saying this as someone who didn't enjoy Halo 1 through 3, I have to say I always liked the trailers. Hence why I played all 3- good trailers. But the trailer for Reach is shit. I mean...REALLY shit. Guess I wont be wasting money on this one.

Jake Gullygullyhall is back? ooo, he's announcing Game of the Year! My vote goes for Dragon Age Origins (despite it not being nominated). Destructoid Poll has Uncharted 2 winning by 50%, lets see if the general public agrees.

And the Spike VGA Game of the Year 2009 is...UNCHARTED 2: AMONG THIEVES. Also picked up best PS3 game and best graphics. Not played the game myself, but if it's half as good as Harry says, I'd say that's a fair award.

Well, there you have it, end of the awards for another year. Will post all these posts all together on my blog, as well as show a list of all the winners. Night x.

Thursday 3 December 2009

I've finally found one

For those of you who don't know, Oxygen Interactive a shovelware company who spew out a load of crap. One particular line of crap is their fairly tale games. Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin, etc. Now, these games are quite hard to find in shops, and I'm never inclined to go out my way to order them online.

Well, today, CeX had one. The Snow Queen Quest. Y'know, I've been thinking about game I should do as my first FBE video review. I think I found it.