So another year has passed me by, and the season has come in which bloggers traditionally put out roundups and resolutions, the former taking the shape of so many Best Ofs, Top Tens, or Eponymous Awards, and the latter mostly the same but written in an optimistic future tense. I’ll probably also be putting out my own tribute to the milestones of 2007 soon, but I’ve decided not to bother with the resolutions this year. The concept behind resolutions is fine, but I prefer focus on continuous improvement, without those massive, looming targets to distract me. Plus I’m not very good at writing them, apparently, so F that noise.
Anyhow, I haven’t had a real blog article in like two months, so I thought it might be a good time lay out what I have to look forward to so far in 2008, and maybe examine some of my old predictions as well. Of course, I am referring specifically to the domain of video games.
Back in the end 2006 I made a Wii Buyer’s Guide with my most anticipated titles of the time. I think we’re sufficiently far out for the ol’ hindsight to focus now, so let’s see how I did.
Oh yeah, nailed this one. Probably my favorite game of 2006. 1 for 1!
Whoops! I think this caught a lot of people off guard. Great concept, awful execution. Well, here’s hoping they do better in the sequel. 1 for 2.
Yes! It was unexpectedly difficult, but I loved playing this game. 2 for 3.
I have only played Rayman once or twice but it seemed like a great party game. WarioWare on the other hand… WarioWare was so much fun that it made me forget where I was standing, and jump into my basement ceiling. I had a nasty bump and actually dented the metal corner of the overhang that I hit. 4 for 5!
Hmmm… I heard some good things, but never actually played it. Does half a point sound fair? OK: 4.5 for 6.
I guess I just got too excited at the potential of this one to consider how incredibly stupid it looked in every video I saw. 4.5 for 7.
Yikes, 64% accuracy is lower than I would have hoped. I’ll have to do better this year.
