Some games transcend the mere fluff staring out at you from your local shop's shelves. Some are masterpieces of modern design and execution, little short of this media's Shakespeare. Some have flown high for decades, producing sequel after sequel to lure new generations to their charms. Some are strikingly original. Some have unrivalled depth, offering hundreds of hours of unique play. Some define a new genre, with a new way of doing things. Some excel at what they do to such a degree that it's difficult to imagine a world without them. Some really, thoroughly and absolutely stink. Whatever the reason, the games here have been hand-picked from the pile to be broken apart and presented to you in glorious text. Read on, fellow player, and join us in a celebration of the highs and lows of gaming.
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- Bloodrayne - Vamping it up where the only taste is the slightly coppery sort
- Darwinia - Retro action, modern style? Or is it vice-versa?
- Dead Rising - The 360's killer app?
- Defcon - Would you like to play a game?
- Donkey Konga - The novelty controller cometh
- Donkey Konga 2 - Bongo on
- Doom 3 - It's like the last ten years never happened
- Fahrenheit (Indigo Prophecy) - Blurring the boundaries of genre and format
- Gitaroo Man - Heavy metal, chibi demons, and talking robot amp dogs
- Half-Life 2 - Crowbar at the ready, I'm going in
- Half-Life 2: Episode 1 - It has got Alyx in
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap - Zelda running out of subtitles?
- The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess - A Link to the Shadows
- Mario Power Tennis - Mushroom sandwiches and no rain in sight
- Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time - Tomb Raider with swords
- Prince of Persia: Warrior Within - The prince is dead
- Serious Sam 2 - Now that's some serious firepower
- Shadow of the Colossus - It's what you do with it that counts
- Sim City retrospective - Urban chaos in the game of work
- Uplink - Who do you want to hack today?
