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One time I was playing Baldur's Gate 2. To be specific, the Umar Hills quest. I'd just barely gotten into the temple ruins whereupon I encountered a couple of Skeleton Warriors. Since I didn't feel like going to all the trouble of fighting them, I tried to lure them up the stairs into the light...

Hallelujah amen! Superb voice acting plus complex, interesting background and personality equals one hell of a villain.

I have a whole bunch of contributions, but as a lot of them have been mentioned so far I'll just ask if anyone remembers April Ryan from that sadly under-appreciated FunCom, offering The Longest Journey. She's occupied my list of favorite characters for years, along with a whole bunch of others...

I've wasted so many hours grinding through Nethack it's pathetic. That game is like warm, delicious ASCII comfort food--completely devoid of depth or nutritional value, but so much fun to waste time on it's obscene. The Sims also springs to mind, especially when I revisit the original.

Agreed. My S.O. had explicitly told me what was going to happen before I ever played through that part, and even then I jumped a mile when it happened. The whole thing is up there in my top 5 most intense gaming moments.

The last time I remember outright *crying* at a video game was the first time I finished Grim Fandango. When Glottis finally said goodbye to Manny on the Number Nine platform I was a mess. :( Granted, I was about 12 y/o at the time but to this day I can never watch that cutscene without feeling...