OHR Game of the Year 2011 Discussion and Voting - Monday January 9th 2012 at 10:45 AM

Banner art by Harlock WHAT Democracy in action. This may be the most important vote you cast in 2012. It's time to decide which games a tiny minority of readers think are the best of the previous year. WHEN Voting begins now and goes until March 25, 2012, giving everyone plenty of time to catch up on games they missed. The results will appear in the April issue of HamsterSpeak. GAMES? "I haven't played any of these games yet!" Well, you've got a couple of months to play some. How do you know which ones are worth playing? That's up to discussion threads on the forums. Even if you're not ready to officially vote yet, discuss and nominate your favorite games of the year. Let people know what's worth checking out. HOW Votes can be submitted either by PM, e-mail or by responding to the GOTY2011 discussion threads. I think that posting in the thread is good, as it will help remind people of what was fun this year, and maybe inspire people to try a few new games. Vote for your favorite five to ten games in the Game of the Year category. Vote for your favorite two to five in the sub-categories. Your first through third place picks in the main category will receive bonus points, first getting three extra, second getting two, and third getting one extra point in the overall standings. In the sub-category votes, only your top pick will receive bonus points. You CAN vote for your own games, but those games will not receive bonus points. For each of your own games you vote for, you MUST vote for a game by someone else. Bonus points will be given to the highest ranked games in your vote that weren't made by you. When voting, specify if you worked on the game in question. Use full titles when voting. Don't have tied votes in your submission. Votes can be changed up until the deadline if you play some new games and change your mind, but make sure you notify us if you do so. WHAT ARE THEY These are the games released/updated in 2011. Games that were part of a certain not safe for work contest are not eligible since there would obviously be no competition if they were. Insert Airship 2600 jokes here, laugh at jokes, list games. Armored Devil Arms Race Black Heart of Exile Bufanda: A Tale of Three Ghosts Cardians of Lore Castle on the Night Land Don't Push the Button 2011 Doodle Quest Doom RPG Dungeon Quest Escape from Strong Castle Escape the Wolf OHR Escape the Zombie Horde Final Dragon Legacy First Fantasy Forest Temple Forsaken Grayscale Grey Star Lives Harbinger 6EQUJ5 Heart of the OHR Tribute Kim und Jose Labyrinth (Master K) Labyrinth (RM Sephy) Monster out of Six Mostly Involving Robots Nordomin: Quest of Creole Princess Flesh Cartoon RPG Quest Game Ruin (25% Demo) Spectrum Spellshard: The Black Crown of Horgoth Star Quest The Hall The Tower There is Nothing Left Virtual School 2 Weegee These are the OHR movies released/updated in 2011. They are not eligible for Game of the Year points since they're not games, but they may be voted on in any of the supporting categories. Deforestation Deforestation 2 Deforestation 3 Fat Frog the Movie Habla no Ingles: The Movie Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Metal Gear Duck Monster Lot The HangovOHR Triangle These are the categories: Best Game of 2011: The overall best games. Vote for five to ten games. Best Graphics: Best style, best pixelation, etc. Whatever made your eyes weep with joy. Vote for two to five games. Best Design: This can be Plotscripting, map design, battle systems, or any other technical game aspects. Vote for two to five games. Best Writing: Story, dialogue, world creation. Vote for two to five games. Most Ridiculous: What games baffled your mind this year? The reasons don't matter. It could be an astonishingly confusing game, a shockingly funny one, whatever. Some sort of wild card category or something. Most Anticipated 2012: What games would you most like to see updated this year, and which announced games are you most excited about? You'll have to do the digging on your own for this one, because we get dozens of proposed games that never come out and finding/listing them all would take forever. Let's do this. Start discussing some highlights of 2011 and we can get moving. When voting, feel free to comment on the games you chose. Your comments may be used in the results article! Voting and discussion threads can be found on Slime Salad and Castle Paradox. Surlaw Replies (1)

HamsterSpeak 57 Online - Monday January 9th 2012 at 10:44 AM

http://superwalrusland.com/ohr/issue57/cover.html Features make a triumphant return! Fenrir revives Mazes and Hamsters, Fnrrf and Master K take a look back at their lost projects, and the Game of the Year vote begins. Surlaw Replies (0)

HamsterSpeak 56 Online - Sunday December 4th 2011 at 5:19 PM

http://superwalrusland.com/ohr/issue56/cover.html This December brings our slimmest HamsterSpeak yet, as most of the OHR community begins to hibernate. Lots of art, two Retrospectives from Willy E, and an article about the ghosts of old games past. Surlaw Replies (0)

HamsterSpeak 55 Online - Sunday November 6th 2011 at 5:58 PM

http://superwalrusland.com/ohr/issue55/cover.html A small issue with lots of colorful pictures. For cool guys only. Surlaw Replies (0)