Best of 2008 Awards: Best Co-Op Game

Zestful Contemplation’s Best of 2008 Awards
Way the hell after 2008 is a thing of the past, it’s Zestful Contemplation’s Best of 2008 Awards. I’m not pretending to make my awards comprehensive or unbiased or any of that other pretentious crap. The fact that these awards reflect my own personal experiences, tastes, and dislikes is exactly [...]

Best of 2008 Awards: Best Shooting Game

Two shooters in particular managed to sneak their way into my lineup last year. For me the choice was clear.

Best of 2008 Awards: Best Racing Game

As much as I love Mario Kart and as great as I thought last year’s particular rendition of the game was, let’s face it, it’s not really in the running here. There’s nothing wrong with that mind you, and I had plenty of fun with it, but come on, it’s up against Burnout Paradise.

Best of 2008 Awards: Best Puzzle Game

Zestful Contemplations Best of 2008 Awards
Way the hell after 2008 is a thing of the past, it’s Zestful Contemplation’s Best of 2008 Awards.  I’m not pretending to make my awards comprehensive or unbiased or any of that other pretentious crap.  The fact that these awards reflect my own personal experiences, tastes, and dislikes is exactly [...]

Best of 2008: Best Platforming Game

The platforming genre is not as strong as it used to be, which is saddening for me as it has always been one of my personal favorites. Still, even though there weren’t many entries this year, the ones that did come around delivered some pretty amazing gameplay. So while we might be lacking in quantity, we certainly had quality this year.

Game of the Year Awards: Best Action Game

Talk about a hotly contested category. Just about every game in existence could be slotted into this space without trying all that hard. Still, when you break the categories down as much as I have in these awards there are relatively few true contenders for this title among the games that mattered to me this year.

Best of 2008 Awards: Best Music Game

I’m just going to be honest here. Audiosurf was really original and a lot of fun, but when it comes to the best music or rhythm game of the entire year, there was only one real contender.

Best of 2008: Best Fighting Game

For a category that supposedly doesn’t see much in the way of contention these days, the fighting game genre sure turned out some pretty big hits this year. Heck, despite every molecule of my brain being confused by the very prospect, apparently Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe isn’t actually soul-crushingly terrible. Go figure. There were two entries this year that rather blew me away for their own reasons. It was damn near a double K.O.