Icel.me’s special show celebrating 2014 in video games: the good, the bad, and the very ugly! Each year we gather the crew to talk about the games we’ve being playing and rate them on various unrelated categories. You can find the 2013 show here.

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Show Breakdown

• 00:01:12 Best Soundtrack
• 00:10:55 Biggest Disappointment
• 00:21:05 Best Example of How Great the Game Industry Is
• 00:26:16 Best Example of How Terrible Gaming Has Become
• 00:39:55 Best Expansion/DLC
• 00:53:30 Biggest Surprise
• 01:07:56 Most Overrated Game of the Year
• 01:14:35 Most Underrated Game of the Year
• 01:20:10 Most Anticipated Game of 2015
• 01:25:27 MVG: Most Valuable Game

Award List

Best Soundtrack

• Winner – Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
• Transistor
• Freedom Planet

Biggest Disappointment

• Winner – Child of Light
• Diablo 3: Reaper of Souls
• Wildstar

Best Example of How Great the Game Industry Is

• Winner – Divinity: Original Sin

Best Example of How Terrible Gaming Has Become

• Winner – Broken Age

Best Expansion/DLC

• Winner – Hearthstone: Curse of Naxxramas
• Shadowrun: Dragonfall

Biggest Surprise

• Winner – Destiny
• Titanfall
• Smite

Most Overrated Game of the Year

• None!

Most Underrated Game of the Year

• Winner – The Banner Saga

Most Anticipated Game of 2015

• Winner – The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

MVG: Most Valuable Game

• Winner – South Park: the Stick of Truth
• Hearthstone: Heroes of WarCraft