The 'End of the Year Wrapup' Wrapup

By Ross Miller

With 2005 now over and done with, we can relish in the thousands of year-end wrapups every news publication in the world enjoy (we have our own 2005 game guide,
for example). Here is a brief recap of all the recaps from your favorite gaming sites – if we've missed a few (and we probably did) be sure to let us know in the comment section below:

  • 1up vs. 2005: a series of top 10 lists covering what rocked this year, what sucked this year, their favorite stories, and even predictions for 2006. Apparently Uwe Boll will make more bad game-to-film adaptations...really?
  • GameSpot's Best and Worst of 2005 is huge, but it's the Dubious Honors we love the most – we always wanted an award for Most Long-Winded Game Title. For better or worse, all the winners are announced in video format.
  • IGN's Best of 2005 is done by platform only – the final winners for best overall games won't be published until January 13th. Not game-related, but check out their music awards for some great categories (e.g., "Best Rap Album to Watch Cartoons By").
  • GameSpy's Game of the Year 2005 has a separate category for best multiplayer games, both online and offline. Believe it or not, World of Warcraft is nowhere to be found.
  • EuroGamer's Top 50 Games of 2005 named Psychonauts as their #1 pick – woohoo!
  • Metacritic listed the best and worst game for each platform, lots of dubious honor for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
  • Netjak's rick Healey listed his top 32 stories of the year, and put Joystiq at #32 – we feel loved.

In the interest of being ironic, what was the best "Best of 2005"
list this year?

Recommended