Not to bash, but it looks like you don't own a X360 or Playstation 3 from your profile? That may of been the reason. This year has been great to me as a X360 owner.
I've bought or played the following great games:
- Lost Odyssey (fantastic FF-esque RPG. Lots of fun)
- GTAIV (not as good as it could of been, but still good)
- Tales of Vesperia (incredible Tales game. Best to date)
- Silent Hill 5: Homecoming (very good survival horror)
- Castle Crashers (great $15 beat-em-up)
- Fallout 3 (RPG GOTY. Just amazing)
- Saints Row 2 (Very fun sandbox. Better than GTAIV is many ways)
- Kings Bounty: Legend (PC RPG GOTY)
- Sins of a Solar Empire (Phenominal space-based RTS. Best RTS I've played in ages.)
- Rock Band 2 (continued awesomeness from Harmonix. Incredible advancement in music games thanks to DLC + RB1 merging)
- Civilization: Revolution (great take on the Civ franchise for consoles)
- Culdcept Saga (great TCG/RPG/Board Game hybrid)
- Dragon Quest IV (Very nice take on the classic for DS)
And there are still quite a few I want to buy or play:
- Tomb Raider: Underworld (demo was fantastic)
- Braid (duh)
- Geometry Wars 2
And so on. There are a few more I've played that are quite good games. This list doesn't include games I didn't like, or generally popular/good games such as Fable 2 or Gears of War, but you get the idea: It was a good year.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.