Category Archives: Top Ten Games of 2005

Feb
05
2006

Top Ten Games of 2005

My Top Ten Games of 2005 list started on a whim on a bleak afternoon on January 3, 2006. I thought, hey, I like to write and I sure have played a ton of games so I might as well contribute to the gaming society by writing a top ten list. Yeah, that would be [...]

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Feb
05
2006

Top Ten Games of 2005, #1 — Resident Evil 4

And, now, we’ve finally arrived at this. The last article in this infamous top ten list — sure, people had their doubts about it. Sure, people said it would never end. Sure, people hate it more than they do than the revelation that they woke up after a rough night in a bed shared with [...]

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Feb
04
2006

Top Ten Games of 2005, #2 — Civilization 4

Alright, alright, yeah, yeah, my list is the new and fair more unknown Duke Nukem Forever. There, I made the obvious joke. Burn in hell.
Civilization 4 — Publisher: 2K Games, Developer: Firaxis
Anyone who’s anyone knew that Civilization 4 was going to end up on this list. The only question was whether or not it would [...]

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Jan
15
2006

Top Ten Games of 2005, #3 — God of War

I could have a nice, long introduction for this game, but I really don’t have anything prepared. I did see a bat in the gym today, though. That was kind of neat. I had all sorts of Batman quotes that I wanted to share with the little guy, but he seemed scared — it’s okay, [...]

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Jan
14
2006

Top Ten Games of 2005, #4 — Guild Wars

Yes, yes, I’m only six days late on this. And it’ll probably be significantly shorter than the previous ones, but, hey. Gift horse, baby.
Guild Wars — Publisher: NCSoft, Developer: ArenaNet
Back in the days of yore, when MMORPG gamers were regarded with a kind of label best defined as “Oh my God, I can’t believe [...]

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Jan
08
2006

Top Ten Games of 2005, #5 — Mario Kart DS

I saw an opossum today. I was just walking down the sidewalk and the little bugger just jumped out right in front of me — I kid you not. At first I was just about to step on it, but that was the course of action when I thought it was a big trash bag [...]

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Jan
07
2006

Top Ten Games of 2005, #6 — F.E.A.R.

I’ll be completely honest you with: I really wasn’t prepared for the amount of time which this list would take to write in its completion. I forgot that whenever I do something like this, I go all out by writing little novels for each of our lovely winning titles. Anyhoo, let’s have a big round [...]

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