Merry Christmas From PlayStation.Blog

The SCEE office has closed for the year but I’m popping on to wish our readers all the best wishes of the season and a very Happy New Year. While we may not be here, there’s still plenty of reason to check the blog over the next week: we’ve called in the help of our developer friends so look forward to posts from Media Molecule, Sucker Punch, Liverpool Studios and more. If you miss me and want to see me complaining about how much I’ve had to eat and/or drink, I’m @Jallagher on Twitter.
Christmas seems to be the time to look back and take stock so here are some of my highlights of 2011 on PlayStation.Blog.
In numbers…
We’ve published 982 blog posts that have generated a total of 64,337 comments from you guys and 7,992 replies from us. We’ve uploaded 3,877 images to Flickr and you’ve managed clock up a huge 6.2 Million video views on YouTube.
My favourite blog post
It’s difficult to remember all of them, let alone pick one, and the most obvious choices would be a big news piece like the Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception announcement, a particularly enjoyable interview like this one with Ken Levine, or something as unforgettable as our treasure hunt in the Jordanian desert.
However, I think my absolute favourite is a piece called ‘Games That Are Worth More Than Your Car’ by a guy called Sjoerd who I found through his site, PlaystationCollecting.com. While we often get preoccupied with news on here, it’s also important to try and keep our ‘blog’ roots. I really enjoy reaching out to fan sites and it’s something I’m going to do in a more meaningful way in 2012. The work these guys do is a big compliment to us and we appreciate it.
Favourite comment
Let’s not dwell too much on April’s bad memories but it did provide my favourite comment of the year. With PSN down, the only thing still allowing people to comment was the cookie on their browser. As those cookies expired, comments declined until there was only one person left…

Favourite screenshot

I’m a fan of succinct use of words and when I first received this screen (in preparation for announcing Uncharted 3) its file name was ‘Drake Looking’. I challenge anyone to describe it so perfectly in just two words.
Favourite video

It has to be this trip of a lifetime.
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Have a wonderful break, whatever you’re doing. Thanks for supporting us in 2011 and I’ll look forward to seeing you again next year. Be good to each other.