Video Game "Reading List" 1

Every artistic medium has its vitally important pieces, the great pieces that define the medium. Every artistic form has what could be considered a "reading list", the cream that rises to the top, the diamonds separated from the rough, pieces that define a medium, a movement, a time period, or a person. You can probably see where I am going with this.

I began considering what games would be on my "video game reading-list" as I was playing through Bioshock for the second time. It was the opening of the game that inspired me in particular and made me think about the games that needed to be included on my list of "must-play". As I continued to consider the sheer quantity of quality games, I decided to divide my list into sub-lists based on genre.

My first list, I decided, in keeping with my current trend of posts, would be the reading list for the fictional class, "First Person Shooters 101." Without further ado, here is the first installment of my video game reading list.

First Person Shooters 101

I. Early FPS's

1. Sega's Missile

2. Maze War

3. Wolfenstein 3d and Doom

II. The Evolving Genre

1. 007: Golden Eye

2. Perfect Dark

3. Halo 2

4. Call of Duty 2

III. The Modern FPS

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Combat

2. Killzone

3. Crysis

4. Bioshock

5. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion

6. Portal