tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post2947574283900778880..comments2024-03-28T07:09:28.500+00:00Comments on The Speculative Scotsman: Top of the Scots 2011 | The Best of the Best of the BestAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-46861855451511952102011-12-12T02:15:53.143+00:002011-12-12T02:15:53.143+00:00I've read a lot of great books this year but a...I've read a lot of great books this year but as a huge Malazan fan I can't go past The Crippled God as book of the year. This should probably be a vote for the series as a whole but yeah just phenomenal. My favourite epic fantasy series of all time, by far and without a doubt. Read it twice through now and looking forward to the next re-read as well!<br /><br />Other fantastic reads this year in no particular order (and not necessarily released this year) were:<br /><br />The Heroes - Joe Abercrombie<br />The Quantum Thief - Hannu Rajaniemi<br />Embassytown - China Mieville<br />Leviathan Wakes - James S A Corey<br />Palimpsest - Catherynne M Valente<br />Fenrir - M D Lachlan<br />The Metrozone series - Simon Morden<br />The Reapers are the Angels - Alden Bell<br />The Monarchies of God Series - Paul KearneyMarduk/An0mand3r Rak3noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-56979577402364539552011-12-11T12:18:57.771+00:002011-12-11T12:18:57.771+00:00As an old and passionate Elder Scrolls fan, Skyrim...As an old and passionate Elder Scrolls fan, Skyrim is definitely on my gaming list!! I'm just trying to delay it for after the christmas holidays because I know I won't be able to get any serious gaming done during those weeks and I'd hate to start now and interrupt it so soon. This from a guy who has spent at least a hundred hours playing each of the last previous three Elder Scrolls games (I think my clock counter shows something close to 400 hrs for Oblivion). So yes Skyrim... I'm a Dovahkin what can I do ?<br />In the meantime I'm trying some other games that wanted to check for a while. I've been playing Crysis for the last couple of days. Two things impress me (and it's not the graphics):<br />1. How high the pc requirements are for a 4-year old game that it runs relatively slow on my system.<br />2. How much I suck at FPS games. Still at the early chapters and I'm struggling way too much, so much in fact that I'm starting to loose my enjoyment and thinking about dropping this one. We'll see how much juice it (or I) still has to go on.Antonakishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07689804221175786522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-11642168278656948112011-12-10T19:09:24.629+00:002011-12-10T19:09:24.629+00:00Always good to meet another K.J. Parker fan! I fin...Always good to meet another K.J. Parker fan! I finished The Folding Knife a few weeks ago and have The Company on my shelf!Cursed Armadahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11231771423272385479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-57437372848969083442011-12-10T18:21:12.190+00:002011-12-10T18:21:12.190+00:00Welcome to the blog then, Antonakis - very happy t...Welcome to the blog then, Antonakis - very happy to have you!<br /><br />As to Portal 2, I'll admit that my choosing it as my favourite game of the year probably says as much about me as it does about Portal 2. I love a lot of things about it, and I full well expect it to be overlooked by the bigger video game websites - simply because it came out so early in the year - so my vote was in part to preempt that, and in part because I had such a wonderful time playing through both the single player and the co-op with my significant other, who doesn't <i>often</i> care about video games, I'll say.<br /><br />All the same, it's a great game, and I'm glad you enjoyed your play-through. So... is Skyrim next on your list? :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08713791516631476930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6498739347909985243.post-67889030219503933772011-12-10T17:42:28.707+00:002011-12-10T17:42:28.707+00:00First of all, I'm a relatively new subscriber ...First of all, I'm a relatively new subscriber (only a few months since I started following the blog) but I have to admit your blog has turned into one of my favourites, mostly because of the style and the chosen reviewed material. So well done and here's to another couple of years at least!<br />After you mentioned Portal 2 in your previous post about best games of 2011, I decided to give it a shot. I had just tried for a short stint Two Worlds II but the clunky controls left me disappointed. I wanted something that would feel comfortable and having played Portal earlier this year, I knew that it would be at least good. So I finished Portal 2 yesterday and I have to say it was a great game! Maybe I was hoping for a longer game, it did seem a bit short (though longer probably that Portal 1) but it was quite intense and packed. The atmosphere was great, the puzzles were very clever (I still found them easier than Portal 1 though) and in general the game was extremely well-crafted and well-designed. I can't say that I was so extremely impressed to call it the best game of 2011 (not having played any other of the top-rated games of 2011) but it was certainly an amazing game that I would recommend to anyone!Antonakishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07689804221175786522noreply@blogger.com