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If only they were on PC 5
I've never bothered to buy a console and I never had one as a kid - instead I've just stuck with PC gaming. Unfortunately, this does mean I've missed out on all the games that were only available on console, and there have been some cracking ones ove
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My PC Game disc collection 0
I don't use Giant Bomb for tracking my game collection (owned or played), but here I'm making an exception, since I never buy physical games anymore so there's no difficulty keeping this updated. And it's a nice little snapshot of my gaming past. I d
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Great Soundtracks 0
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Flawed Diamonds 2
Games that flew too close to the sun, and games that should have flown closer. Or more specifically: Games that attempted too much, or tried some innovative stuff that didn't quite work out Games that should have become bigger successes, but didn't A
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2D real-time spaceship adventure games 2
As much as I like this particular niche, I've only played a few of the games listed. If something is missing, or one I've added doesn't belong - which is likely - please let me know! What is here? Like the title says, games where the player controls
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Games I want to learn more about 0
I could just save them as bookmarks... but nah.
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Roguelike(like)s I like(like) 0
This is probably a short list, but that's not surprising - these kind of games can be enormous time sinks. I don't care enough to have a specific definition of 'roguelike', let alone roguelikelike or its cousin roguelikelite, so if you don't like my
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Tetris Syndrome 1
Also known as the 'Tetris Effect'. But importantly, not just Tetris! This is a list of the games that I've experienced it in. Mostly games I've played recently, since it's not the kind of thing you remember for years. Also not included: Tetris, since
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PC PowerPlay's 100 Classic PC Games (2000) 0
In 2000, back when I was still buying paper gaming magazines, the Australian magazine "PC Powerplay" included a little booklet one month, with what they considered to be the "most influential games in history". Or at least, the most influential games
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Wiki pages I can be blamed for creating 0
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Games I own with incomplete wiki pages 1
UPDATE 2: I own over a thousand games now, technically (all on PC, and almost entirely download-only). So this list is probably woefully out of date in terms of personal coverage. On the other hand, I doubt many of the game pages have been improved s
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My Bestest Favorites 0
Vaguely in descending order of favoritosity. These were all played in or near their chronological primes, and are being rated against their contemporaries, since I don't generally believe that games (or hell, anything really) hold up over time.
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Favorite Videos 0
ChrisTilton: Favorite Videos
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Highest-grossing games of all time (inflation-adjusted in 2014 dollars) 2
Reference List of best-selling video games, VG Sales
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Highest-grossing game from each year, 1971-2013 (inflation-adjusted in 2014 dollars) 0
Reference List of best-selling video games, Encyclopedia Gamia
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Highest-grossing hit games of 2013 2
Reference List of best-selling video games, Encyclopedia Gamia
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Biggest game companies (assets) as of 2013 0
Note These are game companies worth at least over $1 billion in terms of assets. Where asset figures are unavailable for private companies, estimates will be used. References Official company sites Markets Data, Financial Times Historical Exchange
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Best Technical Graphics of Each Year, 1971-2015 0
Note Only one game per year.
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Most powerful game systems, 1971-2015 0
Note Only one game per year.
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Most powerful game systems in homes, 1972-2015 0
Note Only one game per year.
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Most well-written game storylines of their time (old version) 1
Notes This is an old version of my list that was affected by a 100-limit bug on ordered lists, forcing me to create a new ordered list here: Top 100 most well-written game storylines of their time (best of 1975-2015)
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Top 25 longest game scripts 0
Reference List of longest video game scripts, Encyclopedia Gamia Comparison English word counts for popular epic literature: Mahabharata - 1.8 million words One Thousand and One Nights - 1.2 million words Bible - 1 million words Ramayana - 500,00
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Games with most endings 0
Note This is a list of games with the most endings. This list only includes games that have at least 25 endings. Reference List of video games with most endings, Encyclopedia Gamia
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Top 25 best-selling games of all time (units sold) on consoles & computers 4
Note This list only includes games that have sold at least 20 million units on console and computer platforms, excluding arcade coin drops, mobile downloads, online subscriptions, or microtransactions. For revenues on all platforms, including all t
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Most powerful consoles, 1972-2015 2
Note Only one game per year.
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Favourite game of the year, 1971-2013 0
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Best technical graphics on home systems, 1975-2015 0
Note Only one game per year.
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Most influential games of all time, 1951-2014 0
Notes Only up to one game per year from 1951 to 1970. Only up to two games per year from 1971 to 2013.
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Favourite game music soundtracks, 1981-2014 0
Note Only one soundtrack per year.
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Best 2D graphics, 1971-2014 0
Note Only one game per year.
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Most influential game designers of all time 0
Note The list is sorted in chronological order, based on the years in which they have/had been active in video game development.
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Prehistory: 50 non-electronic games, 3100 BC to 1974 AD 0
References Board game: Timeline, Wikipedia Timelines: Sports and Games, History World Chronology of Sports, World Timeline Individual Wikipedia articles for various games
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Top 100 Most Well-Written Game Storylines of Their Time (1975 to 2015) 5
Notes 1 game per year from 1975 to 1980 2 games per year from 1981 to 1991 3 games per year from 1992 to 2015
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Top 10 Best Video Game Storytelling of 2015 0
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