Nice list! BioShock Infinite was my Game of the Year but I haven't played any of those others yet. Hoping to get all of them though. A Link Between Worlds sounds like a great choice. My 3DS was used almost constantly all year long and that will probably be a similar story this year.
Oh, I forgot the "excluding weekends" part! Maybe I could swing it after all...
I always wondered what you did in Ecco. Looks like some of it makes sense and some of it doesn't. Those graphics are amazing for the Genesis though. Not long ago I got Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the PS3 ($3 at a consignment sale for children's clothes lol) and it has both Ecco and its sequel, Tides of Time. I always thought that was a strange subtitle for the sequel but I guess it makes sense, considering how strange the first game turns out to be. Anyway, I'll have to try those.
Back in high school in the early aughts, I read halfway through The Fall of Reach. It was a far away football game and I borrowed it from someone that had brought it with him but was more social than me lol. I never finished it but I liked what I read. I've since picked up a copy and anothe of Nyland's books, First Strike, (thanks, Goodwill!) but I haven't read them yet. Hard to believe there are thirteen already. That works out to, what, one a year?
Whoa, nice! It can be hard to balance work, life, and games. Sometimes blogging falls by the wayside.
I certainly have an idea of what I'd call the game of the generation, though I suppose it could vary wildly depending on your criteria.
I read an article about it a couple weeks ago on USGamer and I must say, it sounds pretty amazing.
Don't feel bad, Joe. Goaztecs basically has cheerleaders built into his name. He was bound to win.
I had written off Asura's Wrath but you guys have convinced me to give it a try...sometime. I don't have it right now but I'll get it sometime. Hey, I played Mirror's Edge and El Shaddai along with you guys and I had previous played Lords of Shadow, so I'm feeling pretty good about myself lol. I don't want to spoil things for myself, though, so I'll catch up with you in a couple podcasts. And though I'm not very anime savvy, I'm glad Ghost in the Shell got a mention. I love that series.
You hit pretty much all my criticisms and then some. It's a pretty good game even though it borrows all its mechanics from others and is too long. It's just not a good Castlevania game at all. I'm interested to see what the sequel will be like though. Could be quite different from what I hear.
I'm not even aware right now of what's coming out soon. I've had a lot to play as it is. A wealth of games, you might say 
