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Attempting To Create A Gaming Canon

Posted by simoniker on from the who's-first-to-be-canonized? dept.

David Thomas writes "There's a newly posted list of games every developer should know over at Costik.com, and a similar recent attempt at The Ludologist - both articles concern the idea of a 'canon' of games. Like a literary canon, the idea is there is a list of classic games anyone serious about games should have played, in the same way any serious lit person will have read through the canon of literary works." Gentlemen, look over the lists, and please start your heckling now.

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  1. Games that I think should be added. by IVI4573R · · Score: 2, Informative

    Zork
    Duke Nukem/Duke 3D
    Scroched Earth
    Soul Calebure (SP?)
    UT
    Warcraft II
    Bubble Bobble? (Not sure if thats the right name, the game that Snood is based on)
    Area 51 and the other game its bundled with often.

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  2. Re:Genre? by shweazel · · Score: 2, Informative

    RTFA!

    the games ARE subdivided into categories by genre.

  3. Sports? by aliens · · Score: 2, Informative

    I guess I shouldn't expect much under the sports category since if you're a serious gamer you can't play sports games. Only stupid jocks play them. But comeon:

    COMPUTER GAMES--Sports
    John Madden Football

    That's it? Tecmo bowl anyone? RBI Baseball? NHL on Genesis?

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