Games That Changed Our Lives #22: Wizkid
As a young child, I spent my days sneaking into my older brother's bedroom in the hope of scoring some time on his Amiga 500....
Games That Changed Our Lives #21: Sonic The Hedgehog
If you needed a mascot for your brand and your competitor had a podgy plumber with a noticeable nose and magnificent moustache, who or what...
Games That Changed Our Lives #20: Bioshock
Chances are, if you had an Xbox 360 or PS3 back in 2007, you played the very first Bioshock during its prime. It came...
Games That Changed Our Lives #19: Uplink
Back in 2001, hardly anyone had a mobile phone, the internet connected using uncomfortably loud and ridiculous noises, and hacking had only really been seen...
Games That Changed Our Lives #18: FIFA Football
For a series that's 23 years old, FIFA Football has done incredibly well to stay relevant. Its singular focus means it won't appeal to...
Games That Changed Our Lives #17: Deus Ex
If you've played a video game since the year 2000 then chances are that Deus Ex had an impact on it in some way;...
Games That Changed Our Lives #16: Theme Hospital
Simulation games have been around since Fortune Builder in 1984 before being popularised by the first incarnation of Sim City in '89. Since then...
Games That Changed Our Lives #15: Silent Hill 2
Funnily enough, during my first playthrough of Silent Hill 2, 3 and 4, I never actually touched the controller. I sat on a couch,...
Games That Changed Our Lives #14: Crash Bandicoot
At a time when Sega were the forerunners in the home video games market, Sony were trying to launch the PlayStation. Originally conceived as an...
Games That Changed Our Lives #13: SSX 3
Ever notice how the third of something is usually the best? Die Hard 3, Rambo 3, Alien 3, Starship Troopers 3? Actually, those are...
Games That Changed Our Lives #12: Red Dead Redemption
To summarise Red Dead Redemption as simply “Grand Theft Auto in the ol’ West”, is to do it such a disservice that you ought to...
Games That Changed Our Lives #11: Spider-Man (2000)
When we think about Marvel superheroes in gaming, one rises above the rest in terms of prevalence: Spider-Man.
Spider-Man has had a far greater presence...
Games That Changed Our Lives #10: The UFO Trilogy
By David Haughton
With XCOM 2 getting ever closer I feel its time to pay tribute to a series that tired to keep the XCOM...
Games That Changed Our Lives #9: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II
By Conor Bailey
Star Wars games have always had a special place in the hearts of gamers.
It's very, very hard not to name a...
Games That Changed Our Lives #8: Final Fantasy VII and VIII
Those crazy Japanese. Western culture can’t account for them. The Japanese are so bewildering that Sophia Coppola earned four Oscar nominations for a film...
Games That Changed Our Lives #7: The Dragon Age Series
Guild Wars, World of Warcraft, Neverwinter... The list of RPGs I've played and thoroughly enjoyed throughout my life goes on, but none will ever...
Top 10 Atari 2600 Games
The Atari 2600 Video Computer System, or VCS, is one of the greatest consoles of all time. It was the system that truly kicked...
Games That Changed Our Lives #6: Donkey Kong Country
Remember when we were innocent? Think about it. Take a break from plotting the growth of your criminal empire or raising your destructive magicka...
Games That Changed Our Lives #5: Gran Turismo
We live in an era of invention and, as such, compulsively seek the new. Were someone to have stumbled ontoDragon’s Den in 1997 and...
Top 10 Most Underrated Games Consoles
Over the years there have been loads of great gaming machines that just never got as much love as they truly deserved. Some of...
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