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Thief. Duck Hunt. Super Mario Bros. Final Fantasy I Grim Fandango Prince of Persia (The original from '89) Paper Mario (Thousand Year Door as well, but that's hardly "retro") Would Rome: Total War count? If so, that. Edit: Forgot Ocarina of Time, somehow. Plus, just for fun, my GC...

Speaking as a bronie, at least a minor one, I'd say no. Of course, this is more because I'm not an MMO guy, but I honestly can't see this being able to do what all the other not-WoW MMOs have been trying for so long: unseating WoW. However, I am looking forward to the My Little Pony 2D...

One: Peanut butter and Bacon. Sounds weird as hell, but it's good. Two: Heat a griddle. Take two slices of sandwich bread, place a slice of provolone cheese on each and a healthy amount of hard salami. Butter the outsides of the bread, toast the sandwich on the skillet, add a little garlic or...

Grim Fandango. Growing up with point-and-clicks, Grim Fandango was a wonderful thing. It's not the most obscure, a lot of people know about it, but most haven't played it, and it's awesome. One of the best game stories ever, even if the presentation of that story doesn't fuse with the gameplay...

Honestly, I cannot in good consciousness give this to anything other than Metroid Prime. More specifically, the part where you travel through the Space Pirate research lab, see all the metroids safely behind their shield walls, and then, once you're as far in as you can go... the power is cut...

Prince of Persia: the Sands of Time. I really didn't like any of the ones to come out since then, though the one from '08 was OK, but Sands of Time will always be one of my favorites. I've played through it probably 6 or 7 times now, and it never gets old.

Here's one: I think that everyone in here who is completely bashing religion is a couple fries short of a happy meal. I am an atheist myself, and I came to be that way through conscious choice. I didn't believe that the concept of some immense, all powerful deity made much sense. I'm more...

Time to make people mad: I think that the best way to help with the food crisis in Africa is to stop sending them anything. It is a biological fact that as long as there are food surpluses, there will be population increases. Sending food to Africa creates a momentary food surplus, which in...

You misunderstand me. I'm not saying that no sequels are good, oh no, not by a long shot. The topic of the thread isn't "What game sequels are good", it's "What games *need* a sequel". I'm saying that no games *need* sequels. Sequels will always be made, and many will be good. Batman Arkham...

No games need sequels. Sorry, but that's my opinion. Unless they set out with a full story in mind and decided from day one, or at least during the development of the first game, there is no reason to drag things out. Mass Effect deserves sequels, because they were planned. Bioshock did not...

I completely agree, and I'm completely fine with waiting as long as it takes, but you must admit the wait is getting trying. I begrudge Valve nothing and I'm sure Episode 3, or Half-Life 3 if that's what it ends up being, will be worth ever second of waiting, but it would be nice to see it...

Has nobody said Valve yet? Don't get me wrong, I love Valve. I love pretty much every game they've ever made. However, there's one thing about them I hate: WHERE. IS. EPISODE. 3?

I don't have any examples, but it is completely possible. It's not a matter of length, but one of content. I've played 4 hour games with enough material to fill a 7 hour game, and had a blast every second, and conversely, I've played 10 hour games that ran out of good ideas 2 hours in and had...

Several weeks ago in a thread, I saw a post that made me think. I saw a man who seemed completely disgusted at the thought of gaming becoming mainstream. I don't remember where I saw it or an exact quotation, but his basic thought was, "If gaming goes mainstream, it will become garbage." Does...

I'm not as old as some, only 17, but I grew up a retro-gamer, so I've got to put one of my favorite old NES titles: Paperboy. Freaking Paperboy. Delivering newspapers on looney street while dodging homicidal dogs, manholes, witches, and tornadoes. Please tell me someone else remembers this.