Saturday, January 31, 2009

Top 60 PC Games of All Time!

I have compiled a list of my favorite PC games of all time. These are the best of the best. Let me know if I missed any. This isn't even including console! Enjoy!


1. Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword (And All Predecessors) – I’m still addicted.

2. The Curse of Monkey Island – The funniest game ever made. Hands down.

3. Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis – It doesn’t get much better than Indy.

4. MechWarrior 2 (And All Expansions) – The beginning cut-scene is legendary.

5. Exile 3: Ruined World – Got me addicted to RPGs.

6. Sid Meier’s Colonization (The Original Mostly) – Best sound track for a PC game. The songs were MIDIs.

7. Sim City 2000 – “Sim Copter One reporting heavy traffic.”

8. The Dig – I had nightmares about this one, but I love it.

9. Sid Meier’s Pirates! (New and Old) – This is why I am a pirate, not a ninja.

10. Command and Conquer – “Time to rock and roll.” - Commando

11. Quake 1 – Played this one multiplayer over my 28.8k modem.

12. The Secret of Monkey Island – “How appropriate, you fight like a cow.” – Guybrush Threepwood

13. Fallout 2 – Before there was a Fallout 3

14. Sam & Max Hit the Road – Hilarious.

15. Full Throttle – The biker fights were awesome.

16. The Sims (1 & 2) – The only game my sister would play.

17. Sid Meier’s Railroad Tycoon (1 & 2) – The first tycoon game.

18. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle – I’m scratching my head about this one.

19. Myst – This game also gave me nightmares. It was too empty.

20. Monkey Island II: Lechuck’s Revenge – Love the spitting contest.

21. NBA Live 97 – All the faces were the same.

22. Sid Meier’s Alpha Centauri

23. Escape from Monkey Island

24. Hugo’s House of Horrors (1, 2, & 3) – Gotta love the music made from CPU beeps.

25. Grim Fandango

26. Fallout 1

27. Sim Tower

28. Rayman – Such a peaceful game.

29. Rollercoaster Tycoon 1 (And All Expansions) – Launch people off an unsafe rollercoaster!

30. Warcraft 2

31. Wolfenstein 3D -

32. Need for Speed 1

33. Oregon Trail (1, 2, & 3) – “My butt died of cholera?!”

34. Indiana Jones and His Desktop Adventures – This one kept me occupied for hours.

35. Dark Forces – “There he is, stop him!”

36. Silkroad Online

37. NHL 2002

38. Unreal Tournament

39. Myst 2: Riven

40. Grand Theft Auto 1 – Love the police chases.

41. Yoda Stories

42. Half-Life (Counter-Strike)

43. Command and Conquer II: Red Alert

44. Grand Theft Auto 2

45. Max Payne 1 – Ahh, the joys of slo-mo.

46. Duke Nukem 3D – Classic.

47. The Yukon Trail

48. Age of Empires

49. Lode Runner

50. Miner VGA – I lied. My sister played this one too.

51. Sim Ant

52. The Movies (Courtesy of Alex)

53. Chex Quest (1 & 2) – These games came in boxes of Chex cereal. The best cereal prize ever.

54. Doom (1 & 2)

55. Solar Winds (1 & 2)

56. Lords of the Realm 2

57. Cyber Empires

58. Baulder’s Gate

59. The Amazon Trail

60. Sonic CD – Sonic for PC!

Sunday, January 25, 2009

I've Taken Up Painting

So here's the deal,

I have some extra time in the evenings and on the weekends. Playing music gets old, reading isn't engaging enough, and watching TV is just a waste of time. It was time for a new hobby. Painting! I'll be the first to admit that I don't know a thing about painting other than what I learned in Survey of Art and Music class. So I went abstract. Really, it's borderline kindergarten material. But I like it. I'm mostly using supplies that I bought at Lowe's. The canvases and the easels I bought at Michael's. Here are my initial attempts at painting (I call them "Stalactites", "Grazing Cattle" and "Citrus Fruit in a Blue Bowl" in order: