Here is a list of the games I played and completed throughout 2008:

Army of Two
Assassin's Creed
Beautiful Katamari
Bionic Commando rearmed
Braid
Call of Duty 3
Call of Duty 4
Castle Crashers
Condemned 2
Dark Sector
Devil May Cry 4
Eternal Sonata
FIFA 09
Gitaroo Man Lives!
Grand Theft Auto IV
Guitar Hero World Tour
Guitar Hero: Aersomith
Guitar Hero: On Tour
Half-Life
Kengo: Legend of the 9
Left 4 Dead
Lego Batman
Lego Indiana Jones
Lost Odyssey
Mario Kart Wii
Mega Man 9
Metal Gear Solid 4
Mirror's Edge
Mortal Kombat vs DC Universe
No More Heroes
Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Rock Band
Persona 3
Soulcalibur IV
Super Mario Galaxy
Too Human

As you can see, there's a lot mediocre games on there, and I haven't had time to play a lot of the big titles that've come out in the last few months. Picking a game of the year from what I've played isn't that difficult, hands down it has to be Persona 3. Even though I think it came out in 07 in the US both P3 and FES came out in 08 in Europe. Persona 3 is one of the most impressive, memorable and moving RPGs I've ever played, and really deserves all the praise it's got. It has a slow start but once you get into it it is amazingly absorbing, the social aspect is so well written that after a while it was going through the dungeons that seemed like a distraction.

Here's to staying unemployed this year too , so I can continue to play games far too much!

Jolly good show!

360 dies, woe, despair, these emotions, they become me. Off it goes by UPS, a brave soldier going home for burial. Roughly a week later, he returns, miraculously, risen from the dead, with new motherboard and DVD drive, and much merriment was had by all.

Alack, it was but an illusion, as two days later the unit soiled itself and died again. Oh my brittle heart, how much more can you take. The lord giveth, and also he taketh away, and then he giveth back, but only for two days before it breaks again.

Top work guys, I'm glad you repaired my console so very well.

Hexic, my dear friend. There you sit on our 360 hard drive, largely ignored or forgotten, but every now and again you pull me in and I get addicted to you again. Finally, after two long years, you have been conquered, as today I managed to make the black pearl flower, granting me the satisfaction of knowing I have done each chalenge you have set me.

I feel one with the Hexic universe, it truly is a fantastical feeling.