VN Awards 2010 Random Awards

So our main awards have been dished out however we have come up with a few little random awards and we also have a special contribution from somebody else in the form of Sean.

So without further here are the random awards of the year.

Best TV Programme
James - Fringe
Stuart and Greg - The Walking Dead
Sean - Family Guy Series 9

Best Revival of a Old Series
James and Greg - Splinter Cell Conviction
Stuart - Lost Boys The Thirst
Sean - The Comeback of Daft Punk

Best App
James - Rage HD
Greg - Prince of Persia Warrior Within
Stuart - Game Dev Story
Sean - Enter Shikari App

Most Disappointing Thing
James - Fallout New Vegas
Greg - Prince of Persia Forgotten Sands
Stuart - Lack of Original IP
Sean - DeadMouse Being Cancelled

Best Box Cover
James - Vanquish with it's Lenticular Sleeve
Greg - Assassins Creed Brotherhood
Stuart - Pandorum
Sean - Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare

Biggest Surprise
James - Assassins Creed Brotherhood Multiplayer
Greg - The Band Enter Shikari
Stuart - How Good Heavy Rain Turned out to be
Sean - The DJ Squellex

Well thats it our awards have come to a end and what a year it has been in the world of entertainment, so lets hope 2011 can top it.

There will be one more post this year and that will go up sometime next week where we choose a few things you should look out for then.
So until then have a very MERRY CHRISTMAS

VN Awards 2010 Ultimate of the Year

2010 has been a really interesting year when it comes to the world of entertainment with some really great movies and games competing for our attention, so it's been really hard for us here at vagusnet to pick what we thought the best thing of the year was.

So without further ado you'll want to know what we thought the best of the best is well the winner is.

Ultimate of the Year

Inception
This was a really difficult choice for us as we had a couple of things that also demand your attention however in the end we just thought Inception stood out that little bit more down it being that unique thing a blockbuster movie that treated to you like a smart person and not thinking that you only go to see big blockbuster movies for the bangs.
It's not just down to the intelligence of the movie that stood out though it was the fact that it's just a fantastic movie where it's really hard to find something wrong with it.

Standing out from everything that was released this year is a really hard thing to do as games like Mass Effect 2, Red Dead Redemption and Heavy Rain all pulled you in and the movie Monsters showed us that emotions are a big part of a movie however Inception just had that little bit more that made us pick it as our Ultimate.

If you haven't seen it yet or if you were a bit unaware of the movie itself please watch it as I guarantee this movie will change your mind on how a big summer blockbuster should be made.

So that's our Ultimate of the year, now during the week we will post up some random awards that don't need any explanation.

VN Awards 2010 Worst Thing of 2010

It has been a really interesting year in the realm of videogames and movies offering us some really good treats however with the sweet comes the sour and this year has offered us some really big turkeys.

So we couldn't let the bad things lie which is why we have each picked our worst thing of the year and they are a couple of really bad stinkers.

James
Sniper Ghost Warrior
There is one genre of gaming that i love over most and that's the First Person Shooter, it's so nice when you can run around shooting the face off some idiots however there are times when i like to take it a bit slower so it was a joy to hear that a company was making a game out of the best thing about FPS and that's sniping however the second i started this game i knew there was something wrong and unfortunately i was going to be in for one of the worst experiences i have ever had in a videogame.

You see sniping is supposed to be about control and accuracy and when a game that is supposed to be all about this can't pull it off you know that something bad has happened and Sniper Ghost Warrior not only fails in these two areas it fails on nearly everything else.
From horrible A.I to very average graphics Sniper Ghost Warrior deserves to be on the worst of the worst list and if you don't believe me try it out for yourself if you want to put yourself through some pain.

Greg
Metro 2033
Like with James i'm a big fan of the FPS genre and when a game comes along that tries something new you look up as when it comes to something different the FPS genre is not the place to come however it can be a bad thing when a company does try something new and unfortunately that's what has happened  with the really bad Metro 2033 and it's a shame as it was looking to be a really interesting prospect.

You see the main problem here is the whole feel of the game, yes you can have great graphics and yes you can have a interesting storyline however when you fail on one of the main are the feel of the game all the good you have done goes straight out of the window.
You see i really wanted to give this game a chance as it looked really interesting however i couldn't pull myself around to playing any more than i have as i knew that i was going to be in for a really bad journey.

I think that if the game was in better hands or the developers decided to concentrate on the game even more then i wouldn't be picking it as my worst of the year however the end product speaks for itself and this is saying that I'm really really bad.

Stuart
Basement
I'm not going to waste much time on this but i will say that this has to not only be the worst movie of the year by far buy it's one of the worst movies i have ever seen.
Terrible acting, awful storyline and really bad music is the staple of this absolutely terrible movie and should never be approached by anybody unless you want to inflict the worst pain ever on your self.
AVOID THIS CRAP.

That's it for the worst of the year, there is only one more main award to come and that's our Ultimate of the Year.

One quick note thanks to James for the fantastic picture with this post.

VN Awards 2010 Best Album

If you visit us a lot you would see that we are well into our videogames and movies however what you might not know is that we also have some great taste in music so that's why we have decided to have a Best Album award this year and in our eyes there was only 2 albums that stood out.

Stuart and James
1000 Suns by Linkin Park
For years now we have been huge fans of Linkin Park a band that shows us that you don't have to stick with what you do best you can try something new and different and if people get it you have something special on your hands and with there 4th studio album they have done just that, throwing out what they do best and going with some unique sounds and songs that shows this band isn't just a one trick pony.

A thousand sons is a album that takes you on a journey through different emotions from the heartfelt track of Iridescent to the usual linkin park brilliance of Blackout right down to the added little tracks that lead us into the next song.

For Linkin Park it would of been a much easier move if they just followed what they had done with there other 3 albums however they decided they wanted to be brave and change things up and we are glad they did that because in our eyes it has made them a better band for it by proving to us that they are willing to try new things.
If you haven't heard the album yet or you are not much of a Linkin Park fan i would urge you to give this a listen because I guarantee that this album will change your mind.

Greg
Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by My Chemical Romance
As you can tell straight away from the title My Chemical Romance 4th album wasn't going to be the same as the depressing 3rd album instead it has ditched all of the deathly tones for a more upbeat rounded album and thats the way i enjoy my music.

Right from the first track i knew that i was going to enjoy the album however the further i got through the more i started to love it until i got to the final track where my mind was made up that this has got to be album of the year material and it definitely is.

You see unlike James and Stuart I didn't find Linkin Parks album to be that good however My Chemical Romances is a whole new kettle of fish, it's more upbeat, it has a better selection of sounds and songs and is just overall a better album.

If you were put off by the depressing tones of the Black Parade then i would fully implore you to seek this album out as the tone has completely changed to a more upbeat happier sound.

Well that's it for album of the year there is only one more standard award to give out then we are down to the main two this weekend.

VN Awards 2010 Best Movie

This year has been a interesting year for movies as there have only been a few that really do stand out however out of those few it's been really hard to choose our best but we did and our three choice are the cream of the crop.

Greg
Inception - Christopher Nolan for me has become one of the best directors as he took a franchise movie that was dying a really horrible death and made it into one of my favourite movies off all time that was The Dark Knight.
So for me he can't put a foot wrong in my eyes thats why his next movie Inception turned out to be the brilliant gem that it is because it's one of those rare things where a big blockbuster movie treated the audience like intelligent people and not some dumb ass stereotypes who only go and see these movies just for the big explosions.
If you haven't seen Inception then get down to the shops now and buy a copy as it is one of the best action/intelligent/smart movies of the year.

James
Scott Pilgrim VS The World - It's a big shame when a great fun movie like this gets overlooked by people however thats what happened when Scott Pilgrim came out it didn't do really well at the box office and like i've said this is a shame as Scott Pilgrim has to be the most fun i've had watching a movie this year.
Not taking itself so seriously was the main draw for me as you didn't need to think about anything or worry about anything apart from having fun and thats what i did.

The set pieces were great however the stand out thing from me was the whole videogame aspect of it as most movies of this kind would fail really badly but with Edgar Wright (Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) at the helm he made it into the gem that it is.

Stuart
Monsters - Like with my game of the year i was torn between two, this and the fantastic Inception however this just pipped Inception to the post by having the emotional aspect that Inception didn't.

It's really hard to believe that not only is this movie from a first time director it's that it only cost £500.000 to make. 
Shot with such care and attention that some directors who have been making movies for years would rip off there arm off, Gareth Edwards has shown them that if you do have a limited budget you can still make something that will stand out and grab peoples attention.

You see this year has been really tough for me and lately some movies have hit me more than i thought they would however this was the one that had the most impact on me because i wanted to go on the journey they were going on and wanted to feel everything they were feeling and the way the movie was made thats exactly what happened.

If I could only suggest you see one movie this year then I really do implore you seek out this absolutely brilliant piece of movie work.

So that's our picks for movies of the year like with the games of the year leave us your suggestions on what you think was the best thing you have watched.

VN Awards 2010 Best Game

It's that time of the year again where the best of the best is picked and we here at VN have our own little awards where we choose what the best game/movie/album/tv programme of the year.

To kick things off we have the best game and below are mine, James and Greg's picks.

James
Red Dead Redemption - It might seem a easy choice for some people however for me i was torn between two games and this just edged out the other one by short amount.
Taking a open world aspect and putting it into a wild west theme was a stroke of genius by the people behind the GTA series.
The game stands out on numerous aspects including fantastic graphics an engaging storyline and some brilliant character design however for me it was just the whole open aspect of the game that made for me, getting the chance to take my horse on a journey not knowing what was going to happen was such a joy i don't see how Rockstar will top this.

Greg
Mass Effect 2 - The original Mass Effect came and went without me taking much notice of it however when i saw Mass Effect 2 for the first time my interest peaked a little, it wasn't until i got my hands on this game that i realised that i had a gem of a game on my hands and what a game.
Whilst the storyline wasn't the best it was the interaction between the characters and the variety of missions that were on offer that made this game stand out from the rest.
Just to prove how great this game was i went back and played the first one and if this one was released in the same year then i would guess i would have a tie however in my heart of hearts i know that this game would probably be a little higher up for me.

Stuart
Heavy Rain - I think out of us three i had the hardest choice for me it was between this or Greg's pick Mass Effect 2 and the only reason why this edged out the brilliant Mass Effect was the emotional aspect that Heavy Rain had.
You see these days developers don't seem to care about emotions in games all they seem to care about is big explosions and big set pieces so when somebody comes along and says screw it i'm trying something different and i'm so glad i looked up and see what was happening because this game turned out to be more than just another paint by numbers game it turned out to be something special.
I could rant on and on about the technical elements of the game like the graphics and interesting was you play the game however all i will say is that if you want something different and something that will stick with you more than just the usual piece of crap then i urge you to go out and play this piece of exceptional art.

Thats it for best game tell us what you think should of been best game instead of what we have picked.