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Jim Rossignol on the best gaming moments in 2008

December 26th 2008 07:45
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Jim Rossignol is one of my favourite gaming critics, with a keen eye for the impact of games, as well as boyish enthusiasm for raw thrills. His artilce in Offworld.com describes ten awesome gaming moments from 2008, and, as we've come to expect from Jim, it's an interesting, introspective list.

For example, he spoils a little bit and gives us this video from Fallout 3, which included this moment of sheer ludicrous gaming:



Other moments he describes are entertaining enough: realizing that Spore was less interesting to him, a gamer, than to his girlfriend, who enjoyed tinkering with the creature creator and game mechanics. Sure, it felt lightweight to most of us, but there are enough people buying the game, I suspect.

As for myself, I can't really comment on anything, as I haven't played any of the new games this year, stuck for time, encumbered with a low-end laptop and the lack of a PS3/XBox. Where is my mysterious benefactor?

What I look forward to, I guess, is that, in 5 years, these games will be discounted and available for free download, without DRM.

Jim also points us to the World of Goo trailer, an incredible looking game with fantastic reviews. I'd love to play this game, which reviewers say is one of the most solid, easily learned games around, with addictive gameplay and invigorating music. Bring it on, 2012.


World of Goo Trailer 2 from 2D Boy on Vimeo.

To many people, gaming seems, perhaps, that it's lost the way, with most games being pumped out by big studios and others seemingly mundane... there's enough of an undercurrent, though, to keep Jim in the game until 2010...

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