What strikes me as odd, though, is that Valve allowed for one player to be replaced - Clinton "Fear" Loomis of Evil Geniuses who has been replaced by Mason "mason" Venne due to his elbow pain. Is it because of the fact that Fnatic was invited and EG fought their way through preliminaries? Even if so, it's irrational…

Oh my god! It's Generic Saiyan Amalgamation!!! He's my FAVE!!!

Quick! To Garry's Mod!

There's one you've missed on that list. Battle Stadium D.O.N., which was a crossover game of Dragonball, One Piece and Naruto.

Only because it supposed to end soon. Otherwise I woulda given it up a while ago. One Piece on the other hand, I will follow for as long as it is written.

Trying so god damn hard not to laugh at the irony of the image's use of a tsunami. I'm trying to respect the feels, quit making me a bad person!!!

Really, you picked this image to go with a tsunami-related story?

We're never "last gen"

Just saw this myself, why would they do this elaborate stunt? The only thing that makes sense to me is Back to the Future 4.

Superb piece, Jason. I, too, worry that I've spent more hours on games than I should have, that I've missed out on other parts of life. But we can make new choices every day. I'm more and more against games that feel like they waste my time, and I'm ever more embracing of games I can take with me wherever I go.

I'm surprised Borderlands wasn't originally mentioned. In my opinion, its the only way to play this game. I hated playing this game by myself because there were so many long stretches where you wouldn't run into any one. Getting into a game with 3 other friends was great. We never beat some of the tougher ultra bosses…

And no motherfucking Mario Kart?

I nominate Smash Bros for the list. Any/all of them.

Little Big Planet (1 and 2)

But...that is the point.

:S

Cyberswine

It's amazing how unmemorable the characters of 13, 12, and 10 were compared with the hot streak that gave us Cecil, Rydia, Locke, Terra, Celes, and Aeris.

I'll be the one to say it. Honestly, I don't think HL2 deserves a spot, not anymore. Great for its time, but I don't think it's so great anymore.