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Top 10: A look into my favorite games

It’s been a painfully slow week, not only for gaming news, but for releases too.  In lieu of a review this week, I thought I’d give you a glimpse into my favorite games.

I wish I could compose a list of every video game I’ve ever played.  A friend once asked me how many movies I think I’ve seen in my lifetime.  My quick response was, “Hmm, probably around 200?” Then, while working at an internship where the workload ranged from slow to nonexistent, I took it upon myself to attempt to create such a list.

I came up with a list of about 400 movies after spending hours clicking on links on IMDB and some from the top of my head.  Then my list stalled.  I knew there were too many out there, too many obscure titles that I would never remember or stumble upon again.

Since I write about video games, a complete list of games I’ve played would be much less - shall I say - gratuitous than my movie list.  Unfortunately for me, there is no site for video games that is as definitive as IMDB.  Instead of a full list, I’ll have to settle for posting a much smaller list on video games; my list of personal favorites.

Yesterday, I composed and tweeted my 1000 tweet.  I couldn’t think of anything prolific to tweet, so I posted the list to celebrate.  I judge games on a weekly basis, so I might as well share which ones are my personal favorites.  I only made it to the top eight before I reached my character limit.  With the help from my blog, I can present the full list along with a personal story as to why I picked the said game.

You very well may be thinking, “Hey, fool!  A lot of people make it to 1000 tweets. It’s not a big deal.”  To you I say, that is true, but what’s wrong with pointless celebrations for trivial achievements?  You probably got pretty amped when you reached a Gamerscore of 10,000 on Xbox Live, and day you reached 1000 PS3 trophies was probably a damn good day.  So don’t judge me.  We all have our idiosyncrasies.

Before you send me to the gallows because we don’t agree, let me clarify the point of the list.  This is a list of my personally favorite games, not the best games ever made.  On that note, let’s jump in. Shall we?

10.  Mega Man (entire series):  

“Wait a minute, you can’t have an entire series as one entry.” It’s already done.  Mega Man 2 was one of my earliest forays into video games.  There were no training wheels.  I skipped that part and jumped right on the back of a speed bike on a quest to conquer one of the most unforgiving games of its generation at five years old.  Needless to say I failed, but I had an incredible time doing it.