BRBU's Best of the Year 2011!

[KarthXLR]

As 2011 draws to a close, we have a very eventful year to look back on. What happened that you liked? Disliked? Answer here! Feel free to add more than one answer.

Literature:
Favorite Book
Favorite Character
Favorite Author
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series

Games:
Best Overall Game
Best Arcade/Independent Game
Best "AAA" Release
Best Multiplayer Game
Biggest Disappointment
Worst Overall Game

Movies:
Favorite Film
Favorite Actor/Actress
Biggest Surprise
Best Trailer
Worst Film

Music:
Favorite Album
Favorite Artist
Favorite Song
Biggest Travesty to Music

Overall:
Favorite Moment in News
Favorite Internet Video
Favorite Person
Blunder of the Year

[matter11]

It's friday friday
gotta get down on friday
everybody's looking forward
to the weekend

partyin'
partyin'

[Squishy3]

As 2011 draws to a close, we have a very eventful year to look back on. What happened that you liked? Disliked? Answer here! Feel free to add more than one answer.

Literature:
Favorite Book: Ghost Story by Jim Butcher
Favorite Character: Asha Greyjoy from A Dance with Dragons
Favorite Author: Jim Butcher
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series: Haven't read any this year

Games:
Best Overall Game: The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Bastion
Best "AAA" Release: Batman Arkham City
Best Multiplayer Game: Can't really decide, I personally would go with some fighting game
Biggest Disappointment: Brink
Worst Overall Game: Minecraft

Movies:
Favorite Film: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Favorite Actor/Actress: Too hard for me to decide
Biggest Surprise: The King's Speech
Best Trailer: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Worst Film: Haven't seen any "bad" films this year, but as for ones that came out Paranormal Activity 3 seems the worst. Haven't seen it but all my friends hated it.

Music:
Favorite Album: Camp by Childish Gambino
Favorite Artist: Childish Gambino
Favorite Song: Bonfire by Childish Gambino
Biggest Travesty to Music: Lil B

Overall:
don't have any for the other sections
Blunder of the Year: Ocean Marketing

[Geoff]

childish gambino is a travesty to the genre


undun by the roots is how every album should be ever, easily best release of 2011 by far

[Squishy3]

childish gambino is a travesty to the genre


undun by the roots is how every album should be ever, easily best release of 2011 by far

have you ever listened to Lil B? i don't think you have

[Luca Shoal]

all Luca.

Except for blunder of the year. That belongs to reddit and the plague of MRA's, militant atheists, and the great pedocaust of 2k11 (aka, the downfall of r/jailbait)

[rumsfald]

Best music video:

30 min b-boys vid released
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (Revisited) Full Length

[Cloud_9ine]

Best music video:

[quote author=rumsfald link=topic=211.msg205223#msg205223 date=1304474016]
30 min b-boys vid released
Beastie Boys - Fight For Your Right (Revisited) Full Length

[/quote]

I love you so much.

[Bonesinger]

Literature/Movies:
iren: ANIME AND SPACEJAM iren:


Games:
Best Overall Game: Alien Hallway / Bastion
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Alien Hallway / Bastion
Best "AAA" Release: Alien Hallway / Bastion literally better than all the shit released this year
Best Multiplayer Game: Hit Modern Videogame Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3
Biggest Disappointment: Dungeon Defenders (UMF/Nightmare Mode)
Worst Overall Game: SpergLordCraft / TF2

Music:
Favorite Album:Tesseract - One / LITE - For All The Innocence
Favorite Artist:

Little Tybee; Seriously they own really fucking hard.

Favorite Song: Circles - Clouds Are Gathering / Aliases - What's Left For Us?
Biggest Travesty to Music: Childish Gambino / Design The Skyline

Overall:
Favorite Person: Bonerguy / Eric
Blunder of the Year humanity: The fact that Childish Gambino is popular.

[Geoff]

i like eric too

[Versus]

"Literature":
touhou doujinshi

Games:
Best Overall Game: alien hallway
Best Arcade/Independent Game: terraria
Best "AAA" Release: human revolution
Best Multiplayer Game: mw3
Biggest Disappointment: brink
Worst Overall Game: tf2
honorable mention: anno 2070

Music:
Favorite Album: space jam
Favorite Artist: space jam
Favorite Song: space jam

Overall:
Favorite Internet Video: Outpost Frags [LEGIT]

or Deus Ex Unreal Revolution

Favorite Moment in News: poongko perfecting daigo
Favorite Person: bonerguy / eric
Blunder of the Year: akimbo machine pistols

[Geoff]

Literature:

Barkley Edition Quran - vol. Jam




Games:
Best Overall Game: Alien Hallway
Best Arcade/Independent Game:  Alien Hallway/Jamestown
Best "AAA" Release: Spike Lee's Malcolm X/Skyrim
Best Multiplayer Game: Activision's Modern Warfare 3
Biggest Disappointment: That I didn't buy Rock of Time/Bastion
Worst Overall Game: Team Fortress 2
Honorable Mention: Alien Hallway


Movies:


Music:
Favorite Album:

Favorite Artist:  Mayer Hawthorne
Favorite Song:  Kendrick Lamar - HiiiPower
Biggest Travesty to Music: Childish Gambino/Tyler the Creator
Honorable Mention:  Portugal. the Man - In the Mountain In the Cloud (seriously this is a really good album and the band is good check it out)

Overall:
Favorite Moment in News: everything dealing with politics
Favorite Internet Video: pubstar legends vol. 1
Favorite People: boney/versus/diglett/tom the mw goon group
Blunder of the Year: my life/relentless cynicism taking over it




good (bad) year

[ZargonX]

Literature:
Favorite Book: The Magician King
Favorite Character: Quentin
Favorite Author: Lev Grossman
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series: Mouse Guard, Winter 1152

Games:
Best Overall Game: Ghost Trick
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Dungeons of Dreadmore
Best "AAA" Release: Skyrim
Best Multiplayer Game: Team Fortress 2
Biggest Disappointment: Heroes of Might and Magic 6
Worst Overall Game: Duke Nukem

Movies:
Favorite Film: The Muppets
Favorite Actor/Actress: Colin Firth
Biggest Surprise: Captain America
Best Trailer: The Muppets
Worst Film: I actually didn't see anything egregiously bad this year.

Overall:
Favorite Moment in News: BBC Coverage of the Egyptian protests.
Favorite Internet Video: Most of them come and go from memory so rapidly, how could I decide?
Favorite Person: The original Occupy Wall Street protesters
Blunder of the Year: The entire GOP candidate slate.

[Vongore]

Literature:
Favorite Book: -o-
Favorite Character: Aquaman
Favorite Author: Pedro Peirano
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series: Animal Man

Games:
Best Overall Game: Batman: Arkham City
Best Arcade/Independent Game: The Binding of Isaac
Best "AAA" Release: I would say Skyrim but i haven't played it, so Batman
Best Multiplayer Game: Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
Biggest Disappointment: Gears of War 3 (near invincible Lambendts killed the pace last games used to have, still a good game though)
Worst Overall Game: Trauma (hipster crap)

Movies:
Favorite Film: Captain America
Favorite Actor/Actress: -o-
Biggest Surprise: Despicable Me (i know it's last year's but i saw it like.. a few days ago)
Best Trailer: -o-
Worst Film: JAck and Jill

Music:
Favorite Album
Favorite Artist
Favorite Song
Biggest Travesty to Music: Hip hop, rap and all those derivates.

Overall:
Favorite Moment in News: Phoenix Wright is a character on UMVC3
Favorite Internet Video: The little Spycrab that could
Favorite Person:
Blunder of the Year: fucking classmates

[The Generic Name]

Literature:
Favorite Book: I did not finish a book this year
Favorite Character: Tyrrion Lannister
Favorite Author:  George R.R. Martin
Favorite Graphic Novel or Comic series:

Games:
Best Overall Game: I have no idea
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Bastion. 
Best "AAA" Release: Skyrim :I
Best Multiplayer Game:  Dungeon Defenders....I have not had many new ones to play :I
Biggest Disappointment: From Dust.  Ubisoft D(erp)RM
Worst Overall Game:  Might and Magic Heroes VI.  Way to fuck a beloved series in the ass Ubisoft.

Movies:
Favorite Film: The Muppets
Favorite Actor/Actress: Robert Downey Jr.
Biggest Surprise: MIB 3 Trailer
Best Trailer: MIB 3
Worst Film: Any childrens movie with pop culture references being the basis of their humor.  And chipmunks.

Music:
Favorite Album:Bastion Soundtrack
Favorite Artist: RUSH
Favorite Song: Vital Signs
Biggest Travesty to Music:  Too many to list

Overall:
Favorite Moment in News: Occupy Wall Street makes me laugh
Favorite Internet Video: Does Netflix count?  Or Rifftrax?
Favorite Person:  Everyone from BRB.U I got to meet at Geekkon.  I had a blast
Blunder of the Year: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker

[KarthXLR]

Figured I'd bump the thread with my own answer.

Literature:
lol

Games:
Best Overall Game: Bastion. Holy crap, really really really well done. Story was easy to get into, gameplay was simple and fun, and that narrator!
Best Arcade/Independent Game: Bastion. See above.
Best "AAA" Release: Didn't really buy many big releases this year. I'd probably say Skyward Sword just because it did keep me occupied for a few weeks.
Best Multiplayer Game: Magicka
Biggest Disappointment: L.A. Noire
Worst Overall Game: L.A. Noire

Movies:
Favorite Film: Rise of the Planet of the Apes. No, seriously.
Favorite Actor/Actress: None
Biggest Surprise: Rise of the Planet of the Apes.
Best Trailer: Super 8
Worst Film: Thor. I'm very lucky this year, could've been much worse.

Music:
Don't even think I bought any music this year. Mainly just freebies off the internet and other crap.

Overall:
Favorite Internet Video: BLONIC
Blunder of the Year: SOPA and PIPA bills.

[Versus]

bastion does own and i need to finish it

[Dr. Zaius]

Blunder of the Year: SOPA and PIPA bills.

SOPA and PIPA

SOPA PIPA

Well, I'm hungry.

And I have nothing of value to contribute to this thread.

Thanks.

[Versus]

[quote author=Karth link=topic=6155.msg235258#msg235258 date=1325443749]
Blunder of the Year: SOPA and PIPA bills.

SOPA and PIPA

SOPA PIPA

Well, I'm hungry.

And I have nothing of value to contribute to this thread.

Thanks.
[/quote]

i was really confused until i realized you meant sopapillas

[Dr. Zaius]

[quote author=Dr. Zaius link=topic=6155.msg235314#msg235314 date=1325475430]
[quote author=Karth link=topic=6155.msg235258#msg235258 date=1325443749]
Blunder of the Year: SOPA and PIPA bills.

SOPA and PIPA

SOPA PIPA

Well, I'm hungry.

And I have nothing of value to contribute to this thread.

Thanks.
[/quote]

i was really confused until i realized you meant sopapillas
[/quote]

me too