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ShackCast 25: Game of the Year Awards 2007
by Chris Remo, Jan 05, 2008 2:01pm PSTWelcome to the new year of ShackCasts. This week, with little major news, we mainly focused on talking about our nominees and winners for the top category in our Game of the Year Awards 2007. It was a great year with many great releases, as we hope you all agree.
We also spoke a little bit about what we've been playing in the couple weeks since we last recorded a show, which included Assassin's Creed (Faylor vs. Breckon!), Scene It!, Call of Duty 4, the board game Alhambra, and more. Steve, once again, had some kind of wacky emergency, this time involving his neighbor and a quick trip to the hospital.
As usual, this is all capped off with reader mail (including one from mr.sleepy!). Don't forget to send in your questions and comments about video games, the Shack, or the ShackCast to shackcast@shacknews.com!
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Is SMG something I need to finish to "get" why it was a runner up to the game of the year? I mean I like it, it's fun, it well done, but Goty nominee? So far I kind of find it frustrating because its a fun game, but it feels like mini game levels where I am blowing through worlds in ten minutes and on to the next thing.
Maybe I haven't "hit" the ridiculous game play experiances, because most of what I see aren't the big mario 64 style levels and nothing has "WOWed" me, it's just been pretty cool.
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You guys read my mind. I was gonna joke how I really hope that Halo or GTA has a gay protagonist in the next series just to piss off the idiots that call everyone "fags" online.
Also, you are right games don't cover "mature" subject matter and for the most part don't really tell stories that are "that" good. There are a few good games in my life that really told a great story, but so many games are purported to have 'great' stories and every time I hear this I think: read a fuckin book.
Yeah, saying a game has no challenge when you're in the first 10th of it really makes any fucking sense. I've gotta say I'm just completely...well, I'm just pretty fucking angry(zomg internet angerz) that you didn't get to the part of the game that WAS hard. Try the second time you're in the first city, or second city. Try visiting the cities for the 3rd time: THAT is where your challenge is, THAT is where the difficulty is. And yes for those who have finished it, the ending is bullshit I'll admit. But regardless, Assassin's Creed did have a real challenge, you just had to, you know...play the fucking game.
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Also, it may help if you all stuck to a much tighter show plan. At the moment it seems that Remo is the only one that knows what's on the agenda.
Other than that keep up the good work!
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was the thing
*pause clicked*
I'll need some more coffee now