Spotted this during one of my late night trips on StumbleUpon. Now, I watched intently and found myself nodding a lot, and up until number one, the only thing I found myself thinking was "Where is 2007?".

With a tremendous amount of anticipation for the coming year, I thought it would be nice to reflect back a little bit on what 2007 meant to you, exactly. Some scenes stayed shyer than others - the RPG scene, I remember, didn't seem to have quite the same amount of satisfaction that bullet junkies were given, with only a couple of hyped releases throughout the year. But, as the video says, I think most people were able to find something that made them almost perversely happy.

Two-aught-eight is gathering up behind the precipice of Q2/Q3, with Starcraft 2, Fallout 3, Gears 2, Alone in the Dark, and the slobber-inducing LittleBigPlanet and even a few more shells salvoed in the coming months. So, the sparkly throne of early nostalgia that we've given 2007 may soon be usurped by the year ahead. But it wouldn't be far-fetched to say that 2007 deserves the praise its been given.



Think even further about the events that hit us so hard in '07: what with the Mass Effect that's-not-sex scandal, Activision's takeover of Blizzard, Riccitiello's return to EA, and the scare over Manhunt 2 on the Wii. What impact have these conflicts and turns of chance had on gaming, and how will they continue to affect it?

Roundtabling this, I think, would be good. We could move it to the forums if that would be more appropriate. I apologize if somebody has already done something to this effect, also. I make the same disclaimer I always make: it's probably been said before.