Ah, and so the aughts come to a close with 2009. For gamers, it was a great year filled with some excellent titles, technological advances galore and, if you looked really hard, a masterpiece or two. Here's what we at Loading Reality thought stood out most in an exceptional year of video gaming.
(Alan Wake, Battlefield 1943, Battlefield 2: Modern Combat, Bayonetta, BioShock 2, Borderlands, Brutal Legend, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, Culture, Defense Grid: The Awakening, Dragon Age: Origins, Final Fantasy XIII, Forza Motorsport 2, God of War 3, Guitar Hero 5, Halo 3: ODST, Heavy Rain , Mass Effect 2, MLB 09: The Show, New Super Mario Bros Wii, Nintendo DS, PC, PS3, PSP, Red Faction: Guerrilla, Scribblenauts, Street Fighter IV, Super Mario Galaxy 2, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, Wii, Xbox 360)