Tonight caps off the wildest awards season I think I’ve ever seen so I took a big swing with my predictions and did a big no-no. I think Anora could win best picture and not win a single other awards. If it were to ever happen, it would be tonight

A Real Pain my beloved you will be missed. Also wicked in editing and mangold in director I am going to die in real life what are we doing man

Continuing my games of the year stuff here on bluesky! Favorite games of 2024:

1) Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
2) Neva
3) Balatro
4) Shadow of the Erdtree
5) Astrobot
6) The Legend Of Zelda: Echoes Of Wisdom
7) Dragons Dogma 2
8) Rival of Aether 2
9) Animal Well
10) Tekken 8

I’ve been saying this for a while but the Switch 2 could be the power of a base PS4 for all I care, if this thing has a proper internal ssd, it can literally play any game released in the last decade with the right work put into the port

I’ve been pretty confident in an Astrobot win at the game awards tonight for a while but on the record I think people really want to see balatro win and I think it will. This year has been terrible for the industry and the up yours to AAA development is an indie game by one dude winning

Still having fun with Marvel Rivals don’t get me wrong but it really makes you appreciate Overwatch even more. Rivals is janky, every character can do 10 million things, it’s impossible to kill anything most of the time and tanks and supports feel unimpactful but are extremely necessary

Going to restart my games mega thread at the beginning of the year but for the time being imma just gives some thoughts here for the games I play in December. Neva is not just a beautiful game and story, but a well designed action platformer that keeps you engaged the whole way though. Loved it

Wicked was such a frustrating watch because for everything that’s good, it’s always undercut by something else. It would grab me and then lose me completely. They doubled the runtime but the whole thing still felt rushed and underbaked in the narrative department. I just don’t get it man

This new Overwatch tank is some of the most fun I have had with a hero in a while and I’ve really liked the most recent ones. Incredibly interesting decision making and mechanical skill on top of a super unique feel. Absolutely gas

Game of the year nominees final predictions:

Astrobot
Shadow of the Erdtree
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Black Myth Wukong
Metaphor ReFantazio
Dragons Dogma 2

I have a gut feeling balatro may sneak its way in there but I can’t really justify removing anything, maybe black myth if I had to guess