Movies
Ignoring rewatches.
More.
41. Stalker (1979)
40. Mr. And Mrs. Smith
39. Live and Let Die
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3. Le Samouraï (1967)
2. Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
1. The Naked Gun (2025)
TV
I feel like I’m forgetting something here. Usually I watch 0-2 shows a year, and this year I deliberately started watching more, but for the life of me I don’t think I’m remembering them all!
9. Twin Peaks
8. The Studio
7. Barry (Season 1)
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3. Severence (Season 1)
2. Andor (Season 2)
1. Ted Lasso (Season 1 is in a league of its own, but I watched it all)
Video Games
I played a lot of games that simply did not resonate with me this year. Expedition 33, the darling of the year, was ranked twentieth in my list. And it’s not because I played 19 better games! Maybe I’m in a rut, or maybe I just don’t know how to pick them. More.
That said, my #1 is one of the best games I’ve ever played, but I started it in 2024 and finished it just a few days into the new year.
A friend of mine suggests going November–November, and every year I see the wisdom of it more.
24. Sayonara Wild Hearts
23. Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask (3ds)
22. What the Golf?
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3. Donkey Kong (1994)
2. Slice & Dice
1. Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
Board Games
Unintentionally(?) focusing on games new to me, though Forbidden Stars is technically a second play.
29. Romance of the Nine Empires
28. Forbidden Stars
27. This is Not A Game About A Pipe
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3. Crokinole
2. The Quest for El Dorado
1. A Wizardologist Most Hexasperated
Books
Another area where I felt like I had a lot of duds. I read significantly fewer books than usual, in part because I started Twig (4000 pages), and in part because I’ve read more comics this year than any(?) other year of my life.
26. Laserwriter II
25. Annihilation
24. Raised in Captivity (shame, I usually love Klosterman)
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3. Trust Exercise (technically finished Dec 31, 2024)
2. Lateral: Wonderful Answers to Weird Questions (feels like cheating!)
1. A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World
Comics
57. Absolute Batman
56. Starstruck
55. Seven Soldiers: Frankenstein
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3. Criminal: The Knives
2. Absolute Wonder Woman
1. Animal Man
Honorable mentions to Immortal Hulk, Dinosaur Sanctuary, and Fence volume 7.
RPGs
Not a comment on the games, just my experience playing them. Has a lot to do with groups!
13. The Price of Coal (More).
12.Court of Blades (Wrong group, fell apart)
11. Stewpot
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3. Notorious
2. Gamma World 7e
1. Lancer