Dean's favourite things of 2022

2018 was an heady year for me.

I got to wing on a plane for the beginning time since I was two years old; I moved to downtown Toronto, something I've ever wanted to do; and I got the run a risk to apply almost every unmarried flagship smartphone released this twelvemonth, which was a dream come true.

I've got to say, I dearest my job.

Alongside my boyfriend MobileSyrup writers, I wrote my own listing of my five favourite things from the past year.

Pray for the Wicked

Panic! At the Disco is my absolute favourite ring and information technology's been that way since I was 14. This year, the band released a new album chosen Pray for the Wicked, which Brendon Urie, the sole remaining original fellow member of the band, says was inspired past his Mormon past and his mother.

Pray for the Wicked features hits like "Say Amen (Saturday Night)"and "High Hopes." The latter was nominated in the Teen Pick Awards' summit stone/alternative vocal category but didn't take home prize. At the fourth dimension of writing, the song sits at number 13 on Google Play Music's Top Overall songs.

The emo-pop anthology has other great songs. I personally love similar "Rex of the Clouds" and "Hey Wait Ma, I Fabricated It".

The now confirmed pansexual Brendon Urie performed at the Scotiabank Arena where he showed off his athleticism, his love for the LGBT community and his amazing vocal range.

Runner-up: Spider-Homo into the Spider-Verse soundtrack

Sense8 Finale

A testify that celebrates diversity in so many ways concluded with a two-60 minutes and 41-minute movie and an orgy scene that you'll never forget.

Sense8 first started in 2015. The series features eight supernatural humans linked with one some other telepathically. They can experience each other's hurting, communicate with one some other across oceans and use each other's unique abilities. The telepaths, otherwise known as 'Sensates,' are formed by clusters of eight who are all built-in at the exact same fourth dimension.

I was very happy with the finale of Sense8. Whereas the first and second end on a sombre note, the finale left me content and joyful with everyone getting what I believed they deserve. It gave me everything I wanted more, including drama, romanticism, shootouts, fight scenes, LGBT empowerment and of class the characters using the nearly out of their telepathic abilities.

Runner Upwardly: RuPaul's Drag Race: flavour 10

Pokémon Allow's Go

This trip back to Kanto was definitely a fun one.

I've been a Pokémon fan since I was a little child playing trading cards with my friends. My beginning Pokémon game experience wasPokémon Argent, and while information technology wasn'tCerise, Blueish or Yellow, Silver and Crystal featured both the Johto and Kanto regions. I somewhen played Yellowwhere I was introduced to a footling Pikachu that followed me around everywhere. I somewhen put that Pikachu back in the PC as it e'er seemed a tad grumpy.

Later Yellowish, I always craved a game where whatsoever Pokémon could follow you lot around and eventually I got it, Pokémon Heart Gold and Soul Silver. Though the game became outdated and I started craved a title with the new graphics originally featured in Pokemon X and Y. Finally in 2018Pokémon Let'due south Become came out for the Nintendo Switch.

The game is cute, sports a brand new catching mechanic and Pokémon once once more follow your character. After beating the game, some Pokémon like Charizard can wing y'all around in the air avoiding enemy trainers and other Pokémon.

Permit's Get is almost exactly what I crave in a Pokemon game, though it only featured the kickoff 151 Pokémon.

Runner Upward: God of War

Sekiro: Shadows Dice Twice 2018 game trailer

Ane of my favourite game developers is FromSoftware, the creators of the 'Soulsborne' genre and the gamesBloodborne, Dark SoulsandTenchu. While Sekiro: Shadows Dice Twice looks similar it volition accept quite a few differences from its Soulsborne counterparts and fifty-fiftyTenchu, information technology looks like it might exist the perfect combination of each game. Unlike those blazon of games,Sekiro features a lot of vertical gameplay, murderous samurais and demons.

Unlike whatever of theNighttime Soulstitles, this game lacks magic and unlikeBloodbornethe game is missing trick weapons.

Sekiro: Shadows Dice Twice looks to exist an amazingly fun game, the main character features a prosthetic arm that tin plough into a number of very cool weapons, such as an axe that can break shields, ninja stars that tin allow its user to teleport and a flamethrower that tin set your sword and enemies on burn. That alongside a grappling hook that can rapidly let you run abroad or discover a better vantage point, before attacking.

Sekiro: Shadows Dice Twiceisn't out however, but this was definitely my favourite game announcement of 2018 and makes me very excited for 2019's upcoming games.

Runner Upwards: Cyberpunk 2077 game trailer

Ramen Misoya

Subsequently starting to work and live in Toronto's downtown cadre, I've decided to take it upon myself and try as many ramen restaurants every bit possible and rate them from my least to my all-time favourite. While in 2017 I fell in dearest with Momofuku, a well-known eatery on University beside the Shangri La, this year a new restaurant opened upwards on Queen Street.

The ramen place offers a range of dissimilar flavours and uses a soybean miso base. The menu has both gold kome and argent shiro and can come with a multifariousness of veggies, mince pork, tofu, potatoes and more.

My favourite thing on the menu is the Tan Tan Deluxe that features seaweed, egg, minced pork, pork belly and eggs. The dish as well uses a Tan Tan base of operations that'southward a chip spicy but is definitely the most delicious ramen base I have ever tried. I was shocked to find ramen that I might like more that Momofuku, but after going back to try information technology that was definitely the example.

Bank check out the restaurant at646 Queen St West, Toronto, ON M6J 1E4