Achievement Unlocked 06.06.08: Choosing 50
Source: 411mania.com (Original Article)
OK, so here’s the deal - I’ve been way too busy this week with a plethora of side projects to get into the column I wanted to do this week. That one gets shelved for another week, and I’ll instead dive into the NEW BIG THING here at 411mania - listing our favourite 50 games.
Let’s be clear here, just like Curry Man’s list, this is my list of my favourite games. You may like them, you may not, but this is the 50 that came to mind as I thought it over. I’m sure there will be at least 10 that I’ll think of as soon as this goes live that I’d rather have on there, but such is life.
Again - MY list of MY favourite games. If you’re retarded and think that just because it’s in list form, this is somehow supposed to be YOUR list of YOUR favourite games, close your browser now.
Don’t get me wrong, I’d love to hear your favourite games so go ahead and list away. Or if you want to know why I put [X] game on there and not [Y], go ahead and ask. Maybe I overlooked that one, or it’s one of the ones that ran through my mind just that second…too…late. Don’t bother telling me my list is “wrong” because it doesn’t have your favourite game on it, though. Just assume I forgot it, if that calms your nerd rage.
I thought the number of people who attacked Curry over his list was ridiculous, but he does draw his readership from the shallow end of the gene pool… Ahh, I’ll give the guy a break, he had some kind of wicked masturbating accident and wound up with a busted hand. Let’s all feel sorry for him.
I decided not to separate games from a series for my list. It helps keep it from having four or five Mario games and promotes diversity. If there were games in the series that I didn’t like, or a cutoff point beyond which I felt the series just didn’t do it for me anymore, I make mention of that.
I also didn’t put them in any particular order. It was hard enough trying to come up No Annual Fee Credit Card with a list of my favourite …continue reading