Tarakun

I saw Flogging Molly last spring at Congress Theater in Chicago. They were awesome. I love me some moshing.

I saw Lupe Fiasco this fall (I actually found out about Steve Jobs dying from Lupe himself) and it was alright. I love rap music, but I discovered rap concerts aren't really my thing. The music is great, but the crowd is a little boring in my opinion. I prefer the chaos of a good pit at a rock concert.

Is this a list of all your favorite games that came out this year? Or your favorite games you played this year?

Because I usually run into this problem where I've played a lot of games over the course of the year, but very few of them actually came out this year. This tends to affect my ability to pick a game of the year, because I usually don't have that much to pick from. I'll often play games the next year and realize what would have been my game of the year had I played it 6 months earlier.

The games that reached you the most this year might not be eligible for Game of the Year, which is why I like the idea of your personal game of the year, the most important game you played versus the most important game released.

I got Gears 3 for $30, Dirt 3 for $15, and Marvel vs Capcom 2 off of XBLA for $4 (320 MS Points). Also, VVVVVV for only $1.24.

Overall, it went pretty well.

I guess this means I have plenty of time to go after those Torchlight 1 achievements. They might be in trouble if Diablo 3 beats it to market though.

I really wanna see this game do well, I loved the first one.

Counter Strike: Source for sure. Although I have to say it is one of those games I wish I played more. I just don't know how to balance all the games I have. I think part of the problem is my friends aren't really centrally located in one game (at least not after all of us quit WoW, I suppose I could count that too) so getting everyone together for some epic multiplayer doesn't really happen anymore. 

I'm always happy when fighting games come out on PC, and I will continue to support this. Hoping the netcode's good, but even if not, I will probably buy it. 

I actually really love 3rd Strike. While I am far from good at that game, I never feel like I am cheated when playing multiplayer. Ass-kickings come often, but I almost always know why I lost, and that makes a world of difference. Most would say a record of 1-14 is horrible, and it is, but that one victory is more rewarding than any KDR I could ever get in an FPS. 

I'd love one if someone wants to send it. GT is Bu1lock

I absolutely love my necro in the first one, so I'm thinking either that, or maybe a thief. The videos that keep coming out about it look pretty awesome. 
 
Also, I'm probably gonna play Asura, I miss the tiny-yet-powerful feeling I got out of my Gnome mage. Everything is subject to change as we near the release though, I could switch and end up playing a Sylvari ranger or something, it's all about what I'm feeling when I hit the character creation screen. 

 So I'm calling it now;   

 Q4 2011 Diablo release   

 Q1 or Q2 2012 WOW Expansion #4   

 Q1 or Q2 2013 WOW Expansion #5   

 Q4 2013 maybe TITAN....probably Q1 2014 though