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Top 100 Games Of All Time Decided - Again

Posted by simoniker on from the where's-escape-from-the-planet-of-the-robot-monsters? dept.

Thanks to submitter Brad1138, who points out an article at MSNBC.com about a new list of the top 100 games ever. This time it was staffers at Entertainment Weekly and the games TV station G4 who decided the list, and the article only mentions the 5 highest-rated titles, which include Legend Of Zelda, Doom and Tetris. Which games would you have included in your list?

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  1. Re:useless lists. by nathanh · · Score: 4, Interesting
    they're just as useful as 'best song ever' lists..

    Well, I *do* find these lists useful. I have neither the time nor money to play every game in existence. I rely on these lists to give me an indication of which games are worth my attention.

    Oh sure, there's a tiny chance that the list won't have an obscure title that I would enjoy playing. Tough. I'm not willing to rent/buy an obscure title on the off-chance it won't suck.

    And yes, I have the same philosophy for music, movies and books.

  2. I will avoid the chance to spout about my faves by drinkypoo · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Just notice, Entertainment Weekly is one of the crappiest media franchises ever. They are complete playboys of the movie industry, consistently giving good reviews to complete formula pap. I am completely uninterested in their opinion on the best videogames. I've never really watched G4 (every time I turn it on some stereotypical geek is saying something stupid, so I click away from it, I watch less than 4 hours of television a week anyway so I won't waste it there) so I can't comment on their taste in games, but even if it matches mine perfectly, EW's skew will send it off into fuckville.

    Incidentally, if I had to pick the greatest video game of all time, I'm not sure what it would be, but Zelda would have a decent shot at it, so at least that is a reasonable match. But it's also a no-brainer, you look at the games that sold like mad and really captivated gamers in their time. I mean you have to put sonic on that list even if you think it sucks, it's just another platformer, albeit faster, because it's one of the best loved games of all time.

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