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Chris’s Personal Best of 2008: Games
A couple of days ago I wrote a post that was somewhat critical of the way GiantBomb selected their game of the year. I want to make it quite clear that I wasn’t criticizing game of the year awards (I love ordered lists) nor their selection in general (its their opinion), so please don’t take [...]
When Did Games Stop Just Needing To Be Games?
When did games need to become something other than games to be something special? When did they stop just needing to be fun? While at work today I went through my usual routine. Sit down at my desk. Get out my iPod and search through to any un-listened to podcasts from the past week. I [...]
Chris’s Personal Best of 2008: Movies
As you know I saw a lot of films this year, about 42 of them were released in 2008 and I saw about ¾ of that in theaters. I did not see a good many films though, stuff like Pineapple Express, Step Brothers, The Spirit, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button or Gran Torino will [...]
Chris’s Personal Bests of 2008: Music
This year (or I guess it is last year now) I spent far less on music than I have in past years only picking up about 29 albums and about 200 or singles but I still have an opinion based on that so let’s get to it. 2008 seemed to be a renaissance for a [...]
In The Queue: Unknown
I haven’t switched from Netflix to Blockbuster yet because I have over 100 movies in the queue, so I think I will deplete the stock before I make the switch. Meanwhile, the latest movie I am scheduled to watch, courtesy of Netflix, is called Unknown, and it stars Greg Kinnear and Joe Pantoliano. A seemingly [...]

