Books: 13. Quantum Vibe Volume 1. and 14. Quantum Vibe Volume 2. This is just a great book all around. It’s a bit on the preachy side, but still a great old-fashioned scifi romp. 15. The Hook. I’m not sure what the point of this was. 16. Roswell, Texas. A bit of a wish fulfillment nightmare scenario. 17. Escape from Terra. Really good, even though it kind of ends in the middle.

Books: 12. A Mad Tea Party. Kickstarter is like Christmas scattered throughout the year. You get a random package without remembering that you ordered it months ago on kickstarter. In any case, this one was really quite good.  Games: 45. Walking Dead S1E4. Seemed really long, but was interesting. The ending was pretty brutal. 46. Entwined. Short, a bit challenging. 47. Walking Dead S1E5. So few survivors, especially from the initial group… Next up is 400 days I guess.

Books: None Games: 37. Octodad: Dadliest Catch (PS4) Pretty fun little game, the last level is really tricky though. 38. Hatsune Miku: Diva F (PSVita) I didn’t expect to enjoy the game, much less find any music I liked, but there were a few good songs in there, including the excellent Tengaku.  39. Night of the Rabbit (PC) AGH. This game has everything I hate about PC gaming. It works great for the first 4/5ths, then becomes an unstable, crashy mess in the last 1/5th.

Books: 11. The Martian. Excellent book. Everyone with any science knowledge should pick it up. Everyone else too if they can tolerate a little bit of science/engineering talk. Games: 25. Kings Quest 3 (PC/Dos) More entertaining than the last one, but the time limits can get a bit annoying. 25.1. Fez 100% (PSVita) Managed to get all the items. 26. Walking Dead S1E1. (PSVita) A bit intense. Tough for me to go through without wanting to second and third guess everything I do.

Books: None Games: 9. Odin Sphere (PS2) Excellent ending, the way it pulls in the menuing system as part of the story. 10. Ibb and Obb (PS3) I am disappointed. It didn’t give me the single player completion trophy even though I finished it all single player. :( 11. Sparkle (PSVita) IHTFG. 12. Muramasa: Genroku Legends: Fishy Tales of the Nekomata. (PSVita) Nice short little addon to Muramasa. 13. Megaman Legends 2 (PS1).

Books: 5. The Road to Oz. Not particularly remarkable? 6. The Emerald City of Oz. Reminds me of all those other authors who got tired of their universes they created and wanted to go on to something else, and futilely tried to write a final story… 7. The Well of Ascension. Decided to read something a bit more … well written? Mature? Interesting? Than the Oz books. It was quite good, and really makes me want to go buy the 3rd book right now… 8.

Books: 1. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Interesting how different it is from the movie… Almost like a different story entirely. I like the book ending better. 2. The Marvelous Land of Oz. A couple of characters come back, most are new.  3. Ozma of Oz. They just keep adding characters… 4. Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz. This thing retcons the crud out of the prior books just to allow the Wizard back into the story without him being a criminal… And it’s not really a very good book.

Books: none Games: 66. Knack (PS4) Quite a challenging little game. A bit of variety. It’s a lot of fun to see tiny gradual increases lead to a character that dwarfs enemies that used to seem huge. 67. Proteus (PSVita) Not much to say about this one, really. It’s really not a challenge at all to reach the end of it. 68. Flying Cloud God Saves the Pilgrims HD (PSVita) Enjoyable for the most part.

Books: none Games: 54. Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness 4. Zeboyd’s best game yet. 55. Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams. Aaaaaargh !@#!@#. 56. Pathpix Pro. I’ve forgotten how long it was since I started this, but it was at least a year ago. This is one huge game, with 320 puzzles to complete… 57. Ratchet and Clank: Into the Nexus. Best R&C game in the PS3, aside from ACIT.

Here’s what I played for Extra Life this year. 8AM-5PM Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rainslick Precipice of Darkness 4. Finished this, starting from the second chapter. 5PM-6PM Ys: Origins. Played to get a feel for the game and decide if I should continue playing. Decided it was a nice frantic game for playing when I was tired. 6PM-8PM Superbrothers: Swords and Sworcery PC. Played this until I was time-blocked by the moon phase.