A year of me playing old games and other things.

Hey all. I am finally back from vacation in Europe, where I not only got to miss all of E3 but also probably see some old buildings... or something like that. But enough of me telling you that Venice is the worst kind of tourist trap compressed into tiny alleyways that is also a maze and smells like sewage. You guys aren't the audience for that. 
 
Some things before I get onto the main part of the blog: What have I missed here on Giant Bomb? I already plan on listening to the several bombcasts that I missed, including the one featuring she-who-must-not-be-named, but what else was there? Did anything cool happen on the forums? Are there any interviews that I should watch?  
 
As the title implies, I started my blog thing a year ago on June 29, but considering I wasn't here, I will celebrate now. Originally conceived as an imitation of my internet friend Video_Game_King's regular blog it has since evolved into... a slightly better quality imitation of that style of blog. Throughout my one year of doing stuff, I have had to deal with the worst kind of retro elitism (See: my Daggerfall Blog.), as well as having the pleasure of discovering some really great games (X-COM) or just played stuff that I would probably have played regardless (Anything with Resident Evil in the title). Admittedly, my standards of quality are fairly uneven as far as playing the game goes. I admit, for example, that I probably should have played more than the beginning of Jagged Alliance before passing judgment... but fuck that game anyways. 
 
Of all the games that I played, several stick out in my mind. Daggerfall, for being perhaps the jankiest game I have ever, ever, ever played. Resident Evil: Code Veronica for not being nearly as good as fans of the series seem to think it is, Metal Gear Solid 2 for being crazy and that being awesome, Thief for being a stealth game that was more enjoyable to play than MGS and Arcanum for wasting my time. Oh, and X-COM. But that's implicit. 
 
But that's that. Hopefully I will have another year of me telling people that their nostalgia gods aren't very good (CoughDeusExCough), and them getting mad about it. See you soon.