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The Top 10 Video Games Of All Time?

by Norman Caruso on July 6, 2012 in Articles, News with 4 Comments
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I’m sure most of you have seen way too many of these lists, but this one caught my eye because of the way they chose the games. This website has collected Top 10 lists from various magazines / websites dating all the way back to 1996 and ranked them based on the averages of the collected data.

For the rest of the list (which is about 155 games), check out their website and scroll to the bottom.

Place Name Author Year Total Score Average Rank Percent Score
1 Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Nintendo 1998 308 2.7 9.93%
2 Super Mario 64 Nintendo 1996 201 4.3 6.48%
3 Tetris Alexey Pajitnov 1987 198 4.2 6.38%
4 Final Fantasy VII Squaresoft 1997 135 3.9 4.35%
5 Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past Nintendo 1992 113 5.4 3.64%
6 GoldenEye 007 Rare 1997 103 6.3 3.32%
7 Super Mario Bros. Nintendo 1985 94 3.2 3.03%
8 Half-Life 2 Valve 2004 84 5.0 2.71%
9 DOOM id / GT Interactive 1993 81 4.8 2.61%
10 Super Mario World Nintendo 1991 77 5.9 2.48%

I think this is a fairly solid list, although I wouldn’t put GoldenEye in the top 10. Obviously there is no definitive list: Everyone’s top 10 is going to be different.

What are your top 10 video games of all time?

Surviving The Summer

by Steven Duncan on June 22, 2012 in Articles, Feature with 1 Comment
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For gamers, summer sucks. As a gamer stuck in the desert, summer sucks even more. All industries come to a crawl, giving us plenty of free time to enjoy the climate that most closely resembles an oven. The gaming industry also slows its releases, expecting us to go outside and enjoy the weather. However, had they any idea of the general culture of their main clientel, they would realize that being outside is the last thing gamers would like. We got into gaming so we could stay inside.

Knowing all of this, I need an escape plan for the summer. I need a plan of what to do with my excessive free time come the hotter months. Here are some of my ideas that will hopefully keep me doing my best impression of a hermit for the entirety of the summer.

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Final Fantasy Sequels: A Personal History

by Steven Duncan on February 16, 2012 in Articles, Feature with 1 Comment
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Talking about Final Fantasy XIII-2 on the podcast made me realize that despite complaining, openly, about creating unnecessary sequels to complete stories, I’ve played a lot of the Final Fantasy sequels. I wanted to take a look back at my experiences with them. Maybe I can find out some psychological reason for why I’m a sucker.

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