Penultimate Happiness

This is my 999th post on Critically Correct - just one more to go before I call it a wrap.

It has been a slow march to 1,000 posts over these past two months. 2013 has unquestionably become the best year of my life. With so many new things picking up steam, I have found old standbys like writing (and blogging) falling to the wayside. New professional opportunities, new friends, new relationships, and amazing new experiences (I'm looking at you, booze cruises) have come together at just the right time for me. Above all else, I have discovered that great opportunities provide amazing benefits; that risk is definitely worth the reward.

But before I draw the curtain on this crazy train and look forward to the future, I want to take one last opportunity to look back on the best of Critically Correct. What articles, rants, and missives became my personal favorites over the years or influenced Critically Correct the most?

Let's jump back to 2010 and look at my last CC review: The Best of Critically Correct. This article looks at my favorite posts from 2005 to 2010, including my all-time favorite, "The Decade In Review: Ten Years of B3."

Since 2010, however, I have put out a few more gems, so in chronological order, here are my favorite posts through the end of Critically Correct.

7 Days, 7 Games
Day 6, Day 5, Day 4, Day 3, Day 2, Day 1
April 2010

This week-long countdown began as writing exercise to get me back into regular blogging, but ended up becoming a fun retrospective and study on my top seven all-time favorite video games. I love this series of posts because like all things not set in time, my tastes have changed since 2010. Would I still rank these seven games in the same order today? Actually... yes.

Double Review: Super Mario Galaxy 2 and Super Mario Bros. X
June 2010

I'm a long-time fan of the Super Mario Bros. series, but quite honestly, most Mario games released in the 2000's were hit-or-miss. So it was a pleasant surprise to play two excellent games back to back in 2010. even more surprising, the fan-made Super Mario Bros. X is one of my all-time favorite Mario games. With so much Mario greatness withing weeks of each other, I just had to gush.

XBox 360: I Should Have Done This a Long Time Ago
September 2010

I have naturally been a Nintendo fanboy most of my life (see above), so it was quite a jump for me to pick up my first non-Nintendo console: an XBox 360. This was a purchase driven by just one game: Red Dead Redemption, easily one of the best interactive experiences to come along in a long time. Today my XBox 360 is still at the center of my living room thanks to a ton of solid games (GTA V, anyone?).

A Moment Sixteen Years In the Making
January 2012

In twenty years I may look back on my photography career and be able to point its beginning right here. With plenty of cash and time, I took the plunge into serious pro photography with the purchase of my Canon EOS Rebel T3i.

My Mobile Future Part I
My Mobile Future Part II
July 2012

I basically hate all mobile phone companies (with Verizon being the most-loathed), so I spent some time musing about what my options were in the middle of 2012. While I mulled all kinds of WiFi-based options and rambled quite a bit about over-priced phone service, it wouldn't be until the middle of 2013 that I finally switched to the fantastic Page Plus Cellular to find respectably cheap phone service.

Well there you have it, a few of my latest favorite posts over the years. My final post on Critically Correct is coming before the end of the year, so stay tuned.

B3 out.