That Genesis looks like a cable box lol. Nice of your friend to let you have it. Devilish actually had a rerelease on the DS but I heard it wasn't too good. But who am I to talk. I love the Genesis game Sub-Terrania and that one certainly has its share of problems.
Glad you bought in! 
I know! As soon as I saw his name on this one, I had to get it.
Nice list! BioShock Infinite was my Game of the Year but I haven't played any of those others yet. Hoping to get all of them though. A Link Between Worlds sounds like a great choice. My 3DS was used almost constantly all year long and that will probably be a similar story this year.
Oh, I forgot the "excluding weekends" part! Maybe I could swing it after all...
I always wondered what you did in Ecco. Looks like some of it makes sense and some of it doesn't. Those graphics are amazing for the Genesis though. Not long ago I got Sonic's Ultimate Genesis Collection for the PS3 ($3 at a consignment sale for children's clothes lol) and it has both Ecco and its sequel, Tides of Time. I always thought that was a strange subtitle for the sequel but I guess it makes sense, considering how strange the first game turns out to be. Anyway, I'll have to try those.
Back in high school in the early aughts, I read halfway through The Fall of Reach. It was a far away football game and I borrowed it from someone that had brought it with him but was more social than me lol. I never finished it but I liked what I read. I've since picked up a copy and anothe of Nyland's books, First Strike, (thanks, Goodwill!) but I haven't read them yet. Hard to believe there are thirteen already. That works out to, what, one a year?
Whoa, nice! It can be hard to balance work, life, and games. Sometimes blogging falls by the wayside.
I certainly have an idea of what I'd call the game of the generation, though I suppose it could vary wildly depending on your criteria.
I read an article about it a couple weeks ago on USGamer and I must say, it sounds pretty amazing.
Don't feel bad, Joe. Goaztecs basically has cheerleaders built into his name. He was bound to win.
