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The most popular posts in 2008
Interview with Cheryl Olson
My interview with the co-author of Grand Theft Childhood was far and away the most popular story on Game Couch this year. Game Politics, Kotaku, Joystiq, and Slashdot all picked it up and now, months after the book’s release, it continues to be a big draw.
Interview with Paul Preece
The man behind Desktop Tower Defense, the game that led to the current global economic crisis.
Behind the Halo-like Anti-Smoking Ad
I saw the anti-smoking ad for about a month before one of the major sites picked it up and mocked it. After I was done kicking myself, I interviewed the people behind it.
Sitar Hero
Game Couch did it! This 2007 Friday Funny got a healthy bump when ad campaign behind The Simpsons Game made Sitar Hero a reality.
Gamefly Hacks
Sometimes I like to shock my readers with useful content. I see that I still need to write an anti-Gamefly piece for balance though.
Interview with Jamie Sanders
Somewhere in the Midwest Jamie Sanders, the boy-genius who brought us VNES, is sitting in a room full of NES cartridges and servers assembling his 8bit Army.
Professor Layton and the Curious Village
No clue about why this is the most popular review for the year.
Xbox 420
Another classic Friday Funny. You people should be ashamed.
Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines
And my second most popular review is a re-post of something I wrote for MobyGames back in 2006. Game Couch definitely fills a niche.
Play-Doh Star Wars
Back in 2006, when this Friday Funny premiered, it was so popular that it accounted for most of our traffic that year. 2 years later and it’s still in the top ten.
and 5 posts which I thought would be more popular
Barack-Baraka 08
I really expected to see an election year spike for this.
Cool jobs: Strategy Guide Writer
Dan Birlew lifted the curtain on how strategy guides come together.
I wanna be your NPC
This idea is gold. I’m blaming the story’s lack of success on being ahead of my time.
Interview with Uwe Boll
I contacted Uwe Boll seeking a review copy of Postal. I ended up buying my own copy (Postal review), but the infamous director was able to answer some of my questions. The part that I thought would get some play was Boll’s claim that only 20,000 people really hate him.
Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 (+20 Renegade Points)
I passed a Charisma check, won a speech challenge, made my saving throw and confirmed my suspicions about the sanctity of preorders.