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2011 Year End List - TRIFECTA!!
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Book Among Others by Jo Walton
Yarn by Jon Armstrong
How to Ditch Your Fairy by Justine Larbalestier
Podcasts/Radio Shows
(S&L)
Science Fiction Book Review Podcast
Freakonomics
Only A Game
Colors
Purple
Green
Light Blue
BOOK: Ready Player One - by Ernest Cline
The Honor of the Queen - David Weber
Weapons of Mass Instruction - John Taylor Gatto (unfinished)
TV SHOW:
The Walking Dead
A Game of Thrones
Fringe
ALBUM:
Bastion Soundtrack
Frozen Synapse Soundtrack
Impeccable Micro
SONG:
Opening theme of Batman: Arkham City
Setting Sail, Comin' Home (End Credit theme of Bastion)
PODCAST:
GiantBombCast
This is Only Test
Sword and Laser
WEBSITE (Same as Kid's!):
www.boingboing.net
www.goodreads.com
www.reddit.com
COMPUTER APP:
Steam
Chrome
XCode
IPHONE/IPAD/ANDROID APP:
remember the milk
Reeder
Downcast
GAMES:
Skyrim
Portal 2
Bastion
Mod
The Wise Man's Fear - by Patrick Rothfuss
A Dance with Dragons - by George R R Martin
The Passage - by Justin Cronin
TV SHOW:
A Game of Thrones
The Walking Dead
Luther
PODCAST:
A Sword and Laser
this week in tech
The Totally Rad Show
COMPUTER APP:
Transmission
iTunes
Pages
IPHONE/IPAD/ANDROID APP:
Comics by Comixology
Kindle
Numbers
GAMES:
Assassin's Creed: Revelations
Batman: Arkham City
Portal 2
DRINK:
Kilkenny Cream Liquer on ice
Bundaberg Rum and coke
West Coast Coolers (ice cold only)
@Luke: 50/50 was a pleasant surprise for me this year too.MOVIE:
50/50
X-Men: First Class
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
TV SHOW:
Game of Thrones
American Horror Story
Walking Dead
PODCAST:
Film Sack
The Morning Stream
This American Life
WEBSITE:
Giant Bomb
College Humor - original videos
io9
GAMES:
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
Skyrim
Portal 2
FUN! BOOK:
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
City of Ruins by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Robopocalypse by Daniel Wilson
MOVIE:
The Muppets
Captain America
...I haven't really seen many movies this year.
TV SHOW:
Doctor Who
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Warehouse13
PODCAST:
S&L
Mysterious Universe
Skeptoid
WEBSITE:
Reader.google.com
Goodreads
SporadicReviews.com (is that cheating?)
COMPUTER APP:
Chrome (finally made the switch this year!)
Tweetdeck for Chrome
uTorrent
DRINK:
Diet RC
Homemade Sweet Tea
Water
BOOK: (Favorites I read, not favorites that were released)A Game of Thrones - George R.R. Martin
Ready Player One - by Ernest Cline
Pandora's Star - Peter F. Hamilton
MOVIE:
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part II” - I was at the theatre opening night for "Sorcerer's Stone" when I was eleven so this was a big one for me.
“Another Earth” - Great science fiction indie film
“Rise of the Planet of the Apes” - Biggest surprise of the year
***These are almost certainly not final seeing as several massive movies come out this month, and I'm still trying to catch up.***
TV SHOW:
Breaking Bad
Community - Best comedy on TV
Fringe
Doctor Who (Honorable Mention)
PODCAST:
The Nerdist (lots of their podcasts)
Frame Rate
The Ood Cast
WEBSITE:
www.reddit.com
www.cracked.com
www.netflix.com
COMPUTER APP:
Google Chrome
Handbrake
Evernote
IPHONE/IPAD/ANDROID APP:
Wunderlist
Kindle Reader
Reeder (Google Reader app)
GAMES (CONSOLE/PC):
Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception
Mass Effect 2 (PS3 Edition)
Portal 2
***Like the movies category, there are lots of games I haven't gotten to play yet.***
GAMES (IOS, Android):
Jetpack Joyride
Pixelogic
Bike Baron
BOOK (I'm doing favourite read, not favourite 2011 release):The Gone-Away World - Nick Harkaway
The Night Circus - Erin Morgenstern
The Dream of Perpetual Motion - Dexter Palmer
MOVIE:
The Muppets
Attack the Block
50/50
TV SHOW:
The Middleman (This never aired in Canada, so I only just discovered it)
Doctor Who
Community
PODCAST (Besides S&L):
The Incomparable
Pop Culture Happy Hour
Tech News Today
- The Black Mirror by Scott Snyder
- The Eldritch Kid by Christian Read
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
Film:
- The Sunset Limited
- Melancholia
- 50/50
TV Show
- Breaking Bad
- Justified
- Parks and Rec
Album:
- Bad as Me by Tom Waits
- Nine Types of Light by Tv on the Radio
- Watch the Throne by Kanye West and Jay-Z
Game:
- Dark Souls
- Innistrad (MtG)
- Portal 2
Podcast:
- The Nerdist Writers Panel
- Comedy Bang Bang
- Firewall and Iceberg
(And of course Sword & Laser, which I only just discovered)