.:Games Completed in 2008:.
Format:
Game Title [completion date] Rating (related articles)
| Didn’t like it. | Liked some of it. | Liked most of it. | Loved it. |
January

Gears of War [ 1/11/2008 ]
(Articles – 1, 2, 3 )
(It’s pretty good, but insanely repetitive. Like it’s the same battle over and over.)

Shadowgrounds: Survivor [ 1/14/2008 ]
(Article)
(Quite awesome and the humor is genuinely funny.)

Tomb Raider: Anniversary [ 1/20/2008 ]
(article)
(Not as good as Tomb Raider: Legend)

Bad Mojo [ 1/25/2008 ]
(article)
(Way too short. I wish it were more of an action game too.)
February

TimeShift [ 2/18/2008 ]
(article)
(From the story, to the graphics, this is an unfinished game, in many ways.)
March

XIII [ 3/1/2008 ]
(article)
(Arhagarhaghafghagh, horrible!)

Silent Hill 3 [ 3/13/2008 ]
(article)
(This installment made me more uneasy than any other game in the series.)

Penumbra: Black Plague [ 3/20/2008 ]
(article)
(Fixed a lot of Overture’s problems but your “buddy” isn’t as interesting in this one)
April

Ninja Reflex [ 4/27/2008 ]
(article)
(I actually got way more in to this than I thought I would…)
May

You Have To Burn The Rope [ 5/05/2008 ]
(play it)
(I managed to beat the whole damn game!)
June

Sam & Max: Season 2
Episode 1: Ice Station Santa [ 6/18/2008 ]
(A good start for this season. I hope they can keep it up!)

Sam & Max: Season 2
Episode 2: Moai Better Blues [ 6/19/2008 ]
(The characters in this episode are incredibly annoying.)

Sam & Max: Season 2
Episode 3: Night of the Raving Dead [ 6/20/2008 ]
(Wow, they really know how to make annoying characters, don’t they?)
July

Sam & Max: Season 2
Episode 4: Chariots of the Dogs [ 7/05/2008 ]
(Either this episode is funnier or my expectations have dropped for this Season.)

Alien Shooter: Vengeance [ 7/06/2008 ]
(Intense oldschool action! I love this kind of stuff.)

Turok (2008) [ 7/27/2008 ]
(Horrible control mechanics – but killing dinosaurs is fun.)
August

Blacksite: Area 51 [ 8/02/2008 ]
(This was actually pretty good. Not great, but I found it intriguing.)

Stranglehold [ 8/02/2008 ]
(No. Just…no.)

Sam & Max: Season 2
Episode 5: What’s New Beelzebub? [ 8/03/2008 ]
(Just when you thought they were out of annoying characters…)

The Typing of the Dead [ 8/06/2008 ]
(I can now type over 9000 books per second!)

Bionic Commando: Rearmed [ 8/24/2008 ]
(article)
(Awesome, though very frustrating. The final stage is absolutely brutal!)

Penumbra: Requiem [ 8/30/2008 ]
(article)
(Why??? Why did you do this to Penumbra?!)
September

Peggle Deluxe [ 9/05/2008 ]
(article)
(Adventure mode and all 75 Master Challenges. Mmm…Peggle.)

Colin McRae: DiRT [ 9/19/2008 ]
(article)
(All 11 tiers in Career Mode. The best rally game I’ve ever played!)

Crysis: Warhead [ 9/25/2008 ]
(article)
(More difficult and action-packed than Crysis. Awesome!)

Braid [ 9/30/2008 ]
(article)
(Absolutely incredible. wipes tear I <3 Braid.)
October

Portal: Prelude [ 10/10/2008 ]
(free download)
(It’s OK. But hey, it has my music in it!)

Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare [ 10/11/2008 ]
(article)
(This is what all the fuss is about?)

World of Goo [ 10/18/2008 ]
(article)
(I wish there were more levels, it’s a bit brief. MOAR!!!)
November

Dead Space [ 11/01/2008 ]
(article)
(Thank you, EA, for not fucking this up. It’s a fantastic shooter!)

F.E.A.R. Perseus Mandate [ 11/02/2008 ]
(article)
(Better than expected.)

Spectraball [ 11/03/2008 ]
(article)
(Good and somewhat difficult, but way too short. I want more levels!)

Tumbledrop [ 11/05/2008 ]
(play it)
(A cute and fun diversion for a few minutes.)

Left 4 Dead [ 11/24/2008 ]
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(Fun when everyone has a headset and works as a team. A rare occurrence.)
December

Half-Life (second time) [ 12/14/2008 ]
(Still amazing, but the flaws and glitches are very obvious now.)

Theseus: Return of the Hero [ 12/21/2008 ]
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(final score: 2,240,354 points) (free download)
(Not on par with Alien Shooter, but still kinda fun.)

Shadowgrounds [ 12/25/2008 ]
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(Quite good! Shadowground: Survivor is definitely an improvement over this one.)

Half-Life: Opposing Force [ 12/26/2008 ]
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(This shouldn’t be considered a Half-Life game. This is crap.)

Half-Life: Blue Shift [ 12/26/2008 ] ![]()
(Wow…and this is worse. FAIL.)





