Mark F : Of all time: Tribes.  Presently: CoD4 (XB360)

Brian T: Goldeneye

James H: Smash Brothers. FALCON PUNCH!

Kyle P: Goldeneye 007. Proximity mines in the bunker was endless fun.

Andrew W: TF2, followed closely by Q3, Natural Selection, and Op4CTF.

Lee A: Call of Duty 4 (xbox 360) has to be the best multiplayer experience at the moment, followed by Team Fortress 2 (PC)

Rosalie K: The original Quake.

Philip H: Atomic Bomberman (PC)

Cynthia G: Guitar Hero or Rock Band

Patrick D: City of Heroes/City of Villains

Josh J: Quake 3 (1vs1 or DM). BF1942 for crazy team games. Goldeneye can burn in hell.

Kale M: Mario Kart

Graeme T: Quake. The original. The best.

Ryan C: Currently I'm hooked on Team Fortress 2. But Savage 2 is itching to take the top spot.

Mark K: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance (GBA)

Daniel A: original Diablo

Tatum T: Guitar Hero

Ryan F: Quake 3

Pat K: TF2

Chase S: Starsiege: Tribes

Nate O: FPS - Quake3, UT. Console - Goldeneye, Mario Kart.

Erin W: Super Mario Kart

Dorian G: TF2

Scott V: TF2

Simon H: Shadowrun! Hah hah hah hah! J/K! No, really, I'd have to say Halo, because only because I haven't had time to get properly into COD4's multiplayer mode yet, or TF2 really at all. Yeah, I know, but I've been busy, see?

Fred E: Secret of Mana for the SNES.

Adam M: Streets of Rage - Sega Genesis





Mark F: CoD4

Brian T: Team Fortress 2

James H: Rule of Rose. Loved the atmosfear, the music, the story, and the cinematics...but hated the gameplay. Was a chore to get through so I could see what happens.

Kyle P: Bubble Bobble on the Virtual Console.

Andrew W: TeamFortress 2 or Mass Effect.

Lee A: Last game I played is Mass Effect. Its like my digital crack, 1 more mission then I'll goto bed, look up at the clock and its 2am.

Rosalie K: Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass

Philip H: Metroid Prime 3

Cynthia G: World of Warcraft

Patrick D: Played is Call of Duty 4, Finished is Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Josh J: To completion: Assassin's Creed. I did just start Burnout Paradise though

Kale M: Bioshock

Graeme T: Team Fortress 2

Ryan C: WoW

Mark K: Mass Effect (360)

Daniel A: The Witcher

Tatum T: Guitar Hero 3

Ryan F: Guitar Hero 3

Pat K: TF2

Chase S: Call of Duty 4

Nate O:   Super Mario Galaxy

Erin W: Mario Galaxy

Dorian G: Advance Wars: Days of Ruin

Scott V: Burnout: Paradise

Simon H: Bioshock. After two Christmas-treed Xboxes and a slew of other releases that came along since it came out, I'm going to finish it off really soon. No, really, I'm almost done. I'm on the last level and everything. Soon...

Fred E: Metroid II for the GBA.

Adam M: KUF - Circle of Doom





Mark F: The T-Rex scene in the first Tomb Raider

Brian T: Playing Mario 64 for the first time

James H: The final hour of gameplay in Silent Hill 2. I never had been, and have yet to be, so confused, excited and shocked in a game. Totally awesome.

Kyle P: The chase scene in Beyond Good & Evil.

Andrew W: Half-Life tram ride, though I almost changed this after reading Kyle's response.

Lee A: After finishing Halo 2 and getting the "to be continued...." Worst video game ending ever!

Rosalie K:   The first time I made it to Alpha Centauri in CivII.

Philip H: None, since I can't think of anything.

Patrick D: Standing on a hilltop and seeing a large open world for the first time in Ultima IX.

Josh J: My first experience with Quake. I didn't see it, I heard it from around the corner and thought to myself "What IS that?" as I ran up to watch some guy kill a shambler with a nail gun and the grenade launcher. It was the most amazing thing I had ever seen a computer do.

Kale M: In the Legend of Zelda: Windwaker, the moment when you first get to ancient Hyrule at the bottom of the ocean and everything is all black and white....I almost cried for some reason.....man, I love that game.

Graeme T: Running through Emerald Hill Zone for the first time in Sonic the Hedgehog 2. Pure magic.

Ryan C: The first time I played the Temple event in Zul'Farak (WoW), that was a pretty awesome experience. Also, playing A Link To The Past all the way through for the first time.

Mark K: Meryl being pinned by the sniper in Metal Gear Solid (PS1/Cube)

Daniel A: In the original Everquest, I was the first person to get my epic weapon on my server. I remember going to SolB for the final fight with my guild and the group going to kill the mob kept getting bigger... and bigger... and bigger. Must have been almost 200 people from 15+ guilds came together to help me out (the fight would have been a cakewalk with 30 people and the rest just made the lag awful, but it's the thought that counts).

Tatum T: sliding down the ladder in F.E.A.R and getting scared shitless

Ryan F: I was at Babbage's CPL back in 2000 and ZeRo4 and Lakerman were playing in the Quake 3 1v1 finals. Lakerman had ZeRo4 trapped in the stairwell going up to the rocket launcher on DM6, and ZeRo4 jumps up to the ledge in the doorway, jumps off the ledge and rails Lakerman. The crowd went absolutely nuts. It was the most "holy shit!" moment I've ever experienced.

Pat K: Playing cs_siege in Counter-Strike with Brian T, and the two of us taking out a garage full of Terrorists (8 or more). One through the sewers and one through the front entrance, with guns ablazing, we brought swift justice upon those poor terrorist souls.

Chase S: Related to the first question, discovering what it meant to ski and jet in Tribes.

Nate O: About everything in Secret of Mana.

Erin W: In Bionic Commando when you have to grappling hook and jump down in front of the helicopter and you have to time the shot perfectly so you shoot the pilot through the glass.

Dorian G: The release of Mario 64

Scott V: Seeing Orgrimmar for the first time in World of Warcraft

Simon H: When I beat NES Metroid's Mother Brain for the first time. Though the first time I put together a new Wolf3D map and got it to work in the game was glorious...

Fred E: Using the developer code to spawn the Shambler in QTest 1... Then actually meeting him in the level.

Adam M: Summoning Hades in FF7

Mark F: A pair of USB fingerless gloves (thanks, Eli!)

Brian T: A Gen. Dwight D Eisenhower trading card

James H: Miracle Jesus Action Playset. Blasphemy <3

Andrew W: A LAN Party trophy made of painted PVC pipe and an old Packard Bell sound card with "1337" on the bottom in mailbox address-type stickers.

Lee A: Matrix Sentinal & Advent Children Cloud on his motorcycle.

Rosalie K: Red and Gobo fraggle dolls and all the games I've worked on.

Philip H: Thermometer. On most days it reads 63 degrees.

Cynthia G: My foam pirate sword

Patrick D: I guess "The big book of Bodily Functions" isn't cool, so I'll go with the animatronic monkey head.

Josh J: My original NES controller. It reminds me that simple is usually better.

Kale M: Waspinator

Graeme T: Probably my Kingdom Hearts 2 action figures.

Ryan C: The Staples Easy Button, of course. Unless you mean "cool," as in temperature, then its the desk fan.

Mark K: A reel-to-reel tape machine

Daniel A: a pop tart. I need more stuff.

Tatum T: a rubber ducky Col Antal gave me for Xmas

Ryan F: A Disney Princess phone

Pat K: I guess I have to pick between one of the figurines, so its a close race between Shaun (from Shaun of the Dead), my huge-ass tacky Pirate statue, and Diablo. But I will have to pick Shaun. (Thanks Mikey).

Chase S: Yay Aliens!

Nate O: Pictures of my wife, a Lego dragon, a red clown nose, and rubber hand, and a SIG 552 assault rifle.

Erin W:   The original toy speeder bike from Return of the Jedi

Dorian G: 1up mushroom plush

Scott V: Nerf football

Simon H: An Alien xenomorph made from recycled motorcyle parts - http://www.metalpark.org/. And a bunch of poker chips from Las Vegas. And an iPod - I mean, what's cooler than 60 GB of your favorite music? And a mini Darth Vader. Oh, and a picture of my son - but that's only cool to me.

Fred E: http://www.grand-illusions.com/opticalillusions/three_dragons/  He guards the snacks on my desk with undeniable dedication and tenacity.

Adam M: A picture of my daughter

 

 

Mark F: Assassin's Creed

Brian T: Assassin's Creed. Running around collecting flags to get my achievment points is a good time killer.

James H: Only played Mario Galaxy. Pretty great.

Kyle P: I'm not sure Portal counts as part of the holiday rush, but it was my favorite game of the year by a wide margin.

Andrew W: The winner of a cage match between a Demoman, Big Daddy, or Commander Shepard.

Lee A: I didn't like the guitar hero games, because I was never any good at them. Then I bought Rock Band for xmas, and played it all Christmas break with my wife who doesn't play games

Rosalie K: The Orange Box.

Philip H: I haven't played any. Still working on 2006.

Cynthia G: Super Mario Galaxy

Patrick D: It's a tossup between Mass Effect and Uncharted: Drake's Fortune.

Josh J: Mario Galaxy or Assassin's Creed (if there wasn't so much damn talking).
 
Kale M: Super Mario Galaxy

Graeme T: Crysis

Ryan C: Assassin's Creed. Fantastic Game!

Mark K: Uncharted: Drake's Fortune (PS3)

Daniel A: Assasin's Creed

Tatum T: Portal

Ryan F: Call of Duty 4

Pat K: I didn't get much from the rush, I was already too gamed out, so I will have to pick Rock Band.

Chase S: Assassin's Creed

Nate O:  Super Mario Galaxy

Erin W: Mario Galaxy

Dorian G: COD4

Scott V: Rock Band

Simon H: Call of Duty 4. Hands down. Though to be fair, I'm only an hour or two into Assassin's Creed and Mass Effect. Mainly because I kept going back to play more Call of Duty 4. Because it was more fun. And a better game. Yeah. Portal - close second. But COD4 - man, that was a good game. I think I'll go home and play some more tonight. Yeah. That's what I'll do.

Fred E: Super Mario Galaxy. Mario is really back! This feels like the first big real Mario game since Mario 64. Mario Sunshine didn't quite work for me.

Adam M: Assassin's Creed




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