That’s one long year done and dusted.
Not that this makes for a massive change based on recent history, but 2025 is looking extremely intimidating for entertainment media. Concerning what I don’t tend to cover, I am ludicrously excited for the second season of The Last of Us television show, as I still haven’t had my fill of discussing the narrative choices the game series made in 2020 and can’t wait to see what Craig Mazin and friends do with that source material.
The major hitters in comic book movies return in the new year with a fresh attempt at big-budget Captain America, as well as the century’s third attempts at making both the Fantastic Four and Superman work on the big screen. There’ll be no shortage of blockbuster sequels as the likes of Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning, Avatar: Fire and Ash, Predator: Badlands, Zootopia 2, and Wicked: For Good land with hype behind them, but will my favourite films of the year come from unexpected places? I hope so.
As for videogames, the year’s first quarter already looks just as stacked as the last few, with Assassin’s Creed and Monster Hunter towering above a period that also includes Avowed, Split Fiction, yet another new Like a Dragon spin-off, and a trio of JRPG remaster projects that seemed like they’d never happen: Freedom Wars, Suikoden II, and Xenoblade Chronicles X will return!
But let’s be honest: any excitement over 2025 is all about the next Nintendo console for me. Time and health permitting, you’ll have a post all about it right here on this site as soon as that reveal drops, and likely one or two more on the topic before the year is out.
In the meantime, here are the ten countdowns (and 100 list entries) that summed up a memorable 2024 for me:
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