A Viewpoint

        If there’s one videogame franchise that’s at the same time the most beloved while also being the most tragically heartwrenching, it’s Half Life—the granddaddy of the modern first person shooter experience whose DNA is ever present in almost all fps’ that came after it. Universally celebrated as one of the greatest games ever made, Half Life 2 was one of those seminal experiences that not only reshaped an entire genre, but also gaming in general. From Level Designs to Gameplay, from Character-focused-storytelling to rich, dynamic worldbuilding, from being one of the rare models of the 3-elements-fusion (merging Gameplay, Level Design and Storytelling) to inventive use of scripted sequences which were previously unseen and perhaps even unthinkable—Half Life 2 remains a masterclass in videogame design lesson relevant to this very day, which is 3 entire generations after it’s release. The Half Life saga continued through 2007’s Half Life 2: Episode 1 and 2...

Sure, Videogames are amazing, but the general consensus about games are not so positive, in fact quite the opposite. Many point their fingers at videogames as a real factor in criminal behavior, violence or any other social evil they can come up with. What's worse ,gaming is associated in the minds of the many as just another "unproductive" way of killing time. It's really disappointing how people are so quick to pass judgement or blame something which they do not understand. Sure games use violence & generally involves killing people, but that violence is always used within a context to depict something of a greater value. Really, can anyone say after completing a game that it was nothing more than a simulation of manslaughter? The games mentioned in this list are all the reasons to prove those wrong who have such hatred or negative beliefs towards gaming without ever knowing how it feels to play even a single game. So the next time you see one of...