2008: Giving Up. (k3nshi)

That pretty much sums up my attitude in 2008. Somewhere along the line I decided I was stuck in a situation I can't control and effectively gave up. I decided I was tired and better off just eating cake and feeling sorry for myself. That is the raw and unpleasant truth of my psyche profile in 2008. I don't have any illusions that I will leap out of bed in 2009 and roll into some kind of super energized montage training sequence. I will however ensure I go on a well deserved vacation and take the time to recharge. And then start some hard work.

It wasn't all bad of course. Professionally I kicked ass in 2008. Did some good work and made a decent amount of money (and hoarded it away). I even enjoyed a lot of it.

2009 is going to have to be about focus. And focus is very hard indeed.

Year End Awards 2008 (k3nshi)

The Kenshi Institute’s Year End awards 2008:

• Man of the Year: Vladimir Putin


• Woman of the Year: Tina Fey


• Hockey Mom/Pitbull of the Year: Sarah Palin


• Film of the Year: Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)


• Food of the Year: CHIPS


• Investment Bank of the Year: Bear Sterns


• Game of the Year: Fable 2


• Book of the Year: ‘Masters of Doom’ by David Kushner


• Banker of the Year: Dr Josef Ackermann


• Superhero of the Year: The Batman (Damian Wayne)


• Supervillain of the Year: Grant Morrison


• Feeling of the Year: Impending Doom


• Website of the Year: Twitter


• Agent of Change of the Year: Corpsicle


• Technology of the Year: HDTV


• Anti-Technology of the Year: Internet Explorer 6


• Blog of the Year: Robert Peston’s Business blog


• TV Show of the Year: The Wire


• Application of the Year: Google Earth


• Credit Crunch of the Year: The Credit Crunch


• Shape of the Year: Madelbrot Set


• Financial Instrument of the Year: CDOs


• Place of the Year: Kenshi HQ


• Colour of the Year: Charcoal


• Global Financial Crisis of the Year: The Global Financial Crisis


• Year of the Year: 2008

Games of the Year 2008 (k3nshi)

Games of the Year, hashedge style:

Gamer	Game of the Year	Platform
corps	Fallout 3	PC
Cyhwuhx	Chrono Trigger	Nintendo DS
dekay	Fallout 3	Xbox 360
franki	Grand Theft Auto 4	Xbox 360
Kenshi	Fable 2	Xbox 360
Kit	Saints Row 2	Xbox 360
Meh	Saints Row 2	Xbox 360
Milky	The World Ends With You	Nintendo DS
Pow	Rock Band	Xbox 360
qazimod	Rock Band 2	Xbox 360
Rayn	Fallout 3	PC
Schnibble	Armored Core: For Answer	Xbox 360
Shimmyhill	Rock Band	Xbox 360
sild	Wii Tennis	Nintendo Wii
Spanx	Little Big Planet	PlayStation 3
The-G	Fallout 3	PC
unspec	Fallout 3	Xbox 360
Van	N+	Xbox 360

Platform	Number of GOTY votes
Xbox 360	11
PC	3
Nintendo DS	2
PlayStation 3	1
Nintendo Wii	1

Best of 2008 (qazimod)

2008 lol
qazilol

More Contenders Eliminated (k3nshi)

More games joined the FAIL list. The full FAIL list is now:

• Mirrors Edge



• Prince of Persia



• Tomb Raider Underworld



• Mortal Kombat vs DCU (ok this was always an optimistic bet)



• Little Big Planet



• GOW 2 (which wasn't really on the list, but I managed to avoid getting press ganged into buying it. Ha!)



• Dead Space (bad demo, and annoying camera means I'm not getting it, no matter how good people keep telling me it is).

It's pretty lame that just a month or so ago there seemed to be so many GOOD games to buy this year. Fortunately for my wallet, a lot of developers seem to have experienced EPIC FAIL in delivering their visions satisfactorily.