Pick of the month moves on

Now you can blame someone else for picks of the month being late. After over fours years, Mr SSH has given up his imperium. Calin Leafshade has taken up the banner of picking as I'm too lazy busy these days. First up for July 2010 is "rein".

Escape from the Chaotic Pick of the Month

Escape from the Chaotic City is the new pick of the month for May.

April's not cold for Helme

So this month's pick is Helme's Cold Meat after it won the poll here. But, to be honest, I've recieved so many other recommendations for it that I would probably choose it anyway. So, enjoy... and Helme... I hope you're encouraged!

Annie motion

As Annie Android goes up as the March Pick of the Month, there's also a poll for the next month...

Silent Pickings

New pick of the month: How They Found Silence

Delayed gravity

Well, I'm waaay to late with the Pick of the Month update, sorry folks, but this month its Star Trek Newton that grabs you by the dilithium crystals and warps your phasers.

Go west, young alien bug

October's pick of the month is Fasmo 2 which you'll either love or hate but which completely escaped my notice on its release!

Choose Death

This month's pick is Death wore endless feathers by long-time forumite Scavenger.

Poll flounders

So, Dave Gilbert won this blog's commercial game "bigness" poll with Blackwell Convergence and Mazoliin won the Pick of the Month for August. A new poll is up, querying if this year's AGS games are as good as last years or the year before.

Positive reviews, gentlemen, please

Indigames.com give a horde of glowing praise to TGP. Not only that, I made Ben There, Dan That pick of the month.

You can pick your games and you can pick your nose...

Well, just as Fading Shades comes to the end of its reign as Pick of the Month, The Occasional Player reviews it and contrasts it with LimpingFish's Unbound. Meanwhile, the new pick is Ivy's classic Nanobots. Hard to believe it, but I've never picked one of her games before!

Ben's box blasts others away

Well, I was a bit late updating the Pick of the Month for April but finally, your poll votes have counted. Not only did Ben get first place but second too for the best game of the year so far. Too cool for school!

Poll-y-gone

Another poll is over, and QFG2VGAwins your votes for the game which should have got more nominations in the AGS Awards. It did actually win an award from its noms, however, which is more than can be said for Ben There, Dan That which must have been the biggest loser amongst the nominees.

Second and third were The Vacuum and Life of D Duck II. Both of these games didn't win any awards.

QFG2VGA therefore becomes the March 2009 pick of the month...

Purloined poll

Well, the results are in for who was most robbed by not getting ANY nominations and looks like Barn Runner is the one who has been most diddled. However, its already the January Pick of the Month, so This Game (which came second in the poll, just ahead of Cosmos Quest 2) get to be February's pick.

The next poll is for which game should have had MORE nominations.

Post poll

Well, the poll on type of posts overwhelmingly favoured a mix of long and short. Which is good, because that's what you've got and will keep getting!

New poll is up, with some of the games that might have expected nominations in the AGS Awards listed and you can choose which one most deserved SOMETHING. Of course, there were a few that got some nominations but should have had more and maybe that can be the next poll after this one. I'll probably make the winner the next Pick of the Month if it hasn't been one already.

Pick Poll Postmortem

Well, Damsel came top with 18 votes and then came Barn Runner 5/2 with 10 votes. Dr Lutz and Odot Tamat On also did respectably and all the choices got at least 2 votes, so no-one needs to feel completely rejected!

So, Damsel is this month's pick (you can also see Leon's review of it on this blog) and I'll keep Barn Runner in mind for the future. Thanks for your input folks and if people complain now, I'll blame you.

Dec Pic Pol

You decide who is the game with the X-factor and deserves to be December's Pick of the Month. Choices on your left, choose one and cast your vote. Or you can discuss in the forum thread.

Pick of picks poll

Well, the Pick of Picks poll has closed, and Once Upon A Crime is the clear winner. I wonder if this a foretaste of AGS Awards?

Fountain of Youth and Charlie Foxtrot tied for 2nd, and Earl Bobby's Balls, La Croix Pan, Dread MacFarlane and Jessica Plunkenstein all made good showings too.

November pick

Well, after last month's accusation on the forums that I didn't choose enough 800x600 games for pick of the month, I decided to give Cosmos Quest II a try (since it seemed to be the best of those not already chosen) and see. And my experience pretty much matches the general buzz: great game, if you don't mind having to resort to a walkthrough now and then (or are very clever). Since I'm usually so pants at games that I need a walkthrough anyway then this was no big deal for me.

The SSH appreciation thread

Yay! The "pick of the month" thread transformed into the "lo-res sucks" thread and is now the "SSH appreciation thread"! Why not head over and tell everyone how great I am, too?

Seriously, though, thanks to all the people who posted their support there. On the other hand, I have the password for the secret pick page and only CJ can change it so I don't need your support, I am (nearly) all powerful! Watch the next 11 picks be the Princess Marian games, suckers...