My Favourites of 2025

 

 

     Welcome to my 2025 media roundup. As per the tradition, here are the films, TV shows and videogames that I have personally enjoyed the most this year, out of this list of everything here.

 

      These are just my favourites, what are yours?

 

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      Another year flown past!

 

      It’s been a busy one, but I still managed to squeeze in plenty of films, TV shows and games. The list of my favourites will be up shortly, but as is the tradition, here is the full list for 2025. For the films, those in bold were release this year:

 

My Favourites of 2024

 

     Welcome to the year in review for 2024. As per the tradition, here are the films, TV shows and videogames that I have enjoyed most this year, out of this preview list of everything here.

 

      These are just my own views so if you agree, disagree or have your own favourites let me know! In no particular order:

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     Hello all.

 

      It’s that time of year again where you get to see what films, TV shows and games I enjoyed most during the course of this year. As always these are just my personal favourites and not intended to be any kind of definitive ‘best of’ recommendation.

My Favourites of 2023

      Welcome to the year in review for 2023 – a brief rundown of some things I have enjoyed out of this list here.

 

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      Hello and welcome back to my year end review’s preview list for 2023.

 

      I really felt like doing things differently this year and so instead of a standard list format, I thought I would instead present my favourites as more of a single free flowing article.

My 20 Favourites of 2022

 

     So rather than separate lists or any alternate awards this year, here is one big list of my 20 favourite things of 2022.

     It will be split as 10 films, 5 TV series and 5 games. The only order is alphabetical and some honourable mentions are thrown in as well.

 

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     Another year, another list.

 

     I have been doing these for over a decade at this point and life has a habit of increasingly getting in the way. People change. Priorities change. Hopes and dreams flourish and die. Age milestones are hit, friends are growing old, getting married and having babies. But the world keeps turning and we continue to consume all kinds of media to spend our time.

 

      Writing has become a struggle for me in general as I am out the habit for so long and its hard to get the motivation to do so. Therefore for this year I have decided to re-jig the format and will instead just do one list of my 20 favourite things of 2022. These will not be in any order and will be weighted as 10 films, 5 TV series and 5 games. Who knows? This may even be the last year I do this.

My 5 Favourite Games of 2021

…And finally we have my Top 5 favourite games that I played in 2021!

 

Films of the Year 2021 - The Alternative Awards!

 

Continuing on from my 10 Favourite Films of 2021, up next are a bunch of other random categories.

Listen, I make the rules round here, okay?

 

My 10 Favourite films of 2021

 

     Same as last year’s list, I have now done away with a countdown format so these ten films are just presented in alphabetical order.

 

      And also just a reminder as always: this is a list of my favourite films of 2021. Your own mileage may vary.

 

      Enough talk. Have at you!

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     So 2021, eh? Thought things were going to go back to normal after the stinker that was 2020? Nope. Not really. Things still remain very strange out there.

My Retrogame Handhelds Collection - Part 2

      

       Seven months on… and I’m back. This time with Part 2 of my Retro handheld showcase! If you need to refresh yourself with the devices looked at previously, you can click HERE to check out my earlier article.

 

Iron Maiden - The Trooper Puzzle Time-Lapse

 

     Another puzzle time-lapse video, this time featuring the cover art of Iron Maiden’s album The Trooper.

 

My 5 Favourite Games of 2020

 

Finally we have my 5 favourite games of 2020!

 

Once again, these aren’t all games that were actually released in 2020 or my advice as to what the best games currently out there are. This is simply a list of 5 games that I most enjoyed playing this year and have sunk the most time into - and as you can see from this list I have played a lot of games this year!

My 5 Favourite TV Series of 2020

 

Continuing on from my 10 Favourite Films of 2020, next up are my 5 Favourite TV shows watched in 2020, along with 5 more honourable mentions at the end.

My 10 Favourite Films of 2020

 

     

     So as discussed in my previous rundown here, I will just present these 10 films in no particular order having done away with the traditional ‘countdown’ format. Not just because such a thing is largely inconsequential and divisive, but I also sometimes find myself looking back and wishing I had rejigged the order of things.

       

     Needless to say there will still be some people who will still ask me ‘why did you include this film and not that film instead…’ but be reminded these are just my favourites and not an objective ‘best of’.

 

      Anyway, without further ado – here are my 10 favourite movies of 2020.

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        Hoo-boy. 2020, eh? What a year. Without harping on unnecessarily it has been evident that this year has brought marked changes to absolutely everyone’s lifestyle. And as the time has come round once again for my yearly review it only makes sense for that to be a bit different as well.

 

My Retro Game Handhelds Collection

     For as long as I can remember I have always loved the idea of having the choice to play loads of different games on a single device. Probably the earliest instance of this was the time when I borrowed a dodgy bootleg 50-in-1 GameBoy cartridge from a friend back in school. Back then, even when playing Super Mario Land I was amazed at the amount of game that could fit in a small 6cm x 6cm bit of plastic. So then being able to choose from 50 different games on a single cartridge utterly blew my simple little mind.

My Switch Peripherals Collection

     I love my Nintendo Switch. Whilst it’s far from being the ‘perfect’ console it’s just so damn versatile, with the massive library of games available for it (old and new, triple A and indie), coupled with what you can do with a hacked unit makes it so appealing. There is something there for everyone.

 

      I’ve had it for probably less than a year now and during that time have accrued a rather unwieldy amount or peripherals and extras for the console – both good and bad – so I thought it would be interesting do a rundown.

 

      So here we go: