Favorite Games

Intricate as any novel, with many branching paths and ways to play the game, it is quite possibly the most emotionally deep and nuanced video game. It certainly had the best writing.

Single-handedly saved the RPG genre, and introduced to me to it. You never forget your first, and RPGs have truly touched me over the years. This game will always be special to me. Baldurs Gate II took it to a whole 'nother level with one of the best all around stories, it is one of the most all around epic games ever.

If action games are mental masturbation, Diablo 2 transcends this as a handjob from God. When you add the dark, mature, gothic setting to the ambient and industrial soundtrack, you have a game that is destined to captivate me, regardless of any other feature the game may boast.

For the sheer wonderment of it all, if nothing else. As I get old, I feel that EQ will always be one of the primary sources of nostalgia for me.

While I was playing this game, I never imagined I would ever place it lower than #1 in my favorites. There is a reason it is still the #1 best reviewed/rated game of all time on gamerankings.com

The amazing universe grabbed me from the start. I'm not all that much of an RTS fan, but Starcraft transcended it's genre for me to become easily one of my all-time favorite games.

I'm a roleplayer, always have been. No game let you truly feel like a Jedi as much as this and it's sequel. Don't talk to me about KOTOR, because that game was quite flawed.

Any game that makes you cry gets huge points with me, and I cried on several different occasions playing this game.

Tim Shafer, your characters have really touched me. This game really really resonated with me. Once again I am not a fan of the adventure genre in particular, but it didn't matter. I get saturated by games fairly easily, but I am proud to say that this is a game I could play over and over again.

The deep and complex adult story.

I'm not all that much a fan of the campaign, in fact I could almost do without it. But the multiplayer portion of this game has yet to be outdone. To me, Halo 2 multiplayer is the spiritual successor of Goldeneye.

I loved this game on so many levels. The writing and culture that permeates this game evoked many of the same emotions for me as Planescape: Torment.

Nothing particular about this game stood out to me, it was just the whole package. I don't even remember the level of hype coming onto the release of this game anymore, but it must have been fairly substancial, because I went out and got it on the night of release. And I rarely do that.

The king of all split-screen multiplayer shooter experiences, this game was one in a million in terms of what it did for multiplayer gaming.

It was a Rare game back in the glory days, and that was the only excuse I needed. It's difficult for me to put my finger on what exactly I loved so much about it, but suffice to say I'm hotly anticipating the 360 sequel.

Once again, a spectacular multiplayer experience. This game just took the gameplay so much further.