My Best of 2024

In honor of continuing the yearly tradition, here’s my list for 2024:

Top 5 Albums:

1. Only God Was Above Us – Vampire Weekend
2. I Love You So F***ing Much – Glass Animals
3. But I’ll Wait For You – Local Natives
4. Moon Music – Coldplay
5. Kantos – Kishi Bashi

Top 5 Movies:

1. Dune: Part Two
2. Inside Out 2
3. A Quiet Place – Day One
4. The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare
5. My Old Ass

Top 5 TV shows:

1. Fallout S1
2. Shogun S1
3. Dune: Prophecy
4. Silo S2 / Arcane S2
5. Kaos S1

Top 5 Games:

1. Astro Bot
2. Animal Well
3. Metaphor: Refantazio
4. Elden Ring – Shadow of the Erdtree
5. Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

A lot of familiar favorites mingles with joyful new discoveries this year for me. Some of my favorite artists put out really memorable and mature records, I really loved the offbeat and unique storytelling in movies, I got to witness a lot of great cinematic TV shows all with their own unique flavors, and played a wide genre of excellent video games. This may be the last “normal” year in a while (given the election results), so it was nice to soak in some of the really great media coming out. I did manage to read a lot of books this year as well including the entirety of the Three Body Problem trilogy, but didn’t make an exclusive list for them since none of them actually came out in 2024. I dropped off the book train halfway through the year but oh well, there’s just a lot of good stuff to consume and it’s been a busy year at work. I also acquired a PSVR2 for Christmas, so expect some VR goodies in the best games list next year. Hoping next year provides us with some good escapism in all forms of entertainment to get us through what is poised to be an absolutely unhinged start to the new administration.