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What's everyone's game of the year for 2022? Very tough choice this year - plenty of big names and some good titles although most were still pretty much old gen ones that didn't stand out massively, a bit like Horizon Forbidden West which has been gone and forgotten by now. Elden Ring swept up at the awards but I think that even had some surprise flaws that prevented me from choosing it. Didn't get round to SIFU but that game has been very impressive according to other players and Ragnarok is another one up there that I've still yet to buy. Some unique titles like Stray, Cult of the Lamb, Narco and Pentiment also came out. Personally I will give it to Vampire Survivors - really unique and addictive game that represents unreal value for money non-stop entertainment. 98% positive on Steam with over 160,000 and around 5m copies sold. Also a sublime title for the Steam Deck.

3/10 from Angry Joe and very mixed feelings elsewhere

Now that we've bought a Series X, the next big purchase will be a Steam Deck for @Rumelylady

It was a tie between the 360 and dualshock 4 for the longest time until I finally got the xbox elite 2 controller. The extra grip on that beauty, on top of the modular changes you can make to thumbsticks, D-pad, triggers and thumbstick tension is just awesome. It became my go-to PC controller until this past week when I finally bought a Series X. Honorable mention goes to the SNES controller and the Stadia Controller.

I got all snipers gold. All weapons are now gold. Took advantage of shipment and got the shotguns platinum. Now the real grind starts. Long shots

I started playing this the other day and it had me properly lolling. The knife is especially funny.

So my finger may have slipped and ordered one earlier - oh well. I've been eyeing up one for a while but quite a few games I'd play on it aren’t properly supported but having spent far too much time reading online about people running Windows on it and emulators, it's a hard proposition to say no to so finally gave in. It says delivery is 2 weeks but I imagine they've sold a lot leading up to Christmas and Christmas itself is going to delay that further but looking forward to lunch times in the office next year 😄 I've also ordered a dock for it too, not so much for connecting a screen but being able to use the mouse and keyboard at my desk at work over lunch will be great. I've also ordered an SD card so lots of storage for other games too.

I was thinking the other day how many controllers I've used over the years for each system. Picking a fave is not easy as most have done their job based on the device and games it was intended for. Thought I'd pick out a few that I've used over the years but tough to choose which is best overall. PS1 pad was amazing for its time and influential for many years to come. Loved the D-pad and buttons. Start and select were a bit weird to press but it did the job perfectly. N64 was very advanced at the time especially with the 3D stick, a solid D-pad, shoulder buttons, Z-trigger along with the two standard plus yellow directional ones. Didn't use the d-pad much from what I remember but the 8-direction stick was really ideal for the likes of Goldeneye and the array of platformers. Dreamcast controller was pretty awesome - fit nicely in the hands and much smaller than it appeared in pictures. Full 360 degree stick with solid grips too. D-pad was a bit too tight and raised for my liking though but was fairly under-used in most games plus the coloured buttons also felt a bit cheap. The VMU/memory card aspect was also pretty interesting but devs didn't make much use out of it in the end sadly. Microsoft Sidewinder - got this for Christmas around the early 2000's. Bit weird on the face of it but it worked surprisingly well. Had a strange 3D-type D-pad that was slanted slightly which was fairly unique even to this day. My only gripe was the lack of coloured or clearly marked buttons. Very comfrotable though. Playstation 2 pad was just amazing - expanded upon the original with pressure-sensitive buttons and twin sticks - these didn't have much grip and were perhaps a bit large but they worked pretty well. The first Xbox pad was way too heavy for my linking - I didn't really like the white and black buttons as they were too small and dug into your finger. The vibration also made a buzzing sound and the coloured buttons felt a little elevated and cheap. Can't remember how the D-pad was but the sticks were solid enough. Seemed a little over-engineered but with tweaks, future Xbox ones were spot-on. Gamecube controller was very strange - every button was bizarre and the D-pad and right stick was just so oddly placed. It didn't really have a detrimental effect on the games and the main 3D stick was fine but it just seemed a bit of a mess. I don't quite consider the Wii, 360 or DS3 pads retro as of yet - all excellent and highly reliable controllers. The Wii was really unique in what was a bit of a fad of the era despite monumental success. The 360 and PS3 controllers were both excellent and remain the key foundations for pads today.

I don't tend to play that many new games, but Metal: Hellsinger has to be my GOTY but I'm biased as I love heavy metal based video games. Brutal Legend is one of my top games of all time. Runners up would be Shredders Revenge and Vampire Survivors

I've said it for most of the year that mine would be Elden Ring. FS took everything they've learned with the soul's formula and perfected it in my opinion. Vampire Survivors created a whole new genre of games and made me add that to have a co-GoTY. Then, High on Life came in at the end and just made my day. To sit back and just enjoy a game that didn't take itself seriously while enjoying almost every aspect of it, I'm gonna give it my Xbox GoTY easily. Horizon FW didn't really do anything new to me. It was fun, but felt more of the same. Sifu was fantastic. I really enjoyed getting into that one and learning out to dodge and combat multiple enemies in different ways. Frustrating at times, yes. but worth it. GoW Ragnarok was a fun one even though the Atreus parts really sucked IMO. RE:Village started off really good before devolving into a more action focused game which kind of sucked to be honest. Especially after the doll house area. I know there's more I can't think of off the top of my head, but it was a decent year for games to be sure. 2023 should be interesting too.

Not surprising. Yahtzee shit on it for this week's Zero Punctuation as well. Shame, but when it's basically "Shitty Dead Space" what do we expect. Lol

Knifey is great!

Episode 25 is LIVE!!!! Due to a wicked winter storm hitting us here in southern Ontario, we were unable to hook up to record a new episode. But, we had one up our sleeve in case of an emergency like this. We talk about the dreaded micro transactions good and bad. Enjoy folks, and Merry Christmas!

I'm in North America on an Xbox. Don't think I can be much help under those circumstances. After new years if you are still looking for someone we can give it a try when I get back to my console

Finished the P90, Bryson 890, Raal and Fennec all gold.

I just completed this quiz. My Score 92/100 My Time 153 seconds  

Still struggling along with this one I'm finding it really tough as a solo player I've gotten really close a few times this evening. Anyone fancy squading up with me one evening to help with the mission?

Got my first platinum today on the M4, those longshots are such a grind I can't see myself doing them all. Those of you that are getting through them you have my respect!

Disappointing how many content creators use bot lobbies - this is about the 30th shipment nuke I've seen this week and every match is pretty peaceful. This one is slightly better as at least he got hit once or twice but most of the time it's players against bots who don't shoot and spend most of the time facing the wall😂 He also cut the scoreboard out so nobody can do a stat check on the opposition. Players with high K/D's (even 1.0 and above) would not run into lobbies like this even tanking themselves prior. Only players I remotely trust these days are 402Thunder, Eight Thoughs and GGReloaded as they don't give a toss!

I just finished this tonight and man, that was fucking fun! does it do anything revolutionary to improve the standard FPS formula? Nope. But, it was a blast from beginning to end. Set your controller down without pausing and leave it. After a few moments, the main gun "Kenny" will chastise and lecture you on not pausing and say things like "who the fuck does that anyway?" I'd chalk this one up as my top xbox game of the year. So much so, that I may do another run through just to finish up some achievements. Awesome game!

The Sega Saturn and Mega Drive 6 button Controllers made a pretty cool fight pad, having 6 face buttons matching the Street Fighter 6 button system, Otherwise the PS1 was the first truly comfortable controller for me, Then I was sceptical of the 360 controller initially coming from the PS1/2 but this has probably been my favourite controller.

Probably the Xbox 360. After getting used to it like Chris said it was very comfortable.

For me it was the Xbox 360. Fit my gorilla hand’s perfect. Led to very little fatigue like PlayStation controllers did. My second favorite is probably the PS5. Same reason is it fits my hands well. However I do wish they made one like the Xbox thumb sticks.

On C64 it was all about joysticks, which usually got destroyed by games like Track and Field and had the word Thrust somewhere in their name 🙂 But for consoles it's got to be the SNES and N64 controllers that brings back fondest memories. Never been a fan of PlayStation controllers until the new one for PS5. Which is amazing. As you say, it's not quite retro yet but for me the various Xobox 360 controllers are my favourites of all time.

We have the Dead Space Remake coming and then this - literally look the same game! I probably wont pick this one up though as the people working on it are absolute twats aka Glen Schofield for one.