Announcing the winner of a Fallout: New Vegas

My giveaway of a Steam copy of the game Fallout: New Vegas has ended and it's time to pick a lucky winner.

There were several interesting great sci-fi experiences of 2011, from the movie "Inception", to the audio book version of the Star Wars book series "Fate of the Jedi", or even a blast from the past from a reader that just watched the 1997 movie "Contact" for the first time.

Another very interesting top sci-fi moment from "DC" was the movie "Another Earth"

But I ended up picking a comment that really tickled my inner sci-fi geek. Oasis789 nominated the convention "Singularity Summit", which is a convention for high profile speakers to discuss the possibilities of the future.

In particular, Oasis 789 pointed out the lecture given by Stephen Wolfram, of Wolfram Alpha fame, where he discussed, among other things, such sci-fi sounding concepts as computational equivalence and the inevitable unlocking of human immortality and it's impact on society.

Early Christmas present! Win a Steam copy of Fallout: New Vegas

It is the season for giving and so there is no better time for me to offer up a Steam copy of Fallout: New Vegas to a lucky reader.

Fallout: New Vegas is an excellent sci-fi RPG from 2010 that puts you into the boots of a courier in post-nuclear war wasteland Las Vegas.
It's a great open world game that is very similar to Skyrim in many respects (aside from the radioactively mutated ghouls, of course).

Check out this Gamespot video review for further info on the game.

So what do you have to do for a chance to win this super sci-fi title of 2010?
Simple, I want to hear about your best sci-fi experience of 2011. Whether it was the best sci-fi game you played, the best sci-fi movie you saw, your favorite sci-fi book or some other sci-fi related thing.

Just post your  personal favorite sci-fi "thingie" of the year below and let us know why it was so great and you'll have a chance to win the game. I will pick a winner based on most persuasive arguments and added points for an interesting story behind your nomination.

The contest will end on the 22nd of December 1PM CET, which means you will be able to spend some quality Christmas holiday time exploring the nuclear wastelands if you win. Fun for the whole family!



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Light Speed Gaming Sci-Fi Game of the Year "Readers' Choice" - Augmentations FTW!

It's time to find out which game won the "Readers's Choice" Sci-Fi Game of the Year here on Light Speed Gaming.
When I last gave you an update on the situation Deus Ex: Human Revolution was leading by a single vote, with both Portal 2 and Dawn of War 2: Retribution right behind this elbow blade waving RPG.

Since then there's been a massive show of support for Deus Ex and in the end it ended up with a very comfortable victory, completely obliterating eclipsing the competition, like Lady Gaga at a high school talent show.

I think a victory smoke is in order, Mr. Jensen

I can't say that Deus Ex taking the title was a big surprise, but I was expecting that some of the other titles, particularly Portal 2, would give it a real run for its money. There's no doubt that Deus Ex was a fantastic game and Eidos has done an incredible job at bringing this once most beloved franchise back into peak fighting form.

Stay tuned for my last post on the Light Speed Gaming Sci-Fi Game of the Year 2011 on Thursday, which will reveal the my winner and runner up. Will I agree with the choice of the readers or did something else grab me as the ultimate fictitious of science gaming experience in 2011?

Also, a huge thanks to everyone that voted in the poll. I appreciate you taking the time to vote!



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Update on Readers Choice Sci-Fi Game of the Year 2011 - Help your favorite game win!

I have already kicked off the Light Speed Gaming Sci-Fi Game of the Year 2011 by revealing the top 10-6 sci-fi games of this year. But besides my personal rants about what games I think were the top of the heap there is also the matter of the "Readers Choice" of best sci-fi video game of the year.

Right now we've got Deus Ex: Human Revolution out in front, with just a single vote lead.
Snapping at it's cybernetic heels we find Portal 2 and, rather surprisingly to me, Dawn of War 2: Retribution.

Adam Jensen is doing some nasty takedowns on the competing sci-fi games of 2011 so far

While I certainly agree that the standalone expansion pack for Dawn of War 2 was a great addition to the Warhammer 40k RTS, I was not expecting it to stand much of a chance against competition like Gears of War 3, Crysis 2 or Dead Space 2, but it's always nice to be surprised!

Crysis 2 has also managed to score itself a few points and Dead Space 2 and Rage are both the proud owners of a single vote from our readership.

Sitting around sulking in the back we find Red Faction: Armageddon, Gears of War 3, Bulletstorm and Warhammer 40k: Space Marine, who have all so far gotten the grand total of 0 votes.

There are still 7 days left on the poll, so hurry up and add your opinion to the poll (You'll find it in the top right corner of the site, just underneath "This is Light Speed Gaming" and "More info on Light Speed Gaming").



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Gearing up for Light Speed Gaming Sci-Fi Game of the Year 2011

The end is coming!
The end of 2011 that is. Soon we'll all be nursing another case of New Year related hangovers and wondering how it can already be 2012 (besides wondering where you left your keys and your pants).

The ending of a year means it's time to look back and think about the things we liked. And among those things are of course the greatest video games.
Now, here on Light Speed Gaming I love a chance to write about science fiction themed video games, but I don't exclusively deal with sci-fi games. That's going to change for the Game of the Year segment. You can find plenty of other Game of the Year lists out there on the mighty info tubes that is the internet, so I'm gonna give you a reason to look at my list.

So for the Light Speed Gaming Game of the Year 2011 I'm going to be looking exclusively at science fiction themed games. I'll leave the deliberations about the qualities of Skyrim versus Batman: Arkham City to the more general gaming sites.

You probably won't believe it, but I actually totally made this myself!

I'll be kicking off the process next week, where I'll be bringing you my top 10-6 sci-fi games of 2011.
The week after that will be for the positions 5-3, while the last week will be reserved for the winner of Light Speed Gaming Sci-Fi Game of the Year 2011 and the runner up.
So things will be wrapped up around December 16, just in time for the Holidays.

Skyrim the most anticipated game of November on Light Speed Gaming

Our poll for the most anticipated game for November has ended.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, Skyrim was the winner of this contest.
More surprising is how big of a winner it was. The below snapshot of the poll results demonstrate the size of the humiliating defeat that this dragon exterminator simulator managed to inflict on the defenseless competition.

70% of the responses were for Skyrim, while the mega franchises of Uncharted, Modern Warfare and Zelda managed to scrape in just a single vote or two.
It's interesting that Skyrim has such a strong appeal, as it is perhaps not as flashy and easy to market as something like Uncharted 3 or Assassin's Creed. I was actually expecting Skyrim to take it, but I had assumed that Assassin's Creed in particular would give it a run for its money.

However, this is good news, as I am about to hit you up with some impressions of playing Skyrim, and it looks like I have an interested crowd for that subject!

Thanks to everyone who responded to the survey. Stay tuned for a "Game of the Year" poll, and make your favorite game the "Reader's Choice Game of the Year" for Light Speed Gaming!



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