We’re almost into 2011, so it’s time to post up the final entry of 2010 and have a bit of a moment reflecting on this years video games and what we all got up to.

Last year felt like a pretty busy year for me in terms of video games… I feel like I bought and played more video games than I ever had before… but this year was different for me… When 2009 had ended and I had written up my previous entry, Vidya of 2009, I felt that it was definitely one of the greatest years of video gaming for me since I had bought more games that year than any other year before it… and a lot of them were pretty damn good. At the beginning and most of the way through 2010, I felt that it wasn’t as good a year as the last and that the games weren’t quite as good.

I’ve mentioned recently in another entry that I’ve finally gotten into Steam and even started a small Steam group for the members of this site. One of the first things you tend to do with Steam is start playing more Valve games such as Left 4 Dead 2… which is where this entry comes from.

Thanks to a more robust online system for video games in recent years, we’ve all enjoyed a lot more competitive and cooperative gameplay in our games and it’s become an important inclusion for developers and publishers alike. The whole video game industry has become a much more social place thanks to various factors… though it’s interesting to see how people end up playing with each other in these multiplayer situations.

I seem to be writing up a lot of Game Spotlights for Wii games even though I’ve been playing more 360 and PS3 games lately… I promise after this one, I’ll focus on other platforms for awhile.

When it was revealed that Retro Studios was working on a brand new Donkey Kong Country game, the first thing I thought was that it seemed to be a waste of their skills. Of course, I quickly realised that this team up of the Metroid Prime trilogy developers with a series started by Nintendo previous favourite adopted child was the greatest thing that ever could’ve happened.

For some reason I’m reminded of the first time I played Metroid Prime and I entered that corridor full of pipes that were spraying steam everywhere… and then when I walked through the steam, Samus’ visor fogged up and I was like “I’m trippin’ balls man”…

Twilight Lynk now has its own group on Steam Community… which you’d think would’ve happened sooner but I’ve only now just started a Steam account and bought a few games on there.

The group is currently set to private since this is a pretty small community, but if you add me to your friends list I can send you an invite right away.

Here’s a quick entry for you guys just to update you on the current situation down on the other side of the planet.

You guys have been following this for awhile now thanks to these previous entries:
I fucking hate this country!
I fucking hate this country! Part 2
I… This country confuses me! (IFHTC! Part 3)

But it looks like there is still some hope left in this country…

Welcome to the second Caption Corner on Twilight Lynk.

This next scene comes from Valkyria Chronicles on the PlayStation 3. From left to right we have Rosie, Welkin, Alicia and Isara. This one’s gonna be tough for some of you but that’s why I chose it… I’m sure some of you can figure out what to do with such an accusatory look coming from Rosie.