I just came across this draft of a post I meant to publish back in January, but someone how never got around to it.  So here it is, one year late!  My best list for 2008 to come in only a few short months …

Well, the year has come and gone, and I played more games than any adult human with children should. The XBOX 360 is still my primary platform, although I’ve recently branched out onto the Nintendo DS, which I’m finding to be the gaming equivalent of the iPod —  well engineered extremely cool. Still, most of my gaming has been on XBOX 360, so that’s my focus for this “Best of” list.

So without further adieu, here are the games I enjoyed the most this year:

5. Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

4. Halo 3

3. Call of Duty 4

2. Elder Scrolls: The Shivering Isles

1. The Orange Box

Biggest disappointments:

1. Mass Effect
2. Bioshock

Best games on other platforms:
1. Final Fantasy XII (PS2)
2. Legend of Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass
3. Resistance: Fall of Man

Last night, while Tina and I were trying to watch Alan Ball’s incredibly tedious, idiotic vampire drama, True Blood, we heard a knock at the door. And then, suddenly, the door knob began to violently shake, as if someone was trying to get into our apartment.

I jumped up and quickly locked the deadbolt.

“Who’s there?” I said, cautiously.

No response.  Then the door knob began to shake again, as they continued trying to get into the apartment.  It continued for another moment, and then whoever it was left and began trying to get into another apartment.

“Maybe it was a drunk who got lost?” Tina wondered.

Occam’s razor would say that was probably the case.  But I’m not so sure.

There are times when you realize that living in the city isn’t as safe a proposition as you sometimes think.