Top Ten

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Top 10 Video Games of 2011

How much do you like the number three? 2011 was a weird year for video games because, well, usually we’d have new consoles by now. The Xbox 360 turned six in November. The first Xbox was only four when it was replaced by the 360. This unnatural long life meant that a lot of franchises that started this generation are putting out the final parts of trilogies that just wouldn’t have happened in generations before. In fact, only one game on my list isn’t a sequel, and I think that speaks more to the state of the industry than my taste. Maybe not.

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Sean’s Top 10 Albums of 2011

I wasn’t as engaged with music in 2011 as I have been the past few years. Without all the busywork of being a student, the time I spent listening to music declined. So I was a bit surprised to see that I had over 50 albums to choose from for my list. More surprising is that a number of my favorite bands released albums that didn’t even crack the list. No Radiohead! No My Morning Jacket! What a brave new world we’re living in.

Normally, this is where I’d list honorable mentions, but there are way too many for it to be worth a damn. It doesn’t help that I didn’t hear a few of the year’s greatest albums until they started popping up on other peoples’ best of lists, and as such haven’t given them the time they deserve.

With that depressing disclaimer out of the way, let’s get on with it.

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Colin’s Top 10 Albums of 2011

I feel like I did a lot of complaining on this blog about how there were so few exciting music releases this year, but in the end I’m pretty satisfied with 2011’s music as a whole.  I seem to be listening to more and more new music each year, and this year I ended up listening to 33 albums, though of course SOPA might have a considerable influence on my ability to freely download that new indie band that all the nerds on the internet are talking about.  Anyways, let’s get on with this thing.

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John’s Top 10 Albums of 2011

Musically speaking 2011 was a peculiar year for myself as most of the albums I liked were released in such a short period of time. I was basically good up until June and then uninterested in most of everything I heard afterwards. As usual I delved into the pool of new artists proclaimed good by various magazines near the end of year but I didn’t discover much that that really struck a chord with me (also as usual). Overall I have mixed feelings about 2011 but I’m still happy with this list, enjoy.

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T3: Winter Songs

You could basically say we’ve begun winter by now, despite the fact that the winter solstice isn’t for another two weeks.  Regardless, it’s cold, it’s dark, and if it weren’t for Christmas, it’d be altogether depressing, and much of the music I listen to around this time of year reflects that.  So as a counterpoint to the Top Ten Summer Songs I did last May, I’m presenting you with my top ten favorite winter songs.  The most obvious criteria is not only that they feature winter as a prominent theme, but also that they’re songs that aren’t associated in any way with Christmas.

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Whovember: Nancy’s Top Ten

Almost totally forgot to do this. Wah-oh. I went through a pretty big Who phase back in the day and definitely consider myself a Who-er on the Who/Zeppelin debate. Not that I ever thought that debate was intelligent. This was fun considering I haven’t really visited my who collection in quite a while.

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Whovember: Colin’s Top Ten

I know this is completely coincidental, but this week actually turned out to be a pretty good one to do Whovember, since it marked the release of the Quadrophenia Deluxe Edition reissue, so that’s something.  Anyways, The Who are probably my favorite band of all time, so doing a list like this certainly wasn’t easy considering how deep The Who’s discography is in terms of quality.  So I kind of just tried not to over think it too much.

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