2011 a year in reflection
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:14 am
So what kind of loot did people get for Christmas?
2011 was a pretty decent year for me. It was pretty good overall, nothing too terrible happened, although that harddrive failure in November was an annoying setback. I also feel like I had hardware troubles at the beginning of the year that forced me to move some stuff around.
I really liked some of the specials that came out this year, like the Accel movie and Kiba, as well as the second Garo season. Sure, so far it's not as good as the first one, but it's still Garo. Gokaigers is amazing as far as a Sentai anniversary series goes. I kind of wish Toei took what they learned making Gokaiger and applied it to Decade.
I saw a lot of movies this year too. I spent a good part of it getting through the Mel Brooks collection. I loved his movies Spaceballs and History of the World as a kid, but really hadn't seen his other works. And they're pretty amazing. I also watched the old Batman and Superman movies, which was a fun nostalgic trip to when I was a kid. I just really like old movies in general since they capture something that you just don't see in modern cinema anymore. Whether it's the lack of CGI, the tangible feeling of old-style effects, the way people thought and acted, or just the way the world looked decades ago, there's just something amazing about it.
The manga series that stood out to me was Death Note. Man, I really tore through that series. And the first half was good.
Didn't really watch that much anime, but I still like Oreimo.
Projectwise, I really wanted to get some more series finished. It's looking like Dai will be the next series that we complete. I really don't feel like I can work on new GCCX till some of the old series are bumped off the active list. Put in game terms, it's like facing an enemy with a specific amount of HP versus an enemy that is invincible unless you do some very specific things. I can probably get through 50 episodes of a series if I'm in a good place in my life. 100 and something hour-long ones, that'll always be there. Besides, I've got zeta and Luna to help me with Kuuga and GCCX respectively.
Edit: Oh yeah, and video games. What a great year that was. The slowpoke that I am, I finally played Bioshock 1-2 and Assassin's Creed 2-Revelations. Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Portal 2. Batman Arkham City. Limbo. All great games and well worth recommending to people.
Anyway, how was your year?
2011 was a pretty decent year for me. It was pretty good overall, nothing too terrible happened, although that harddrive failure in November was an annoying setback. I also feel like I had hardware troubles at the beginning of the year that forced me to move some stuff around.
I really liked some of the specials that came out this year, like the Accel movie and Kiba, as well as the second Garo season. Sure, so far it's not as good as the first one, but it's still Garo. Gokaigers is amazing as far as a Sentai anniversary series goes. I kind of wish Toei took what they learned making Gokaiger and applied it to Decade.
I saw a lot of movies this year too. I spent a good part of it getting through the Mel Brooks collection. I loved his movies Spaceballs and History of the World as a kid, but really hadn't seen his other works. And they're pretty amazing. I also watched the old Batman and Superman movies, which was a fun nostalgic trip to when I was a kid. I just really like old movies in general since they capture something that you just don't see in modern cinema anymore. Whether it's the lack of CGI, the tangible feeling of old-style effects, the way people thought and acted, or just the way the world looked decades ago, there's just something amazing about it.
The manga series that stood out to me was Death Note. Man, I really tore through that series. And the first half was good.
Didn't really watch that much anime, but I still like Oreimo.
Projectwise, I really wanted to get some more series finished. It's looking like Dai will be the next series that we complete. I really don't feel like I can work on new GCCX till some of the old series are bumped off the active list. Put in game terms, it's like facing an enemy with a specific amount of HP versus an enemy that is invincible unless you do some very specific things. I can probably get through 50 episodes of a series if I'm in a good place in my life. 100 and something hour-long ones, that'll always be there. Besides, I've got zeta and Luna to help me with Kuuga and GCCX respectively.
Edit: Oh yeah, and video games. What a great year that was. The slowpoke that I am, I finally played Bioshock 1-2 and Assassin's Creed 2-Revelations. Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. Portal 2. Batman Arkham City. Limbo. All great games and well worth recommending to people.
Anyway, how was your year?