Looking back at 2010

Well, it's Christmas Eve and I've nothing better to do (haven't gotten round to reading the WA2 novel yet because I'm not in a reading mood) so I figured I'd just write some stuff instead.

So here you have it, a series of *****-of-the-year things.

GUNPLA OF THE YEAR
Megasize Model 1/48 RX-78 Gundam

Gigantic, fun and easy to build, affordable, looks amazing, and did I mention gigantic? The beam saber blades are longer than chopsticks. This thing is just spectacular. Some people complain about articulation but it's not that bad, they can go fuck themselves.

ACTION FIGURE LINE OF THE YEAR

S.H. Figuarts

Great assortment (aside from when the assholes make stuff web shop exclusives for no fucking reason), great accessories (aside from a certain few AGITO AGITO AGITO), great sculpts (aside from the proportions on a few), and what the hell they have Kamen Rider. That sounds like win to me.

LIGHT NOVEL OF THE YEAR
Soukyuu no Karuma / Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai / Full Metal Panic!

Couldn't decide on one, so here, have a tie between three. Haganai is the usual Hirasaka Yomi stuff, so there's not much to say here. Karuma is... unique (in a good way). I've been following Furumeta and been waiting for the ending for ages and it ended wonderfully. So yeah, that's a tie. (Oreimo? Not bad but not good enough to be up here.)

GAME OF THE YEAR (ACTION)
Super Street Fighter IV / Lost Planet 2

Forgot to include Super IV in the picture and couldn't be bothered to go take another. Anyway, yeah, I don't think Super IV needs an introduction. I can't compare it to other games in the series because the last Street Fighter I played before it was Zero 2, but I can certainly say that it was (or rather, still is) horrendous fun. I really ought to renew my gold Live membership sometime so I can play it online again. Had some friends who play the arcade version over the other day and totally trashed them (they said it's because we were using controllers but PERFECT). サイコパワーの前にひれ伏せえぃ！
Lost Planet 2, ever the underdog, slandered by retards spewing shit from their faces. It's a fantastic game, it's just that people can't fucking throw away their preconceptions. It has guns and action, therefore it must be like every other fucking game with guns and action (i.e. Halo and Call of Duty). Fuck you assholes, seriously. Few things are as satisfying as your team working together to get the railway gun working smoothly, or working a multi-seater VS with all the seats actually filled. But unfortunately you're much more likely to just get a game over when some dumbfuck runs ahead and grabs the three-seater VS and runs off with it without letting anyone else get in, gets it destroyed, then charges in shooting at the boss with his crappy rifle and gets trampled to death six times in a row.

GAME OF THE YEAR (RPG)
Fallout: New Vegas / Zero no Kiseki

New Vegas is Fallout 3 all over again, for better or worse. It's lacking in really awesome stuff like Tranquility Lane and Liberty Prime, but it has its share of cool moments, like the Enclave Remnants showing up to help you in the final battle.
Zero no Kiseki was a bit too short but otherwise it was great. Also the next game is due 2011 which makes me very happy indeed. ティオかわいいよティオ

GAME OF THE YEAR (EROGE)
Otome wa boku ni Koishiteru: Futari no Elder

The individual routes and endings were way too short (one might even say abrupt), but it made up for them with memorable and likeable characters and a solid common route. I enjoyed it more than Otoboku 1. Also Chihaya is my wife er wait never mind.

BIGGEST FUCKING DISAPPOINTMENT OF THE YEAR

Another Century's Episode R

How the fuck did this happen, seriously? Awesome series, awesome cast, new console with better hardware. How the fuck can you screw that up this bad? Fuck you guys.