{"id":562,"date":"2008-12-27T20:09:44","date_gmt":"2008-12-28T03:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/?p=562"},"modified":"2008-12-26T20:20:39","modified_gmt":"2008-12-27T03:20:39","slug":"top-10-games-of-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bunnyears.net\/dan\/?p=562","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Games of 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I has come to my attention that if I do not make a Top 10 Games of the Year list, then I will lose my press credentials. Here, therefore, are my personal faves, representative of my own tastes and not speaking on behalf of any publication, which I shouldn&#8217;t have to say, but there you have it:\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Left 4 Dead<\/em><br \/>\nThe zombie apocalypse finally arrived and it was everything I hoped it would be. Pure mechanics, pure gameplay, pure mayhem. My personal game of the year, and the only one I&#8217;m playing consistently on both 360 and PC.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em> Rock Band 2<\/em><br \/>\nWhat sophomore slump? The second album rocked. Online play slotted in perfectly, the import function from <em>RB1 <\/em>was genius, the new guitar feels better, and career mode as single or multi on the fly on any instrument was a brilliant tweak.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em> Pure<\/em><br \/>\nI think a lot of people ignored this ATV stunt game but it&#8217;s brilliant. I&#8217;m playing through on my retail because playing it once for the review wasn&#8217;t enough.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em> Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe<\/em><br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t think it would work. I was very skeptical and very loud about it. But when I took off the WTF goggles, I found a really fun game that didn&#8217;t take itself too seriously and &#8212; most importantly &#8212; brought back the fight mechanics I liked from MK2. Accept the Elseworlds angle for what it is and enjoy the game.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em>Geometry Wars 2<\/em><br \/>\nI didn&#8217;t know how they were going to make it better, honestly. They found six ways. \u00c2\u00a0(I still suck at it.)<\/p>\n<p><em> Fable II<\/em><br \/>\nI never played the first game but I&#8217;m sure glad I played the second. The voice acting alone in this one was brilliant.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em> World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King<\/em><br \/>\nWell, of course. I only wish there was more to the Death Knight&#8217;s unique campaign, but it&#8217;s a fun new class and I&#8217;m still enjoying myself with this game. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Honorable Mention: <em>Lexitron <\/em>for iPhone<br \/>\nI got the free version of Word Warp, then graduated to this. Simple but slick anagram gaming on the go. \u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Before someone asks in the comments, <em>Fallout 3<\/em> is missing because I only played about an hour of it so far, but I plan to go back and do more. Same with <em>GTAIV <\/em>except for the going back part. Not being able to save anywhere is a major stumbling block for me; I want to get lost in games, but sometimes life just doesn&#8217;t let me. And traveling for 10 minutes to shoot someone and then get shot and have to do it all over again quickly lost its luster, so I&#8217;ve been staring at it on my shelf without actually putting it in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I has come to my attention that if I do not make a Top 10 Games of the Year list, then I will lose my press credentials. 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