What Games Define Gaming For You?

by Paul Jeremiah Hayes, COMMUNITY WRITER

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

If someone were to walk up to you and they had no comprehension of games and gaming culture; and they asked you to define what games define games. Which one would you choose?

I know, an extremely tough question to answer. Where do you even start? Do you go back to the 70's and explain Pong or Pac Man? Or maybe the 80's with Nintendo coming to the forefront, and use a game like Super Mario Bros. or The Legend of Zelda, or even Metroid?

So what I am asking the community to do is pick 3 games. They can be any genre, from any gaming generation, and from any platform.

So here's my question: What three games define gaming for you and why?

Tags: Super Mario Bros., Metroid, Pong, legend of zelda, Pac Man

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Raymond Williams

November 15, 2011

1) Half-Life 2. Because it's the best game ever.

2) San Andreas. Because it's the first game that I properly gave up sleep, washing, and leaving the house to play.

3) Splinter Cell. The first game to affect my real life. I started looking for shadowy corners to hide in and pipes to climb in the real world. Years after playing it, I still refer to any sneaky, stealthy move as 'a Sam Fisher'