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TJournal sums up its 2013 results

In mid-December, you always get the feeling that a good two-thirds of the materials published online are “results,” “tops,” and other “selections.” TJournal decided to take a step aside and publish a selection of selections - the most interesting, unusual or unexpected tops on various topics.

All gaming business trends 2013 in one clear post

are worth mentioning There are many interesting characters in Russian-language gaming journalism (only Anton Logvinov or Konstantin “Wren” Govorun ), but the most “sober” among them is the Ukrainian Sergei Galyonkin, who is currently promoting the game Prime World in the Nival company.

He has a podcast and blog , in which he writes not about games, but about the gaming industry as such. for 2013 turned out to be exactly the same Its results : from a short note you can learn all the most important things that happened in this area over the past 12 months.

Best Action Scenes

Reading another selection of the best films of the year , two-thirds of which have not yet been released in Russia, is a rather boring task. But this is the peculiarity of the awards season: some important autumn films reach Russia only in February-March (already with attractive statuettes on the posters), and local critics most often watch them at festivals or through other methods available only to them.

Another thing is the top best action scenes of 2013 from the blog The Playlist . It is led by a scene from Iron Man 3, in which Robert Downey Jr.'s character saves people who have fallen from a plane. There is something to argue about (in “Man of Steel” they chose not the central battle in Smallville, but a Kryptonian introduction with Russell Crowe) and something to be surprised (in second place is the latest film by Wong Kar-Wai, which opened the Berlin Film Festival in February - a specific spectacle).

The best films that grossed less than $100 thousand

The Dissolve blog decided to approach the results of the film year from an interesting side - it selected 15 films that did not perform very well at the US box office. And the authors’ goal was not to collect the best among the worst: in their opinion, small box office receipts in no way indicate the quality of the film. On the contrary, a narrow release in a small number of theaters suggests that the spectacle was special, not for the general public.

The list includes hardcore indies like It's a Disaster, about how the residents of Los Angeles learn of a dirty bomb explosion nearby and gradually go crazy, afraid to leave the house. However, it also contains works by famous directors: “Passion” by Brian De Palma with Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams and “Byzantium” by Neil Jordan with Gemma Arterton and Saoirse Ronan.

Dude list of the best games of the year, which does not include GTA V and The Last of Us

The logo of The New Yorker magazine , primarily known for its intelligently funny covers, does not just depict a man wearing pince-nez. And the publication’s list of the best games of 2013 was extremely foppish. You won't find GTA V, The Last of Us or BioShock Infinite, which were favored by the press.

Topping the TNY rankings is Papers, Please, a one-person 2D puzzle game about a customs officer checking documents. If we omit the next adventures of Nintendo's plumber Mario, the first fairly big name appears only in 7th place: and this is the fourth game in the Saint's Row series, retrained from a GTA clone to a Crackdown clone. Interesting choice.

The best cookbooks

The Washington Post was notable for publishing a list of the best cookbooks of 2013. The main rating, for example, included the Talmud on preparing dishes from buttermilk, a by-product of butter production.

Vermont barnyard owners have come up with hundreds of recipes using this milky substance. However, among the best books there are also ones that are closer to the people. For example, a volume called “Pickles, Pork and Whiskey: Recipes from My Three Favorite Food Groups,” which immediately warms the soul.

Obama as a monopolist of best quotes ratings

Most foreign publications compiling ratings of the main quotes of 2013 give leadership to Barack Obama. At the same time, some of them choose moments of joy for the US President (speech during the inauguration ), and some - moments of shame.

The main statement of the year, according to Yale University, was Obama's phrase about the problems of health care reform: the president said that his promise to give every American the opportunity to maintain their insurance plan turned out to be “inaccurate.”

The third place in the same ranking is occupied by a quote from the new Pope Francis, who is concerned about how much the church has become carried away by the “witch hunt”: “We cannot concentrate only on problems related to abortion, same-sex marriage and the use of contraceptive methods. There is no need to talk about this all the time.”

Non-trivial television results

Forbes considered that comparing TV series with each other and making lists is a thankless task. After all, some have only released a few episodes, while others have already had their fifth or sixth season on the air. That is why the publication decided to compile not a rating of series, but a list of important phenomena on TV.

For example, they noted the brilliant performance of James Spader (Stargate) in The Blacklist, the ending of Breaking Bad, which met the expectations of most viewers, Marvel’s attempt to expand its cinematic universe with the help of the S.H.I.E.L.D. series. (Agents of SHIELD) and Netflix, which changed the television business forever.

The most surprising item on the list was a short review of the eighth season of Supernatural, which, according to the authors, unexpectedly “found its voice” again three years after the departure of its creator Eric Kripke. To see such an ancient show, which has long worked for a narrow group of fans, on the list of the main events of the year is at least unexpected.

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