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People that can't choose a single "best" thing get labelled "silly Mr/Mrs Undecido".


Remember that it's things that were made / released in 2014, not things you finally got around to playing/watching/etc.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Alien: Isolation Far Cry 4

Best phone/tablet game:
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best film:
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV show:
Californication

Best book:
The Wise Man's Fear (Kingkiller Chronicle book 2)

Best single:
Nobody to Love by Sigma

Best album:
Um... I'm not convinced I've listened to any in anger. Oh wait - Rock or Bust by AC/DC!

Best concert/gig:
Steel Panther at Download.

Best meal:
Foodwise, it was the one I had at Dinner by Heston. Company-wise, it was the fajitas at Cottage5.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Dark Souls 2.

Best phone/tablet game:
Yeah, haven't played any this year.

Best film:
Err, don't think I've seen anything other than Singham. And that other one we watched at the cottage.
So Singham.

Best TV show:
Errr. Yeah. so I don't watch very much it seems. Film or otherwise.

Best book:
Erm. The only one I still have on my bookshelf to remind me of what I might've read this year is ひとり日和。Which I don't remember much of at all, despite reading time being in months. So that.

Best single:
Certainly haven't bought one.

Best album:
I don't remember buying any album other than the new Pink Floyd one. Sure I have, but no remember. So that by default.

Best meal:
So yeah, I don't think I've eaten anything this year.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Goodness, haven't played a single one. So...Left 4 Dead 2

Best phone/tablet game:
A Dark Room

Best film:
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV show:
Hrmn, in 2014? House of Cards, I guess.

Best book:
Ooh, god. Can I do a series? Probably the Dresden Files, in which case.

Best single:
I don't really go much for 'new' music. Um, probably All of You by John Legend, I guess.

Best album:
People buy albums?

Best meal:
It's a tie between Fera at Claridges and Saturday night at the Cottage (right, chef?)

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Yes, chef.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Hearthstone. Many many many hours spent playing this, this year.

Best phone/tablet game:
Quizup (yes the original version was released in 2013, but the android version was released in 2014, so fuck you)

Best film:
Chef. Refreshingly upbeat and cliche-less

Best TV show:
If it has to be one that had a first series this year, then i'd go with "Halt and Catch Fire". If it can be one that had a previous series, then House of Cards (US)

Best book:
Super Powered's by Drew Hayes. I'll have to go with Year 3 as that is the 2014 one, but all of them are great. You should check them out as they are free on the internet (http://www.drewhayesnovels.com). It's basically Harry Potter/Hunger Games/X-Men, but well written and amusing. If you liked his vampire accountant book, you'll love these.

Best single:
"Let it go", obv.

Best album:
No idea, don't really do albums anymore.

Best concert/gig:
Didn't go to any

Best meal:
The Fat Duck. Amazing food, amazing experience, amazing price tag!

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Console: Mario Kart 8 - (sorry Dark Souls 2)
Handheld:

Best phone/tablet game:
Desert Golfing - meets the true need of phone gaming perfectly.

Best film:
It should be something highbrow like the brilliant 'Imitation Game' but nothing matched Guardians of the Galaxy for pure joy. I've high hopes for Birdman and Nightwalker to pip it though.

Best TV show:
I've been mostly working through shows from pre-2014 - so I'll have to go with Game of Thrones

Best book:
Released this year? The third Last Policeman book.

Best single:
Er...

Best album:
Oh god...

Best concert/gig:
Damn...

Best meal:
In Arizona I had so many amazing meals, but the best was, stupidly, the Hot Dog stand from Breaking Bad.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Mario Kart 8

Best phone/tablet game:
Monument Valley

Best film:
The Lego Movie

Best TV show:
Game of Thrones

Best book:
Haven't read any books released this year.

Best single:
Weezer - Cleopatra

Best album:
Weezer - Everything will be Alright in the End

Best concert/gig:
King Buzzo - The Haunt, Brighton

Best meal:
Artichoke Basille's - NYC

That's okay, they had a series this year.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Only played the Lego Games, I will go with Lego Marvel, I have Assassins Creed Black Flag but not started it yet.

Best phone/tablet game:
XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Best film:
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV show:
The Walking Dead or Arrow

Best book:
Nothing frm this year.

Best single:
All about the Bass....

Best album:
Not bought one or listened to albums

Best concert/gig:
None.

Best meal:
A smashing BBQ in Dahlewitz

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
FTL - as it's all I've played

Best phone/tablet game:
Fives

Best film:
Interstellar (The only film I saw at the pictures), that or Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV show:
The 100

Best book:
I haven't read anything

Best single:
No idea, I barely listen to popular music these days

Best album:
Something by Paror Stella

Best concert/gig:
The only one I went to was Tomas Ledin in Umeå, he was great.

Best meal:
I had the best fries I've ever had at the Blue Canoe in Tupelo, Mississippi, they were out of this world.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Mario Kart 8

Best phone/tablet game:
Marvel Puzzle Quest Darth Wayne - (I only started playing it this year)

Best film:
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV show:
Game of Thrones

Best book:
I have not read anything that came out this year. I read Bad Science again though. Still great.

Best single:
Um. Er. That thing off the hit parade. Very groovy.

Best album:
see above.

Best concert/gig:
2000 Trees Festival

Best meal:
Angels With Bagpipes in Edinburgh. I even had haggis.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
It seems I finished very few PC/console games this year that were actually released this year so The Wolf Among Us wins.

Best phone/tablet game:
This was a bit of a toss-up between Monument Valley, Shadow Blade, The Room 2 and Traps n' Gemstones but in the end I'm going for The Room 2 as it's wonderful.

Best film:
This is harder to answer as, unlike games with the incredibly useful Finish 52 thread, I don't keep track of what I have and haven't watched. Off the top of my head I'd need to go with Gone Girl as it was definitely released this year and I really, really liked it.

Best TV show:
Game of Thrones is the obvious answer, though Boardwalk Empire gets an honourable mention. And though they're not in the same league as those I'm really enjoying the current series' of Toast of London and The Newsroom.

Best book:
Shamefully the only book I read this year was Stonemouth which was published in 2012 so doesn't count. I have spent a lot of time reading comics though so I'm going for Saga in this category. There might actually be other stuff I'm reading that I'd put above it but I'm having a total brain-fart at the moment about all the comics I read and Saga is certainly consistently good enough to qualify.

Best single:
I don't do singles, except in as much as they appear on the albums I buy so this is tricky to answer but, looking at the albums I bought recently, I'll go with Out of the Black by Royal Blood.

Best album:
Again I haven't bought a lot of albums this year that actually came out this year but from the set I can identify I'll go with .5: The Gray Chapter by Slipknot. Honourable mentions to Lamb, Royal Blood, Mogwai and Skrillex. I didn't think much of the latter's Recess when I first heard it but got very into it after a few listens.

Best concert/gig:
The always brilliant Nine Inch Nails.

Best meal:
I don't do the kind of high-falutin' posh eating that you guys do so this is as pointless a category for me as leaving comics out is outrageous! However my calendar says that I've eaten at the always delicious Ubiquitous Chip three times this year so let's go with one of those occasions.

I assumed you could choose a comic or graphic novel (book) as a book.

Sure. Or you could add a new category.

Best film:
'12 Years a slave'. Harrowing.

Best TV show:
'Peaky Blinders'. Gangsters in 1920s Brum! Graphic violence! Great soundtrack! Superb tailoring!

Best concert/gig
Youssou N'Dour at Womad.

Best single:
'Rise like a phoenix' by Wurst. Eurovision at its finest.

Best album:
'Brill Bruisers' by the New Pornographers

Best meal:
The fajitas at BeexCottageV

Best game: Far Cry 4.

Best book: Foxglove Summer by Ben Aaronovitch

Best fillum: Guardians of the Galaxy

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Hearthstone (with Civ Beyond Earth and XCOM both running close 2nd and 3rd)

Best phone/tablet game:
Marvel Puzzelquest - played a huge amount

Best film:
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV show:
Game of Thrones

Best book:
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive) - Brandon Sanderson

Best meal:

The Waterside Inn, Bray - most excellent food

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Pole Riders

Best phone/tablet game:
A Dark Room

Best film:
Guardians of the Galaxy

Best TV show:
The Walking Dead

Best book:
Tigerman by Nick Harkaway

Best single:
"Bang Bang" by Jessie J, Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj

Best album:
"So long, see you tomorrow" by Bombay Bicycle Club

Best concert/gig:
Los Campesinos! at Village Underground

Best meal:
Private dining at Pied a Terre

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I have no idea what that might be, but from the very name of the band and the location, it sounds like you're trying to out-hipster Myp.

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
I haven't played anything released this year yet

Best phone/tablet game:
Monument

Best film:
Interstellar

Best TV show:
Game of Thrones

Best book:
The only book I've read that's come out recently is How to Spot a Psychopath

Best single:
no idea

Best album:
Hmm, don't think I've bought any "new" music this year. Oh wait, Bowie's new album. It was pretty good

Best concert/gig:
Haven't seen any live bands this year either

Best meal:
Every one I make

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Mario Kart 8

Best phone/tablet game:
Threes

Best film:
Lego movie

Best TV show:
Big bang theory

Best book:
How to be a Wiard Scott Meyer

Best single:
Kiesza - hideaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vnoz5uBEWOA&app=desktop

Best album:
De Kik - 2 (dutch retro beatles like)

Best concert/gig:
Stromae (ziggo dome, amsterdam)

Best meal:
wiener schnitzel somewhere in germany

Best PC/Console/Handheld console Game:
Most played this year is probably Battlefield Bad company 2.

Best phone/tablet game:
I have discovered Candy Crush and it is killing me.

Best film:
Guardians of the Galaxy, by a light year.

Best TV show:
Walking Dead

Best book:
Half a King by Joe Abercrombie

Best single:
No idea - haven't listened to anything new this year.

Best album:
Ditto.

Best concert/gig:
Not been to one this year.

Best meal:
The Waitrose curry I just had was pretty good.