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GamesRadar's best of the internet in 2008

Highlights of 12 months of win for the webs

Words: Matt Cundy, GamesRadar UK


Moron tries to sell back stolen Xbox to its original owner. Gets pwned by internet
Did you hear the one about the moron who stole an Xbox 360? You didn't? Man, you missed a real party. Never before has there been such a heartwarming tale of the internet's nuclear brand of pure, focused hate being used as a force for good.

This blog post got the ball rolling. The webs quickly rounded up an international posse of justice seekers. They proceeded to relentlessly hound the moron with laser-guided ridicule until he was nothing but a broken shell of silly boy. And to seal the deal, FOX News picked up the story and ruthlessly joined in the public humiliation of the moron by calling him a 'wiseass', 'cretin', 'knucklehead' and even dissed his skills as a rapper. That's what you call legendary PWNAGE.


Google pwns WOW players
Now gamers are getting ridiculed by search engines? That's low.


Simply the best video reviews out there
At the time of writing, Zero Punctuation's Ben 'Yahtzee' Croshaw has bagged 50 video reviews so far this year. And, without wanting to sound too much like a bunch of ass-kissers, we have to say that every one of them - from Super Mario Galaxy to Left 4 Dead - has been exceedingly bloody good. His distinctive combination of acerbic critique, motorised oesophagus and crude visual punnery still feels inexplicably fresh.

Normally we love things like this for a while and then get a bit tired of it and then eventually end up hating it. That's just how it goes. But we greet every new Zero Punctuation with joyful glee. That's not to say we agree with the reviews. Not at all. In fact, a lot of the time we 76% disagree with them. But that's not the point. He's the voice of every cynical, snarky and crotchety gamer. The internet needs him. After all, what other reviewer would slap their balls on the line and say that Saints Row 2 is better than GTA IV?


 
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DontPanic  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Nice, 2008 was good to us.
Samael  - 11 months 12 days ago 
World of WorkCraft was sublime...

"That's a 50 DKP minus!"
Xplosive59  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Wow this really is amazing it would of taken me like 1 year to find most of this stuff and also the research u did was amazing to find these

GR is getting better and better ( unlike the sonic franchise lol)
k1ng94  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Best artical ever.
lordkemo  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Great round up. I had to show everyone at work the one with the guy filming his girlfriends fine ace.
Metallica  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Let's hope 2009 will be even better ^_^
GamesRadarBrettElston  - 11 months 12 days ago 
I... I never noticed the clouds and bushes...
Slique  - 11 months 12 days ago 
No mention of Lit Fuse Film's 'Jill's Song' for machinima? Really?
NelosAngelos  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Welcome to the World of the World of Warcraft!!! The internet is a truly amazing place once you think about it.
radicle94  - 11 months 12 days ago 
I know this is a little off topic but in the new game informer it said that killzone 2 is going to be out for the 360 is this true?
gronfors  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Best Article Ever!!!

btw... Never knew about the clouds and the bushes on Mario...

and I had the same reaction...
*Pause..
*cry
RonnyLive19881  - 11 months 12 days ago 
The last one was pure gold! GO HUE!
DeadGirls  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Entertaining article.
Thanks guys.

For some reason I missed most of that stuff when it first came out (probably playing video games).
GoldenMe  - 11 months 12 days ago 
The....The clouds.....and the bushes.

The internet rules, and so does you GR.

You guys get Best Gaming Website Of The Year!!!
aromickred  - 11 months 12 days ago 
I loved the guitar hero bike.
AXELSTORM44  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Barack has evolved into... PRESIDENT!
Corsair89  - 11 months 12 days ago 
World of World of Warcraft and World of Workcraft. Brilliant.

The halo/pokemonsnap/starfox/pacman/ffvii/mario clip was excellent too.
Bronxx  - 11 months 12 days ago 
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
I practically fell out out my chair laughing when I saw that.

Great article, it's like an early Christmas present.
rowanredwood  - 11 months 12 days ago 
Let's hope 2009 will be even better
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doubt it. only 20 days into the new year will begin a 4 year long hell. and i hope you dont think that with obama in office video games will be allowed to do all the things they do now. once hes in office the use of the word crap in a game will probaly send it to a T rating, and a gun will probably send it up to an A rating. i definately forsee a lot of attacks on video games from DC in the upcoming years.
WiLdFiRe567  - 11 months 12 days ago 
that Mario death was funny the different games made in halo 3 were cool and i ve seen but before but Bikehero was the greatest thing this year
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