2006 was a great year for gaming.  One of the better years in recent memory, in fact.  We got Okami, which was my Game of the Year in 2006 and beat out Twilight Princess.  Speaking of which, the Wii was released that year, and even though I ended up liking the 360 better, the Wii had a great launch with titles like Wii Sports and the afrementioned Zelda entry.

2006 also marked the end of a stretch of 3 great years for me.  At the end of the year, I lost my job at the church, which I really liked, and I ended up having to take a job at the end of the year that I really hated.  Sad thing is that I still work there, but probably by this time next year, I won't be there anymore.  One positive thing about losing my job in 2006 was that for a month or two, I had more time to play the great games that year, like Okami and the Wii titles.

Darn! I forgot to mention the release of Wii and PS3. The Wii was hard to get for like over a year, I think I finally got one in 2008. I got a PS3 in 2007 when the price finally got to $400.

The Wii was one of the only consoles I waited in line for.  But it was a fun wait.  I didn't get a PS3 until 2010 or so.

I watched the availibility of Wiis on Dell's website for over a year before I could get one. 

I'm usually behind on most game releases, but I didn't play Okami in 2006.  I finished it.  It's a good game, but I hadn't touched it since 2006.  I even own the HD version on the PS3.

I only list the games I actually played that very year. I think I was a Clover fan after Viewtiful Joe and then jumped on their next two games, Okami and God Hand. Some of those guys became Platinum and look at them now. Big big big.

I forgot about the HD version of Okami. I might have to do that once I finish it. I got about 2/3 the way through before something made me stop. Gonna play it again for sure though.

I only saw Casino Royale a couple of years ago. Liked it so well I bought it on BluRay. I bought Okami when it came out, but I never finished it. And it would be two more years before I got a current (at that time) gen system.

I'm usually a year behind with system purchases until this gen when I'm now 2 years behind and growing. I've been keeping up with handhelds though. The $200 price point makes that easier for me.

I liked Black on the X-Box. I got to the middle of the game but there is one section where I would always run out of ammo and I was screwed. I saw a coupe of those films in the theater, like Nacho Libre, Casino Royale, Pirates, Talladega Nights, and Underworld. Funny that I didn't catch X-Men in the theaters. 

Black is great! I was just watching my friend Mark play Stuart Black's (lead designer on Black) next game, Bodycount, and it feels very similar to Black. I'm going to try it pretty soon myself.

Didn't realize 10,000 Years has been out for almost a decade. Shit, time flies.

I remember Destroy All Humans! What a great premise. Bit repetitive though. I really want another Burnout game.

I think I read Avatar graphic novels like you read Halo ones.

Crank I've never seen, but so many of my friends love those first two flicks. The guy who worked on some niche part of post-production on the sequel in like color-correcting or something actually came to one of my college classes and taught some film/camera basics. A lot of it we had learned already, but it was neat to have someone from the industry. He wasn't as big a fan of Crank 2 as the class. lol

Tenacious D was an ok movie. I love the devil's song in the rock-off at the end.

Casino Royale was kind of boring to me when I first saw it. I like it more now, but I still just feel like it's missing something. Everyone else went apeshit over how true to Bond it is though. Guess I prefer fake to some degree. :p

Metalocalypse is great. Saw Dethklok live in '08, one of the best concerts I've seen.

Nacho Libre is an ok-but-kinda-bad movie to me. Only saw it on Netflix recently though. Lots of friends love it. I was told I looked like Nacho in HS cause I was bigger and had curly brown hair. Only one guy seemed to think that though. lol

Is dead man's chest the second or third? Second is my favorite. The more Jack Sparrow the better and I always loved the theme song.

Never saw any Underworld movie. Don't really look like my thing.

Talladega Nights is a classic. Kept joking afterward we should get thrown out of an Applebee's ... kinda wanted to in all honesty.

The Ant Bully is ... never heard of it. Well, now it's ringing a bell, but I couldn't tell you anything about it.

I liked Last Stand. Did lots of stupid shit, but I thought it was entertaining. Thumbs up, don't care who says otherwise. :p

OI think a lot of the Bond preference thing may have to do with whether you read the books or not. I'd read almost all of them before I ever saw a Bond movie, and I have to say I really wasn't a huge Bond fan until the Daniel Craig fims. I hate the Roger Moore ones, by the way.

you hate the Roger Moore ones?!?!  Ah, I understand, they're kind of silly.  but that's also kind of their charm.  I think Brosnan fits into the same category, really.  I like Craig. 

I've only really seen Craig and Brosnan. I did really like Skyfall, probably my favorite. Otherwise, I've only seen bits and pieces on cable.

Apparently there is another Burnout-style game in the works by some of the original devs now in their own studio. It was on IGN's podcast unlocked a week or so ago. 

I liked Casino Royale. I've read some of the books and it does seem closer to them. The 2000s are all about the serious. Why so serious? I wonder. I do like the zany, gadget crazy Bond movies though.

Nacho Libre is kinda bad. I agree, and I never loved Talladega Nights like a lot of people do. 

If that's true, I think I'll hold out on buying Need For Speed. I love the standard NFS games that focused on speed and cops/robbers, but Burnout is right there with it as one of my favorite racers and I don't feel like putting up with EA's shit if I can help it. Hopefully, this Burnout-type game isn't published by EA.

I want to read the books, but I see the movies as sexy, violent camp since I grew up with Brosnan. Skyfall was a great dark bond though. And yeah, I get sick of the "Batmanning" of movies past last decade as well. I think that's partly why Marvel does so well with their flicks; they're colorful and fun and unfortunately that has become rare. But then, I love a lot of the darker stuff so I'm kind of a hypocrite. I just wish it was more balanced. Seems like everything is "gritty" these days. Gets oppressive. 

I guess Talladega Nights is my Nacho Libre in a sense. Stupid comedy I view as a classic and can watch over and over. Hard to make comedy objective, which is why I think unless it makes some kind of sociopolitical point, comedy is underrepresented at awards shows.

I'm torn too between the gritty and the goofy. I do tend towards the goofy though. It's why I like Sam Rami doing Spider-Man. He's got the goofy touch.

I'm that way with Ace Ventura Nature Calls. I call it a classic. Others call it stupid. What evs.

I actually really liked Amazing SM 2 BECAUSE it was so chock full of villains and was so over-the-top. First Amazing is honestly my least favorite. Raimi's 3rd has its charms.

I still have never played Okami. I know, I know I'm freaking crazy.  

It's a thing. I still need to play Rogue Galaxy and a lot of much better known games.

oh yeah I've always wanted to play Rogue Galaxy too!

There's a whole Rogue series isn't there? I think I heard about a new one too.

I don't know, I've only heard of the PS2 JRPG.  

There isn't a Rogue series I found out, but Level-5 is doing Fantasy Life 2 next year. I like that.