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If there is one thing I have learned about the gaming culture in the time I have been part of it. It is that we are fond of lists. Actually we as a culture are not just fond of lists, we are absolutely compulsive about lists. We create lists of the worst, the best, and the most mediocre.
We make lists to track our progress, to track other people’s progress, and even to track the worlds progress. In fact if there is a question that has ever been asked, a gamer has found a way to make it into a list. I don’t know if other social sub groups have this same tendency, I mean Dave Letterman has a list every night, but I don’t if he is a gamer or not. What I do know is that I like other gamers love my lists.
While I love lists just as much as the next guy, I also have a problem. None of the lists I make ever match anyone else’s list. I don’t know if this is because I am that much different from everyone else in the universe, or if I am just willing to have a different opinion. Whatever the reason my list’s never seem to work out looking like someone else’s.
Case in point, I have been kind of kicking around a best Xbox 360 games list. I think that really it’s a bit early to create this list, but I have been forming one none the less. As I have considered games for this list some were pretty obvious to me.
Oblivion was a no brainer, same with rock band (which really belongs on the all time kick butt list), but after those two I kind of can’t really think of any thing else. I know, I can already here you screaming at me (which proves my point) but Halo 3 is not ever going on my best Xbox 360 list, it might go on my most overhyped, my most over rated list. It might even show up on my worst FPS ever list. However Halo will not show up on my best list.
See what I mean? I don’t even feel this way just to be different, I really didn’t like Halo, so maybe I am not a gamer. I hope that is not the case, after all I have spent a lot of time being a gamer, it would kind of suck to discover I am not one.
