We now step away from TV for a while and head over to video games and films, and your votes for the Geektown’s Game of The Year, and Movie of The Year 2024. On the gaming side, there were a lot of solid options across a range of genres, from city builders to action-adventure, fighting, and everything in between. The films were also a good eclectic mix of drama, comedy, musicals, family-friendly and more mature content. Here is what you voted for.
Game of The Year
Nominees: A Quiet Place – The Road Ahead, Astro Bot, Black Myth: Wukong, Dragon Age: The Veilguard, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth, Frostpunk 2, Hellblade 2, Helldivers 2, Lego Horizon Adventures, Planet Coaster 2, Satisfactory, Silent Hill 2, Tekken 8
Bronze: Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth
Silver: Silent Hill 2
Gold Winner: A Quiet Place – The Road Ahead
This one surprised all of us. Not that ‘A Quiet Place – The Road Ahead’ doesn’t deserve to win, it absolutely does, but given the competition from awards darlings like ‘Astro Bot’, ‘Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth’, and ‘Black Myth: Wukong’, we’re thrilled to see Geektown voters go their own way.
‘A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead’ is a single-player horror adventure game inspired by the critically acclaimed blockbuster movie franchise. Survive in silence. The game follows a unique survivor story after an invasion of the deadly creatures. the player experiences the journey of a young woman who must endure a treacherous apocalypse in the midst of interpersonal family conflicts, all while coming to terms with her own inner fears.
If you want to give it a go, ‘A Quiet Place: The Road Ahead’ is available on Steam, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S.
Movie of The Year
Nominees: A Quiet Place: Day One, Civil War, Deadpool & Wolverine, Dune: Part Two, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire, Gladiator II, Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, IF (Imaginary Friend), Inside Out 2, Kung Fu Panda 4, The Wild Robot, Chicken Run: Dawn Of The Nugget, Wicked
Bronze: A Quiet Place: Day One
Silver: Dune: Part Two
Gold Winner: Deadpool & Wolverine
Whilst ‘A Quiet Place’ managed the top spot in the games, nothing was going to beat the return of Hugh Jackman as Wolverine, alongside Ryan Reynolds reprising everyone’s favourite potty-mouthed “hero”, Deadpool.
‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ was exactly the shot in the arm that Marvel needed. Endless fun, comically violent, and a wonderful mash-up of Marvel heroes from the past and present. It served as a great send-off to the now-defunct Fox/Marvel universe, whilst opening the door to allow some of these characters to pop up in the MCU further down the line. I’m not convinced that they’ll manage to tempt Jackman back again, but I can’t wait to see what they do with Deadpool next.
