Best of '09 - Revelations

[Shiny]

Best Action/Adventure

Arguably this year has been a great year in terms of action/adventure games. We had Batman: Arkum Asylum, GTA IV spin offs, Assassin's Creed II and those other ones. These types of games allow us to pretend that we kick ass. It's a great escape if you will; especially if you work a desk job like my man in Office Space. XPlay announced the following winner to be the Game of the Year. Heh, chyeah. Adam Sessler thinks it's the cat's pajamas, so I guess that's cool.

Winner: Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Best First Person Shooter

I can't think of a game I'd want to play more than the winner of Best FPS. I mean, you get to teabag people, grenade them from the grave, shoot them repeatedly after they've asked you 500 times if you're a girl. I mean, what could be better than that?

Winner: Halo 3: ODST

Best RPG

If your name is Baloki then your idea of role-playing probably involves dressing up in a kitten costume and parading about the house. If you're not Baloki then you probably voted for Dragon Age. This won by an overwhelming amount. Of course, this is no surprise. When you put dragons, swords, and topless girls in things people eat it up.

Winner: Dragon Age: Origins

Best Video Game Character

When we look back on the iconic vidya game characters we can pay tribute to greats like Sonic, Mario, and Chun Li's thighs. This decade has sparked a plethora of new characters as well as bringing back some old ones, but enough about that. 2009 was the year of badass characters like Yusuf Amir who loves to go on crazy ass missions that make entirely no sense whatsoever, but are still amazing. He's gettin' Arab money.

Winner: Yusuf Amir from GTA IV: Ballad of Gay Tony

[Shoeberto]

I sorta figured Maka Maka would win the manga just 'cause not that many people here seem to actively read anything and that's what was getting linked around in chat a few weeks ago!

I have to admit that all the voting I did for the games was based on what I've read since I haven't played anything new from 2009 >.> I think the newest game I've played recently was Left 4 Dead 1. That's what I get for being a cheap gamer xD

[Loony BoB]

If I get a PS3, Uncharted & Uncharted 2 will be high on my list of games to get with it.

[Madame Adequate]

obligatory post whining about poor taste (ps which of you idiots voted for Uncharted over Arkham Asylum, AC2, or either GTA)

what do you mean i should have voted

[Psychotic]

A-RAB MONEY

WE GETTIN' A-RAB MONEY

Yusuf Amir is not the best game character of the year. He is the best game character of the forever.

[Rye]

Yusuf Amir makes me want to make a website dedicated to awesome examples of A-rab Money, like the Burj Khalifa.

[Del Murder]

I have never played any of the games or seen any of the animes that have won so far. Hopefully something I am interested in actually wins something!

[Shiny]

Best Internet Personality

Over the past decade we have been greeted by various types of personalities like Richard "Lowtax" Kyanka and Chris Crocker. Among the more lovable ones is a man that comes from Eyes on FF. His name is Joel Holmes a.k.a. The Bastard Gamer. We've watched him rant about Sundays, video games and YouTube. We've watched him devour an entire cake in front of us and possibly even vomited at the sight of it. Regardless of what he's doing, we love it. So Joel, wherever you are, this one's for you.

Winner: Joel Holmes, The Bastard Gamer

Best Viral Video

The words best and viral don't exactly seem to coincide. It's like an oxymoron. I mean, it's like saying what's your favorite bacteria virus, e. coli or staphylococcus? Yet, when you add video the meaning immediately changes to something amazing. With the dawn of mass streaming and uploading sites, people were blessed by quite possibly the best the internet has to offer; the viral videos. One of the most popular ones of the year, The JK Wedding Entrance Dance was featured on the Today Show, Dancing With the Stars and other crap. The couple even made money off of it which they donated to charity (or so they say).

Winner: JK Wedding Entrance Dance

Best Website

One could say that the best website could be judged by the amount of memes it creates, the people who visit, the controversy it stirs and the hate mail the admins receive. Whether you go online to check your email or come here on EoFF, you've probably at one point in time loss brains cells by going on YouTube. This site has become one of the most renown sites in the history of the internet; which is actually a relatively short history in case you're wondering. You know a site is popular when even your grandmother is saying, "Let's watch that thing on YouLube." "No...grandma...YouTube."

Winner: YouTube

[Loony BoB]

Just where can I find Joel's stuff anyway? I'm out of that loop.

[Shiny]

On the best website, YouTube.

[Psychotic]

I just had a dream about Joel. He came into my house, raided my fridge ate some of my food and I tried being nice to him but he just kept insulting me. Also I think Raistlin was there and said "Joel owned you! Wait 'til I tell everyone!" and I had to chase these two assholes out of my house with a broom.

[Rye]

smurfING BEES

You go, Joel!

[Raistlin]

I just had a dream about Joel. He came into my house, raided my fridge ate some of my food and I tried being nice to him but he just kept insulting me. Also I think Raistlin was there and said "Joel owned you! Wait 'til I tell everyone!" and I had to chase these two assholes out of my house with a broom.

Epic.

[Shiny]

Best Author

It takes a really good author to write something that people actually want to read especially when the majority of people hate reading anything above the second grade level; hence why Twilight is so popular. Mr. Burroughs was able to do just that and more with acclaimed works such as Running With Scissors: A Memoir and You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas. Plus he's bald and bald dudes are usually pretty cool. Ving Rhames, Jason Statham, Bruce Willis, Vin Diesel...okay maybe not the last one.

Winner: Augusten Burroughs

Best Book to Get Someone You Hate

Do I even have to say it? You guys probably knew who was going to win this one before I even posted the nominations. If I can say anything I will say this, you know a book is bad when you have people who are barely literate and barely competent in the English language waiting on line to buy it.

Winner: Going Rogue: An American Life
by Sarah Palin

Best Novel

Admittedly I haven't read the winner of this award. However, after taking a gander at the raunchy cover below and seeing how many people voted for it, I can say that You Better Not Cry must be pretty damn good. I will leave you with an excerpt: "My name is Augusten and I like writing about myself." Okay, that's not really an excerpt, but it's true.

Winner: You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas
by Augusten Burroughs

[Psychotic]

The Twilight woman was robbed.