Current Events > I watched 153 movies and beat 63 video games this year.

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174 movies if you count ones I rewatched and 83 games if you count the ones I replayed.

That's a lot of content

how

Nacen posted...

how

Good chunk of those games were short.

During award season I sometimes watch 3 or 4 movies a day.

Not going anywhere all year beyond places to run errands cause of COVID probably helped beef my numbers up.

Some of the games I played:

Classics I never played before:
Majora's Mask
Banjo Kazooie
Snatcher
Policenauts
Shenmue
Gears of War

Franchises I dug into:
Replayed and platinumed every Arkham game including all the DLCs, the Vita game and the VR one. Even the damn Arkham Origins online.
Halo 1-5, ODST, Reach, Wars, Spartan Assault and Strike (Did play 1 and 2 back when they came out).
The Devil Came Through Here Trilogy including the original version of Downfall.
Every Super Giant game including replays of Transistor and Pyre.

Older games I finally got around to:
Ori and the Blind Forest
Tokyo Jungle
Bastion
The Witness
Thomas Was Alone
VVVVVV
ZombiU

Other:
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Jedi: Fallen Order
Super Mario Maker 2
The Medium
Avengers
Sagebush
Mario Party Superstars
Twelve Minutes
Superliminal
A Way Out
Wilmot's Warehouse
Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Some of my favorites:
Hades
Adios
Psychonauts 2
Hypnospace Outlaw
Deltarune Chapter 2

I watched 0 (new) movies and I dunno how many new games I played/finished. It wasn't many

Fuck, I bought Metroid Dread back in October and still haven't touched it yet

GameGodOfAll posted...

Some of the games I played:

Classics I never played before:
Majora's Mask
Banjo Kazooie
Snatcher
Policenauts
Shenmue
Gears of War

Franchises I dug into:
Replayed and platinumed every Arkham game including all the DLCs, the Vita game and the VR one. Even the damn Arkham Origins online.
Halo 1-5, ODST, Reach, Wars, Spartan Assault and Strike (Did play 1 and 2 back when they came out).
The Devil Came Through Here Trilogy including the original version of Downfall.
Every Super Giant game including replays of Transistor and Pyre.

Older games I finally got around to:
Ori and the Blind Forest
Tokyo Jungle
Bastion
The Witness
Thomas Was Alone
VVVVVV
ZombiU

Other:
Deadly Premonition 2: A Blessing in Disguise
Jedi: Fallen Order
Super Mario Maker 2
The Medium
Avengers
Sagebush
Mario Party Superstars
Twelve Minutes
Superliminal
A Way Out
Wilmot's Warehouse
Spider-Man: Miles Morales

Some of my favorites:
Hades
Adios
Psychonauts 2
Hypnospace Outlaw
Deltarune Chapter 2

Yay psychonauts 2

Hell, there are games that I bought years ago and still haven't played yet

That's some endurance. I think I managed 3 new games and 0 new movies.

Did you like The Witness?

sauceje posted...

Did you like The Witness?

Yeah that one was a rollercoaster of love and hate. Probably the most challenging game on my list. Some of the puzzles felt ridiculous, but the only flat out bad ones I thought were the sound ones. But I beat the final challenge and everything and overall it was a hell of a game.

I probably had about 150 movies and 25 games. So not quite as crazy. But I have my kids a third of the time and a live-in gf (she games too)

I saw 450+ new release movies

I was a father and a husband.

LordMarshal posted...

I was a father and a husband.

That sounds exhausting.

GameGodOfAll posted...

That sounds exhausting.

You know what? It fucking is. And i generally work 9 hours a day starting with waking up and making my daughter breakfast and taking her to the bus. I still maintain my gaming hobby but due to time restraints its more like i play some games but create a massive backlog. I cant really be better at anything without cutting time out of one of the others so that obviously means my hobby. I always joke about buying a new game every time i dont have time to play games but its pretty true. I take lots of energy drinks and sleeping aid to make sure i have both energy and enough sleep but that cant be healthy. Its like if you actually get all you want youre going to be busy as all hell maintaining them. Its all worth it but im always busy and i havnt been bored in 9 years (birth of daughter)....

Other than that, its great.

GameGodOfAll posted...

Yeah that one was a rollercoaster of love and hate. Probably the most challenging game on my list. Some of the puzzles felt ridiculous, but the only flat out bad ones I thought were the sound ones. But I beat the final challenge and everything and overall it was a hell of a game.

Hell yeah I really liked that game lol

Your Top 5 movies of the year (that came out this year)?

DavidZ2844 posted...

Your Top 5 movies of the year (that came out this year)?

Hmm. That's gonna be tough since the vast vast majority of movies I watched were from 2020 or earlier. So I've only seen about 15 or so 2021 movies probably. Haven't seen a lot like Belfast, Pig, Dune, CODA, etc.

The White Tiger
The Kid Detective
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Judas and the Black Messiah
The Suicide Squad

And the worst goes to Willy's Wonderland.

Pretty unremarkable list, but I'll probably see all the good 2021 shit in 2022.

bump

I have a top 9 at the moment, as they scored a 9 or 10 from me.

1. Dune
2. Spider-Man
3. The Power of the Dog
4. The Suicide Squad
5. Belfast
6. A Quiet Place Part 2
7. West Side Story
8. Free Guy
9. Tick, Tick...Boom

BTW, I count Judas and the Black Messiah among my best of last year due to the Academy rules for 2020 movies.

Man, do you not work or have a significant other loljealous

bsp77 posted...

I have a top 9 at the moment, as they scored a 9 or 10 from me.

Yeah plan on seeing all those other than Free Guy which I have heard good stuff about. Maybe I'll check it out. Only movie there I disagree with is Quiet Place 2. Hated that, but different strokes for different folks.

Teh_Dr_Phil posted...

Man, do you not work or have a significant other loljealous

Totally and single and work where I live so yeah. Living the dream baby.

Teh_Dr_Phil posted...

Man, do you not work or have a significant other loljealous

I have similar movie numbers (much less games though) and I work, have kids (a third of the time) and a live in gf.

What helps is that I work from home, so I save on commute and chit chat time. Also, my gf works only 3 days a week but for 13 hours those days and 2 of those days I don't have kids, so I have 2 evenings a week completely free to watch movies by myself.

GameGodOfAll posted...

Only movie there I disagree with is Quiet Place 2. Hated that, but different strokes for different folks.

Did you like the first one? While not a new concept anymore, I found the second even more tense throughout.

bsp77 posted...

Did you like the first one? While not a new concept anymore, I found the second even more tense throughout.

Yeah thought the first one was flawed but good. Second I just found incredibly boring. Part of it was the concept not being new anymore, but I also just found every character dull. Wanna say there were some stupid decisions made too, but I can't really remember them. I think one part that bugged me right away was in the flashback at the start. It's the first time everyone is seeing the monsters and they all hide in a store? Then they all just automatically know that noise is what attracts them and they're blind? Like they all hide under tables which leave they very visible. They all just decide to do this on their own too, all coming to the same conclusion independently I think. Maybe it's a little nit picky, but meh. Just logic problems and stretches. They were there in the first, but I had an easier time looking past most of them. Also finding all the survivors in the community just made it feel more like your run of the mill post apocalyptic zombie type movie.

I'd still probably put it above Don't Breathe 2 and Halloween Kills.