Video games! They're pretty cool, so here's ten of them!
I like those games more than some other games.
List items
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Because shooting alien dudes in the face doesn't get any better.
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(Well, shit. I expected this to go off my list with the release of ODST, but that game feels so different, it doesn't replace good 'ol, half-assed Halo 3.)
Probably generally regarded in the nerdier of nerd circles as a dumb person's choice, but what can I do? I was born this way.
It's a completely linear game that manages to be (for the most part) infinitely replayable and surprising every time.
And that's awesome.
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Because it's the most brilliantly designed game, in ways you wouldn't expect from its genre.
It's a platformer with story and characters that aren't there just to fill space, and it develops them in ways no other game does. It's smart, and that's why I love it more than any other (mechanically better) platformer.
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Because it doesn't make me feel like a trained marksman, smartly foreshadows future events, loves Twin Peaks as much as I do, and uses music to great effect.
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Because it makes me feel small.
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Because it made thinking in weird ways feel perfectly natural.
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Because it started with a laughably bad case of "video game logic"... and changed everything about the way I thought it started, and the way I think about video games.
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Because its taxi rides are awe-inspiring. Liberty City feels like a real place.
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Because it's adventure games at their best. The 3 path system is brilliant and adds replayability to the most linear of genres.
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Because it makes photography feel just right. It might be ugly, low budget and from time to time a bit broken, but there's nothing else like it. Not that I'd say no to more Pokemon SNAPs.
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