Dark Souls

• Genre: Action RPG
• Year: 2011

Personal Notes: Incredible atmosphere and challenging gameplay. Game was made somewhat easier with knowledge that I obtained before playing, but all the bosses were beaten without looking up strategies for them.

Getting Over It

• Genre: Physics/Platformer
• Year: 2017

Personal Notes: One of the best video games I've ever played. Beat it over 200 times at this point. If you'd like to know more about what makes this game great, I would recommend reading my "Only Downhill" post on the blog.

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

• Genre: Action/Adventure
• Year: 2004

Personal Notes: While I believe the reception for this game today is incredibly overrated, I still particularly like playing it out of fondness and enjoyment. The multiplayer mods can be pretty fun too. Modding the game with new mods is a pretty sweet way to kill time.

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

• Genre: Action/Adventure
• Year: 2002

Personal Notes: My personal favorite of the entire series, and one of my favorite games from my childhood. Absolutely stellar soundtrack and fun story. It's a bit rough around the edges, but the game as a whole is still a blast to play through.

killer7

• Genre: Action/Adventure
• Year: 2005

Personal Notes: Absolutely one of the best experiences to ever grace the medium. Phenomenally unique and bizarre in a way that only Suda51 could pull off. An essential entry in my personal shill list.

No More Heroes

• Genre: Adventure/Hack and Slash
• Year: 2007

Personal Notes: Awesome game with incredibly fun combat and lots of symbolism in its story. Another game that I'll personally shill to anyone.

Rhythm Heaven

• Genre: Rhythm/Music
• Year: 2008

Personal Notes: While I enjoy the whole series, I'm going to put in the DS one on the list simply for its amount of memorable bangers and Lockstep. (Fun Fact: It's what the site is currently themed after!!)

The Silver Case

• Genre: Adventure/Visual Novel
• Year: 1999

Personal Notes: Very unique and bizarre visual novel-type game with an awesome story.

Super Mario 64

• Genre: Platformer
• Year: 1996

Personal Notes: Infinitely replayable and excellent game with very satisfying controls. Completed it 100% over 30 times.

Super Mario World

• Genre: Platformer
• Year: 1990

Personal Notes: Incredibly fun and challenging platformer with the single best power-up in the whole series. Fun to replay and fly through levels in when you're bored.

Teardown

• Genre: Action/Puzzle/Simulation
• Year: 2022

Personal Notes: Beautiful graphics with it's stunning lighting, a great ambient soundtrack and simply groundbreaking physics. The campaign is incredibly fun.