Yeah, sure, it's nice to arrange all of the best in neat little lists. But, please, proceed with caution. Presenting the lists that had us screaming at our inanimate monitors for a whole two days until we stopped caring.

MOVIES
TIME, Top 10 Movies of 2008
Why It Sucks: We get it, Wall-E was a great movie. While we didn't include it in our lists because of its appeal to people outside of the demographic, we understand how Time can give it the nod for best of '08. However, we do take exception to some glaring ommissions, like The Dark Knight, questionable additions, like Speed Racer at No. 9, and the writeup for their No. 2 movie, Synecdoche, New York: "...you'll want to argue with it, spank it, take it home or give it some Xanax." Whoa, whoa, whoa Time: We're still rounding first base.

NOW PUBLIC, Top 10 Movies of 2008
Why It Sucks: Not only does this one begin with a cop-out, earmarking No. 10 for any movie being released after Dec. 15 in Canada, it's chock full of movies we'd love to take 'round the back of Maxim HQ and give them the what-for. Once again, The Dark Knight gets the cold shoulder, along with all superhero movies and all of the summer rated-R comedies. In their place, they suggest Heima (No. 9), which IMDB says hasn't even been released in the States, and snorefests in Patti Smith: Dream of Life (No. 7), Waltz With Bashir (No. 6) and The Fall (No. 5).

SLATE, Top 10 Movies of 2008
Why It Sucks: Ah, yes, no top 10 list would be complete without an appearance from the crowd of scribal shit stains. Articles on Slate usually have the unique ability to both inform and insult readers and their film critic's picks for the best of '08 doesn't disappoint. Notable omissions include The Dark Knight and Slumdog Millionaire (because, obviously, anything done outside of the U.S. is terrorist propaganda) and the writer goes out of her way to implicitly tell you that she is 17 times better than you with inclusions like The Class, The Edge of Heaven, and Frozen River. You just wouldn't understand see, these are "little-seen" films, for people who, you know, have culture and stuff.

NPR, David Edelstein's Top 10 Movies of 2008
Why It Sucks: The No. 1 selection from Mr. Edelstein had our Managing Editor remark in a very pointed and loud manner toward my face: "I don't want to live in a world where people enjoy this movie." Rachel Getting Married beat out everyone's favorite beeping trash can, Wall-E, and nine other movies you will probably never see because you enjoy your life.

ORLANDO SENTINEL, Top 10 movies of 2008
Why It Sucks: Poor Roger Moore. He's got "20 to 25" films that could've made his top films of the year list, yet he opted to choose four great ones (Slumdog Millionaire, Milk, WALL-E, In Bruges) and six that'll have your testicles running for cover, including the aforementioned Rachel Getting Married. And, of course, The Dark Knight (the consensus No. 1 movie of '08) fell juuuuust short.

LOS ANGELES TIMES, Top 10 of 2008
Why It Sucks: We wouldn't have qualms with a list full of great foreign films if the domestic selection was subpar. But, this year's stock of comedies, dramas, and yes, even blockbusters, should've given critics enough to go nuts about. Not for an LAT writer, who shoehorned in a disproportionate six films from outside of the U.S., and none of them were called Le Dark Knight.

GAMES
FIDGIT, The Top 10 Games of 2008
Why It Sucks: Yeah, holy shit. I don't even know where to start with this one. Dubious inclusions like Midnight Club Los Angeles (over Burnout Paradise?) and Saints Row 2 (over GTA IV?) are just the tip of the iceberg. Far Cry 2 topping the list is a bit surprising, but respectable as it was a graphically beautiful and plain-old-fun experience. But, surrounding it with steaming piles of virtual dog shit like The Club and the Diablo-series clone, Sacred 2, is just bad advice.

WIRED, Top 10 Games of 2008
Why It Sucks: We get that 2008 was one of the hardest years to categorize games into lists because of the crazy good selection. But, not including Metal Gear Solid 4, almost a lock for best graphics, and Gears of War 2, for its shear ass-ripping action, you're really doing a disservice. Also, while LittleBigPlanet was the consensus chic pick of the year, it, in retrospect, deserves a back seat to more entertaining, non-time-consuming-to-the-point-of-exhaustion games like Fable II, which for some reason doesn't even get a mention.

TRUSTED REVIEWS, Top 10 Games of 2008
Why It Sucks: Here's what the author wants you to know. The only Wii game worth owning last year was a rehash of all of its previous 5,000 iterations (Mario Kart Wii). The best racing game was a simulation that is done better in Forza Motorsport and Gran Turismo (GRID). And the best game was one with a great singleplayer, but a flawed and underutilized co-op experience (Fable 2). Then, the he tries to cover up at the end with verbal diarrhea (dis)honorably mentioning MGS4, Dead Space and Burnout Paradise with the disappointing Spore.

LIVEMINT, Top 10 Games for 2008
Why It Sucks: I must admit that one of my first forays into gaming was Zork, a text-based game that asked you to type directions at a prompt and figure out puzzles by reading very carefully. But, if we are to be completely honest with readers, there is no possible way you can include a text-based game in a best games of 2008 list. 2008, damn it! But Krish Raghav does, and while it's quite noble for him to do so, forgive us for laughing at him in whatever virtual capacity we are capable of doing so. He goes on to include a flash-based game, Oiligarchy, and rank Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2 as a tie, which is blasphemous in and of itself. I mean, he is the author and, thusly, is allowed to break that tie any way he chooses. Flip a coin or something, dude.