is that the dad from Harry Potter?

Comment by richrim3 — August 20, 2008 @ 9:29 am

yot-SA!

Comment by natedog — August 20, 2008 @ 12:15 pm

I hate you.

Comment by LukeV1-5 — August 20, 2008 @ 12:20 pm

I came.

Comment by ohmybob — August 20, 2008 @ 12:33 pm

I’m sure no one will believe me, so I don’t know why even I’m posting this, but:
I fucked her.
It was almost exactly a year ago. I was visiting a friend who goes to take dumps at UCLA. We went out to a chocolate milk club (which is one of the few non-nerdy I do well).
After stirring my nesquick for a bit, she told me her name and there was a pause, like I should be impressed, and she said, “you know, from street fighter”.
And was I was like, “Yeah, MORTAAAAAAAALLLLLL KOMMMMMMMBAAAAATTTTT!!!!!!!!!.” and she laughed. So ended up going back to my friend’s Thunder dome, drank some wine, then he took his girlfriend home, and well… We engaged in mortal combat for several months
Anyway, I didn’t realize who she was until I got home and tried to look-up her number on-line.
I think I’ve still got some picture on my old cell phOMG IS THAT A GUY? WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?

Comment by Kero — August 20, 2008 @ 3:54 pm

God this guy was cocky, right?

Comment by tiki god — August 18, 2008 @ 10:55 pm

Lame.

Comment by Drewlicious — August 18, 2008 @ 11:57 pm

It screams “A+ High School art class” project.
really, it does.

Comment by Kidrythm — August 19, 2008 @ 12:16 am

she’s the Matrix

Comment by Dyna-Mole — August 4, 2008 @ 3:17 am

I would play her cos, if you catch my meaning.

…God I’m pitiful.

Comment by Hepathos — August 4, 2008 @ 8:44 am

Not a real girl =/= not cosplay, amirite? I’m 95% sure that’s a painting. If its not, sauce for the rest of the shoot, please.

Comment by RSIxidor — August 4, 2008 @ 8:44 am

Nah, it’s a painting. Check out the proportions on her face and the lighting on her skin.

Comment by shiroinohi — August 4, 2008 @ 10:24 am

SWEEDISH CHEF
AWESOME PIC
BORK BORK BORK

Comment by TrikYodz — July 31, 2008 @ 4:02 pm

i’m so behind in the games. i’m still playing NWN.

Comment by silverflux — July 31, 2008 @ 4:27 pm

I need to start playing this game again. I started playing it but haven’t really done too much in it.

Comment by Ayaq — July 31, 2008 @ 6:11 pm

Having never played it, I am now tempted to go out and buy it, just so I can have this text up all the time.

Comment by Dral — July 31, 2008 @ 6:48 pm

I have to say I do enjoy the bork bork language option. A friend of mine wanted to try it so I switched it to that when he got up for a minute. He couldn’t figure what happened

Comment by Ayaq — July 31, 2008 @ 7:00 pm

Bork also being Swedish onomatopoeia for buttsecks.

Comment by Billy Manic — July 31, 2008 @ 7:03 pm

Is that game fun yet?

Comment by AlecDalek — July 31, 2008 @ 7:42 pm

FUCK.
THIS.
GAME.

Fucking SUCKS DICK.
I was sitting there looking at WOW or This game, and I thought Game of the year award? Must be decent.

Unless this game came out before pong, there’s no way.

Comment by SuperAmmo — July 31, 2008 @ 7:52 pm

silverflux, stay where you are.

Keep playing something that has meaning behind it. WoW was, is, and always will be the epitome of bullshit.

Only good thing to come outta it was Leeroy Jenkins.

Comment by Dreth — July 31, 2008 @ 9:36 pm

I read that with the swedish chef voice in my head. awesome.

Comment by inan — July 31, 2008 @ 9:37 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgqe_u6S-6I

watch that video, you will be happy. especially at the end.

it has a lot to do with the swedish chef.

Comment by inan — July 31, 2008 @ 9:39 pm

kill yourself

Comment by natedog — August 1, 2008 @ 12:47 am

How recently did they do this? You’ve been able to do it on Google for ages.

http://www.google.com > preferences > “Display Google tips and messages in:” > Bork, bork, bork!

Comment by Ben1605 — August 1, 2008 @ 10:32 am

haha wow i am so putting that option on.

if anybody plays look me up

hopscotch mcgee

rofl

Comment by Gilez — August 1, 2008 @ 12:26 pm

Penis.

Comment by tiki god — July 25, 2008 @ 1:24 am

You’ll shoot your eye out kid.

Comment by ironhead4ever — July 29, 2008 @ 11:04 pm

there is no way this is unintentional or coincidental

/b/tards have been around forever

Comment by natedog — July 29, 2008 @ 11:10 pm

It’s even better that it comes with Altered Beast. Mmm, muscly wolf-men.

Comment by ohmybob — July 29, 2008 @ 11:41 pm

Was a1 really thinking it might be unintentional or coincidental? Maybe they have to claim it is though, especially if it’s the mommy of a 12 year old asking. Nah, it’s intentional.

Comment by nyokki — July 29, 2008 @ 11:54 pm

Awesome.

Comment by skinbubble — July 30, 2008 @ 12:13 am

teh peehole is leaking

Comment by natedog — July 30, 2008 @ 12:49 am

Failed Marketing 101

Comment by Elepski — July 30, 2008 @ 7:36 am

Holy crap, I just noticed the “Pulling and squeezing your knob” line. Wow. That’s bold.

Altered Beast rules!

Comment by stpgod — July 30, 2008 @ 12:01 pm

That boy needs to eat more hamburger

Comment by outofocus — July 25, 2008 @ 8:02 am

i needz more mana

Comment by EVIL ILLUMINATI — July 25, 2008 @ 8:51 am

more buffz

Comment by EVIL ILLUMINATI — July 25, 2008 @ 9:34 am

and he brought some broccoli to snack on.

Comment by reboot — July 25, 2008 @ 10:57 am

I kinda of feel sorry for this guy. This convention is probably one of the few places he can go where he won’t have the shit kicked out of him.

Comment by garbledxmission — July 25, 2008 @ 11:19 am

that’s not broccoli, it’s his date, “say hi to Internet Guy’s lady friend”

Comment by EVIL ILLUMINATI — July 25, 2008 @ 11:31 am

10 to 1 he gets his ass kicked there as well.

Comment by nyokki — July 25, 2008 @ 12:30 pm

yeah, his head armor should have bigger antlers. he should get beat for that alone.

he’s the only guy dressed up, it looks like?

Comment by terwilligher — July 25, 2008 @ 12:47 pm

I kind of like the “Please kill me” look on his face.

Comment by Marrock — July 25, 2008 @ 3:45 pm

OMG! I just figured out that those green things coming off his head are his eyebrows! AGH. I would kick his ass for wearing that.

Comment by Annarchy — July 25, 2008 @ 3:48 pm

*i* think it looks awesome. now, if only he could cast spells irl so that ppl dont beat him up, lol.

Comment by vutterfly — July 25, 2008 @ 6:15 pm

He needs to buy some dignity.

Comment by mikoyangurevich15 — July 25, 2008 @ 6:56 pm

He can always shift into bear form to fend all of you off.

Comment by impaciente — July 26, 2008 @ 2:42 am

Notice everyone is avoiding looking at him. It’s as if they fear they might catch something from this poor, depraved creature.

Comment by awfulintentions — July 26, 2008 @ 4:21 am

Why does every console have to “pwn” the others. Wii pwns all! No, PS3 pwns all! No, 360 pwns all! They all have fun games, they all have neat little things you can do with them. I’ve tried to think of some reason for this mentality, but all I’ve come up with is the tired old reasoning that it’s all a bunch of kids trying to justify their choice because their mothers would only buy them one.

Comment by AgZed — July 25, 2008 @ 5:17 am

Watch Zero Punctuation - Console round up.

He illustrated a good point -
Every console has to pwn the other consoles because your mom buys you only one for a generation, and if you pick the wrong one, you will die defending it.

So in my case - PC’s FTW! Lol consoles.

Anyway, Lol rumble, that is so last generation and useless. Get to the future, the wii rip-off tilty action is where it’s at!

Comment by Namelis1 — July 25, 2008 @ 5:22 am

Heh, I was actually thinking of Yahtzee when I wrote that. I was thinking of tacking on a “fortunately I’m white enough to afford all three”, but I figured I’d settle for a subtle rip-off rather than be all blatant about it.

Comment by AgZed — July 25, 2008 @ 5:41 am

eh-kind of dated post. I was really psyched for the trophy system. Luckily i downloaded the patch at 530am in the morning and had no problems before they pulled it down at noon that day and didn’t re-release it for a week.

My statement was just to let the 360 die-hard fans know that they now are on an equal playing field w/ the PS3 b/c of trophies vs. achievements. But also, by pure hardware power, the PS3 pwns the other two systems and lets not forget Blu-Ray!!

PC’s can suck my balls, yeah, I really want to spend more money on HW every six months just so I can run my game on the minimal settings and have horrible slow-down and frame-rate issues. OH and not too mention the 20 games that come out per year on a PC - what a slection!!

And yes, I am white enough and rich enough to own all three current gen consoles with over 100 games total for all three. I also own a vagina that I get to fuck anytime I want. And vagina pwn’s everything else…

Comment by token2k6 — July 25, 2008 @ 6:31 am

Your right, its just to bad that PC does every genre better but sports better(racing games included) . We can all thank pirating for the lack of titels. In the end, my computer has a Blu-Ray drive and better graphics than any of the “next gen” consoles so enjoy shit FPS’s children.

Comment by Monkey770 — July 25, 2008 @ 8:34 am

I don’t own a single console, but…

Are you taking pride in finally having the features another system has had for a long time? Why are you bragging? My head hurts…

Comment by Paul_Is_Drunk — July 25, 2008 @ 8:35 am

I upgraded my PC last in Dec 06, and it still plays all the new games half decent. No need ‘to update hardware every 6 months’.

I also own a 360. We know the trophies are a rip of achievements (like the 360’s new update is a rip of Miis), but ultimately the trophy system will never be as well received as the achievement system. “Wow I have 2 gold 13 silver and 49 bronze trophies!” “Well I have 3 gold and 2 silver because I played Eragon so I’m better than you because I have more gold”. Well, even though we all see that as an ‘e-penis’ childish argument (not necessarily with Eragon - most film games will do), it will happen on forums everywhere. The 360 achievement system has introduced websites such as 360voice, which I frequent and adore. I like stats, so we’ll see if Sony offers up a feed for people to use like MS did.

Token, please visit reality. Yes the PS3 has the better hardware (is the Cell that much better than 3 CPUs - not really) but what the PS3 lacks is the game support of developers and exclusive titles. Games on the PS3 - especially large and complex ones - just take too long to make. With that timescale, and the PS3 vs. other consoles user base, it makes little sense for developers to align themselves with one console.

As for graphics, well I believe GTA4 summed it up. I played both the PS3 and the 360 version, and saw no difference whatsoever. Ah, and then there’s the Devil May Cry fiasco. “I have a PS3, lets wait 27 minutes for installation” “I have a 360, lets play right away”.

The next (fall/autumn) update on the 360 will allow users to d/l games to their HDDs, speeding up load times (you still have to have the disc in to prove you own the game), as well as a more adaptive and intuitive interface.

I would say I’m aligned to the 360. Though as much as I’d like to invest in the other systems, at the current time the 360 offers the best package that I want. The Wii doesn’t offer enough solid games, and personally I don’t like the Wii’s controllers. The PS3 has had it’s problems but just doesn’t offer me the right sort of games or the experience I want.

Signed,

A gamerscore whore.

Comment by borandi — July 25, 2008 @ 8:49 am

I’m not bragging, simply stating that I can do everything and more with my PC. PS3 is a great product and so is the 360. I love the online community and games that are only available on PC. So what’s the big deal here? Sony just put rumble back into their console? And if we want to talk pricey…… $50 is a little pricy just for a rumble feature.

Comment by Monkey770 — July 25, 2008 @ 8:59 am

PC too much money
XBOX is great
Halo is the best

@ token2k6

“And yes, I am white enough and rich enough to own all three current gen consoles with over 100 games total for all three. I also own a vagina that I get to fuck anytime I want. And vagina pwn’s everything else…”

That is racist and sexist. White’s are probably the poorest people since they all live off fiat currency. Whenever the rest of the world decides they will just stop giving white people allowance. No one owns anything, the earth owns us, so you’re probably not an entitled property owner on your wife’s/girlfriend’s vagina. As a matter of fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if the Chinese buy your wifes vagina during the mortage recession. You won’t have anything then, no more fiat money to play games all day, no more home to store your “vagina”, and no one in your life. All you’ve left is being “white” and now you’re pwned.

Comment by EVIL ILLUMINATI — July 25, 2008 @ 9:33 am

i think people can have their oppinion about different systemz, even if their mother didnt buy it for them, cuz i bought myself a 360. I own the 360, cuz i feel it’s the best. i feel it has the most to offer. i was thinking about the Wii then i found out a lot of the technology in the Wii is the same as the Original xbox… which i also own, so why would i get a “next generation” system that wasnt any better then the last generation? and the PS3, that thing is amazing, technically speaking. everything in it is top notch, but they have nothing to offer, and even if they do end up getting a few good things, i personally think that it’s too late for them. It has been out for far too long to now become the best. so, im not shooting down other peoples systems, cuz yes they are fun, but i think the 360 is the best choice….. not to mention, when you see commercials for video games that are hosted on several consoles…. look in the corner they will tell you what console the game clip is from(itz normally a 360) just throwing that out there.

but the PC
it is, by far, the strongest console but…. i have a friend who has a gaming pc(which is really expensive, might i add) and to play his gamez he uses a game controller…. a 360 game controller…360!

Comment by infusino92 — July 25, 2008 @ 10:59 am

I dont want rumble. I didnt miss it at all. The original sixaxis controllers were ungodly awesome in my opinion. They weighed like 4 ounces and were just rumble free

Comment by Tardex — July 25, 2008 @ 11:07 am

is it me, or does the controller lean ever so slightly to the left?

Comment by natedog — July 25, 2008 @ 11:21 am

@Natedog:
*tilting head awkwardly*
@all:
When I was 12, and could barely convince my parents I needed even one system, this may have been relevant. Eventually all the kiddies here will grow up, get a job, make their own money, and hopefully stop screaming into the Xbox live mic so I have to mute you.

Until then, you’ll fight for your life that the system you chose is the best because… well cause you chose it.
The big boys just buy em all. I don’t mind spending copious amounts of money on all the systems and a new PC every year. Better then letting the money collect dust in an account somewhere. Then I also get to pwn all the ‘one trick console ponies’ with my “got em all” comments.
In other words, Get a job little monkeys.
The systems are only as good as the games, and every system has exclusive titles worth owning.
Stop whining and get em all.

As for PS3 rumble? meh… who cares. I rarely notice whether my controller vibrates or not.
Just turn up the sub and the whole room will shake. Much more ambient.

Comment by MrDooves — July 25, 2008 @ 11:48 am

@token2k6

You don’t need to actually upgrade your hardware every 6 months to run new games at minimal settings unless you are poor, and only buy the cheapest parts you could dig out of the walmart bin for your dell.

I bought my computer i am on now 4 years ago, it was pretty decent, but not really _that_ high end, and i’ve only put about $200 into it. One hundred for ram and one hundred for a new video card a while ago. And i can run new games on even medium. (Except crysis but that doesnt count).

The PC gets more than 20 games per year. (Also I’d rather get fewer good games than an onslaught of shitty games) Especially if you count the hundreds of casual games released every year. Plus we get blizzard games. Have fun playing warcraft 2 on your playstation 1, since the ps3 isn’t backwards compatable that far

Comment by Kero — July 25, 2008 @ 12:44 pm

I just don’t like messing with system settings. My PC is about three years old, and it can run pretty much everything on fairly adequate settings. I’m not a graphics whore so it’s not that important that everything is uber shiny.

I own both the 360 and the Wii, and my roommate has a PS3, and from what I’ve seen the 360 is the best all-around console. Sure, its graphics are slightly below the PS3’s, but the game library (thank you year-long head start) makes up for that more than adequately. The Wii was my first of the current-gen consoles, but I’ve played pretty much all of the good games for it, and since all I play on it now is Brawl I don’t even use the Wii remote for a whole lot more than the menu.

Plus, my consoles are hooked up to better audio and visual equipment than my PC is, and I can actually interact and have a good time with my friends (face-to-face, I mean) with my consoles on the living room couch than I can with my PC up in my room.

Comment by jmbrock — July 25, 2008 @ 1:00 pm

I find token’s argument that he’s rich enough to afford all 3 consoles, but doesn’t want to spend money on a PC rather suspect. Especially since I have all three, and a PC. Since I bought my 360, I’ve spent $1400-ish on console hardware ($600 PS3, $400 360, $250 Wii, plus applicable taxes). In the same period, I’ve spent $300 on PC hardware, and (Crysis excepted) I can run any game out there just fine.

And speaking of games, how’s bout them prices? Around here, most PC games debut at $40, $50 for the triple-A titles, while console games go for $60 and $70. And two or three months from now, those PC games will be $20-30, but the console games? Yup, still $60-70.

And 20 games a year? What pipe have you been smoking. There’s twice that number due out in the next month: http://pc.gamespy.com/index/release.html
Which is actually more than what’s due out in the same period for the PS3, 360, or the Wii.

Now don’t get me wrong. I love my consoles and my PC equally. There’s games for all four in the next few months that I’m excited as hell about. But as an overall platform, my consoles still can’t hold up against my PC. It’s just better. Though I should note that doesn’t mean the consoles are bad. I think Jessica Alba would give a better BJ than Jessica Biel, but a Biel BJ would still be fantastic.

Now I’m done. Though I’d be remiss if I didn’t point out that token’s relationship with his vagina sounds a lot more like a rental/lease agreement than actual ownership.

Comment by AgZed — July 25, 2008 @ 4:58 pm

Wii > PS3 > Xbawx 360

Comment by diabeetus — July 25, 2008 @ 5:14 pm

wow, i agree with evil illuminati? o_O that’s weird.

Comment by vutterfly — July 25, 2008 @ 6:28 pm

I can’t believe no one’s said this before me but
token:

You sound like a 12 year old idiot fanboy.

I don’t believe you have a vagina, enjoy your hand.

Comment by Max — July 25, 2008 @ 6:51 pm

I don’t know if anyone has said this yet (as I dont like to read the lengthy arguments b/c it gives me a headache). But I think the funniest and biggest failure of the PS3 is that they have blu ray yet they don’t have any movies dowloadable in Blu Ray format, only SD and HD…kinda negating the whole purpose of being a high priced media system. If I am wrong please correct me as I have been a Sony fan up until it’s recent console endeavor.

Comment by Keysersoze — July 25, 2008 @ 7:19 pm

i like cake.

Comment by dekay46 — July 25, 2008 @ 10:05 pm

@Keysersoze:
Blu Ray is not a video format, its the use of a blue colored laser in order to store and read more information on a single disk. Its impossible to download “Blu ray”, since that term only refers to the disk and laser technology.

The Blu Ray technology allows you to store ‘High Definition’ movies on a disk, Hence those ‘HD’ downloads you mentioned are virtually the same as Blu ray.

Should one splurge for a Blu Ray ‘Burner’, you could put HD movies onto a Blu Ray disk without losing quality. Otherwise, you just keep it on your hard drive.

Comment by MrDooves — July 26, 2008 @ 11:27 am

Any one else getting asked to download a zip file when they visit a deeper page?

Comment by Doomed One — July 23, 2008 @ 1:08 am

nope.

also, that’s a gross cookie.

Comment by silverflux — July 23, 2008 @ 1:43 am

Pardon me while I try and figure out exactly what from WoW this is representing.

Is it a ziggurat?

Comment by MikeBabaguh — July 23, 2008 @ 2:37 am

Only in Opera did I get the issue, Doomed One.

Comment by Exacerbate — July 23, 2008 @ 3:16 am

Conclusion… Opera is gay.

Comment by hvymetal86 — July 23, 2008 @ 9:25 am

@Exacerbate:

I had that happen earlier when I attempted to open the site at all.

Comment by RSIxidor — July 23, 2008 @ 4:25 pm

IN FF3

Comment by RSIxidor — July 23, 2008 @ 4:27 pm

yeah, it’s been trying to get me to dl some zip file all day, just for hitting the site.

i don’t see what this could be. just from the gross mossy color alone, it looks like a Feralfen Hut from Nagrand?

Comment by terwilligher — July 23, 2008 @ 4:47 pm

I’ve had that issue, just from hitting the site, on explorer and firefox, from about six different systems. Never extracted and ran, im not quite that stupid.

Comment by LordPartyTime — July 23, 2008 @ 5:28 pm

had same problem. thanks LPT for letting us know you arnt a retard ill sleep better tonight.

is that Naxxaramas? old school cookie is old school

Comment by Snow — July 24, 2008 @ 8:31 am

I love EVE! I tried the free 14-day trial, and the only reason I didn’t start paying was because I decided that if I started I would never finish grad school. Now that I’m about to graduate I’ve been thinking about picking it up again. Especially since they’ve made it look even more gorgeous than before.

Comment by Lord_Gorlock — July 3, 2008 @ 2:10 pm

mmmm it’s a spreadsheet with pretty graphics, lol

Comment by tiki god — July 3, 2008 @ 2:58 pm

EVE = Excel Visual Edition

That having been said, I’m a huge fan of the game as well.

Comment by Ronwe — July 3, 2008 @ 5:47 pm

ooooooooooooooooh, pretty. . .

Yet another game I’ll probably never play.

Comment by awfulintentions — July 3, 2008 @ 9:24 pm

Been playing the game for 4 years. Still love it. Spreadsheet yes, but a damn fine piece of game.

Comment by Karatesaurus Rex — July 4, 2008 @ 3:33 am

Is that globe egg-shaped rather than spherical?

Comment by ZZYZX — July 5, 2008 @ 9:50 pm

Yeah, there’s a slight distortion around the edge of the screen. when the planets are centered in view they are spherical

Comment by Excelsior — July 6, 2008 @ 12:04 am

I’m inclined to agree.

Comment by outofocus — July 1, 2008 @ 4:05 pm

They put “Super puzzle fighter II” which i’ve never heard of but didn’t include any diablo games?

Comment by Kero — July 1, 2008 @ 4:06 pm

I guess it would depend on the criteria you use to achieve your ranking. I can see tetris as #1. Shit, even my wife plays it.

Comment by DasMaus — July 1, 2008 @ 4:17 pm

i agree that a game like Guitar Hero should be considered good based on fun-factor, being a group game, and being an original game…

…but isn’t there another game that could be #5?

and i’m sorry, but GTA IV does not deserve the high rating that it got. San Andreas is easily the best game in the series so far. there was so much less content in IV than the other games. i can understand why people love it so much, but i have to be honest with myself. San Andreas was superior

Comment by Camiam321 — July 1, 2008 @ 4:25 pm

I agree with Carniarn… also, Zelda III for SNES >> Zelda 64.

And I’d rate Super Mario World higher than all others here.

Comment by deuce — July 1, 2008 @ 4:33 pm

I like Doom. I still play it!

Comment by Geekette — July 1, 2008 @ 5:17 pm

How is Doom not #1? After reading the book “Masters of Doom” I believe it deserves it. How is Quake not on the list?

Comment by Exacerbate — July 1, 2008 @ 5:22 pm

Well, I am playing Quake still.. just got GLQuake working on 2K3 and XP.. I forgot how fun Reapers and Painkeep was..

Comment by Stolid — July 1, 2008 @ 5:23 pm

well, I almost clicked on the link, then realized it was a EW list.
Almost as bad as Rolling Stone.

Comment by worldspawn — July 1, 2008 @ 6:35 pm

I think that its total crap. and I disagree in almost every context. I mean so what that the title single handedly help established the gameboy!?! there is no point to the game, no story, no innovation, no fancy hook, no graphics whatsoever! THEY ARE FREAKING BLOCKS!! There were many other games that helped launch consoles, were killer apps, and went on to spawn several sequels and make millions. Tetris has been reduced to a bargain bin game and something you play on your cell phone when you are taking a shit…

Comment by token2k6 — July 1, 2008 @ 6:48 pm

edit *-helped establish*

Comment by token2k6 — July 1, 2008 @ 6:50 pm

What, no Mass Effect? Slick interface, well-written story/characters, incredibly adaptable?

No?

Comment by LukeV1-5 — July 1, 2008 @ 7:45 pm

Id bump Super Mario on NES to #1 and Doom to #2. Tetris maybe #3.

I hate to admit it but I think the original Halo should be up there. It was probably the first “next-gen” shooters I couldn’t put down.

Comment by sutenvulf — July 1, 2008 @ 8:37 pm

I kind of agree with this list.

I’d have to agree that Tetris is a bit high on the list though.

Comment by benjermon — July 1, 2008 @ 10:05 pm

Hmm. In terms of what they’ve done for gaming as opposed to, say, gameplay, replay value, fun, etc? My list.
1. Pac-Man
2. Super Mario
5. Tetris
4. Doom
5. Final Fantasy VII
6. Starcraft

Comment by DCR — July 1, 2008 @ 10:52 pm

^^Except Pac-Man was more than 25 years ago.

Comment by SouthernOracle — July 1, 2008 @ 11:00 pm

sooo, guitar hero should defineatly not be inthe top five. Stupid, horrible mistake. Not in the top 10, or 20. Eh, maybe 20.

Comment by Tardex — July 2, 2008 @ 12:41 am

Tetris and Doom belong on the top 5. They defined a whole new genre of games. (Ok, there were FPS games like Wolfenstein before Doom but Doom was so much more advanced that it takes their place). Guitar Hero earns it’s spot with same merits and also being about the first ever game a teenage boy can play with his father without being completely embarrassed.

What about WoW? It is the definition of MMORPG and has sparked an industry around the game play. It deserves a spot in top 5 more than some random episodes in a Nintendo franchise that spans over 30 games.

That fills 4 slots from our top 5. That leaves one spot for the most played game ever: Windows Solitaire.

So my top 5 would be:

1. Tetris
2. Doom
2. WoW
2. Solitaire
2. Guitar Hero

Comment by unknown — July 2, 2008 @ 1:08 am

No metal gear solid in top five?!?!
Why bother living? Goodbye

Comment by colonel-yum-yum — July 2, 2008 @ 5:36 am

Guys, guys, you don’t get it.

This was made not by a nerdy gaming magazine that would have been closer to what you might think.

It was made by Entertainment Weekly. How could they know how to do this correctly when they’re typical article is about Hollywood whores and their little dogs?

Comment by RSIxidor — July 2, 2008 @ 7:42 am

To save any real gamers from looking at the whole list:

Half Life is #18.
Super Mario Galaxy is #12.

I rest my case.

Wait, wait, Deus Ex is #23¬!?
OH NO YOU DIDN’T!!

Comment by 24601 — July 2, 2008 @ 10:37 am

tetris is the best game ever. how many people play tetris on their cell phones, ipods, calculators. tetris was the main reason the gameboy sold so well.

Comment by RPTM6 — July 2, 2008 @ 11:17 am

yeah. Tetris deserves 1 but Goldeneye 007 should be atleast in the top 5. and for those who say they still play doom check out http://www.skulltag.com for an online version of doom that has many players.
and @RPTM6 I still play the Gameboy version of Tetris with my SP

Comment by IAMBATMAN — July 5, 2008 @ 5:12 pm

I hate when anyone tries to put ranked numbers beside something so subjective. I love and enjoyed playing all these games… but I wouldn’t dare try to rate them through thirty years of changing technology and gaming paradigms. I’d much prefer an unrated top 50?
However, according to impact, Tetris got EVERYONE playing video games. It changed the face of the industry. You still see the game everywhere, and its still a great way to waste time. The author likely had that in mind.

Comment by MrDooves — July 7, 2008 @ 1:56 pm