A Game that you owe something to.

[Muspelheim]

I'd say Fallout 3 did alot to cheer me up back when. It was just a lucky hit, I suppose. I was the same age as the protagonist and my own dad had recently died. It helped me cope with many things, and was a very engaging piece of escapism. Plus, it got me into Fallout. I was never hardcore enough to really get into Fallout 1 & 2, but I like where things have gone now. Although I'm sure that sentence is going to put me on some sort of hitlist on the NMA-forums...


But in all, I think I owe the most to ol' WoW. If nothing else, it sat my arse down and thought me how to cooperate and function in a larger group. Not to mention I've met alot of nice people there. Trust me, there are (or were, I don't know anymore, I haven't played for a while) some worthwhile people in there.
I made my first trip abroad alone on account of a guild get-together, (in Lithuania, of all places. Trust me, place's better than you think it is) come to think of it. Was totally worth it.

 

[Valanthe]

Well, the first one to come to my mind is Brain Age, for changing the way I write the number 9.

I used my DS for Brain Age almost exclusively for several months (yay sudoku), and in that time, because it didn't recognize the way I used to write the number nine, I trained my hand to alter the way I wrote to make it easier. To this day I still write my nine's the way I did on my DS.

 

[neverarine]

Morrowind & Grandia

yeah you said one... but i gotta do both... since they both changed the way i veiwed the world i was alot younger then... and didnt realy think about alot of things... but these games showed me whole other worlds and ways to live, and the also probably also played a big part in the fact that i spent my time during highschool as an avid hiker...

 

[BytByte]

Tales of Symphonia for getting me into the crazy awesome world of JRPGs. And at the moment actually Virtua Fighter 5: Final Showdown has me really interested in all fighters.

 

[Alssadar]

Pokemon Gold for being my first game.
Starcraft for introducing me to the range of mature games, as well as an incredibly complex range of internet games
Halo 2 for fun times with friends
Star Wars Republic Commando for getting me into reading.
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War for getting me into Warhammer 40k.
^And thanks to the magic of the Sci-Fi section, I was able to find Warhammer 40k books.
Age of Empires 2 for spurring my interest in history.
Dawn of War 2 for requiring me to have steam, thus introducing me to the magic.

Warcraft 3 for my profile pic.

 

[KoudelkaMorgan]

Super Mario Brothers for being my first game.

Final Fantasy, Legend of Zelda, and Crystalis for teaching me various words and improving my reading skills when I was a kid.

Mario Kart 64, Star fox 64, Tetris Attack, and Tenchu: Wrath of Heaven for being the games I spent the most time playing against my friends.

 

[RADIALTHRONE1]

Well, the first one to come to my mind is Brain Age, for changing the way I write the number 9.

I used my DS for Brain Age almost exclusively for several months (yay sudoku), and in that time, because it didn't recognize the way I used to write the number nine, I trained my hand to alter the way I wrote to make it easier. To this day I still write my nine's the way I did on my DS.

Brain Age writing is a ***** to get used too (damn you percentage symbols and your adding 30+ seconds to my brain age test)

OT: Basically my first PS2 games; Kingdom Hearts, Star Wars Battlefront, and NFS Hot Pursuit 2.
Also Republic Commando for being badass enough for it to be the only xbox game i have a copy of.

Captcha: easy as cake
Pie, captcha. Easy as pie.

 

[Kal-Adam]

KOTOR single-handedly taught me how to do square roots. So that's something!

 

[Terrible Opinions]

I pretty much learned how to read playing Link's Awakening.

And I learned to read well playing Breath of Fire 3.