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What Games Have Actually Affected You?
FortKnox asks: "What games have affected you simply by playing them? What games immersed you so well into its environment that you actually felt different after playing it? For me, I'd have to go with System Shock 2. Basically the predecessor to Deus Ex, it was the only game that made me so afraid that the minute I heard a matron mother, I turned the other way and ran. What game scared you to death, or made you think after playing it?"
I remember flying into New York city, playing Tetris on my Gameboy (Marina Sirtis played Tetris on her Gameboy back then, and we'd play head to head. Sadly, I was too young to suggest strip Tetris at the time) on my way to a Star Trek convention.
As the plane passed by the skyline of Manhattan, I looked out the window at the buildings, and visualized how many blocks I could 'drop in' to make a solid line across the top.
Can't speak to the bandwidth of the server, but I just found it at this site. Google for "gtnm.zip" if that one goes down, I think it's in a couple other places too.