Picture yourself into this scenario.
You’re on a first date. In the midst of getting to know each other, the topic of hobbies, and interests comes up. You, as a gaming enthusiast, have a decision to make. To what extent do you discuss your interest in the medium?
With the supposed apocalypse finally behind us, let’s put 2012 (and those stupid jokes) behind us. Wishing you and yours all of the best in 2013!
As a mostly independent games writer, I don’t play much in the way of bad games. I generally play what I want and leave it at that. Because of this, I usually do not award games with the title of worst game of the year.
With that said, I did play at least one terrible game. One that was critically panned. One that hurt my soul as I played through it to completion. I normally don’t do this, but this title is definitely deserving of In Third Person’s worst.
As a Canadian, Boxing Day is one of the most wonderful times of the year for video game shopping. This year was highly eventful, as a bunch of games I’ve been itching to get my hands on went on sale. Below is my list of gaming related purchases. What did you get this Boxing Day?
Merry belated Christmas! Hope your holidays are going great!
As I’ve gotten older, the focal point of Christmas has shifted from receiving to giving. I’m sure that once I have children of my own, that focus will shift even more. Though I generally expect less as time goes by, I still got a number of wonderful gaming related gifts from my loved ones. Thank you Santa for everything! Below is a list of stuff I got under the tree. What did you give/receive? Feel free to share in the comments!
So you’ve got a Wii U. You’ve exhausted Nintendo Land and beaten New Super Mario Bros. U. Now what?
If you haven’t played it on any other platform yet, may I suggest Trine 2: Director’s Cut? This great game got a mostly great port on the Wii U and is totally worth picking up. For more details, head over to Splitkick!
Check Out My Trine 2: Director’s Cut Impressions on Splitkick.com!
Wishing you all of the best on this special day! Hope you got all of the gifts you were wishing for under the tree! Let me know what you got (or gave) in the comments!
Over at Splitkick, all of the editors are sharing their picks for game of the year, as well as honourable mentions. My post recently went live, which you can read right now! Do you agree/disagree with my picks? Take a look and let’s discuss in the comments!
At the beginning of 2012, I rolled out the Amazon affiliate program onto In Third Person. While I don’t do this for a living, and I know that people hate advertising, but it’s a means of compensation for all of the work I do for the site. At the very least, I’ve tried to implement it in a way where it makes things easier for you to buy what you were interested in purchasing anyway. Due to technological limitations with Amazon and WordPress, my implementation of it isn’t that great. With that said, I’m surprised (and thankful) for how much stuff you’ve purchased. In case you’re interested, most users bought fightsticks, though the variety of gaming stuff purchased was pretty interesting.
Going into next year, how would you like to see this improve? Would love to hear your feedback!
Let’s get this point out of the way: Mass Effect 3 is not my most disappointing game of 2012. Sure, I am as butt hurt as everyone else over its terrible ending, but a terrible ending isn’t enough to completely sink a game that is really good otherwise. Instead, my vote for most disappointing game of the year goes to a title that started out great, but ultimately fell way short of my expectations.
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