Ag3nT&Teresa

The 90s created a LOT of first person shooters. Guns piled on guns as Wolfenstein 3D created a movement and Doom simply swallowed everything up as it created a masterpiece amongst first person shooters. Everyone wanted a piece of the pie but just couldn’t seem to get a slice as Doom rocked the house and allowed no imitators to the party. Operation Body Count was one of those. In this day and age, I don’t think this game would make it to the shelves as it may be too closely related to past tragic events.  Suit up; we’re taking a peek at Operation Body Count.

For most of us, when we were young we dreamt of winning trophy after trophy and medal after medal. Some, like myself, wanted to go all the way and bring home a gold medal for our country. Sadly, it requires a lifelong commitment and is usually pretty costly. You'll need the best trainers available as well as access to the best gear. I pretty much say squash that. I'll take the cheaper route and try win a gold medal in Winter Games for the Commodore 64. Be warned though, playing Winter Games almost requires as much dedication as the actual thing. If you aren't ready to dedicate your body and mind, then watching the Winter Olympics might be the easiest way out. Grab your skates and lets go.

Good Ol' Games hit a sweet spot with me when they released Caesar III last week. I had never played Caesar III, but I spent a lot of time playing Caesar II, as the game was highly addicting. It wasn't a game that made a huge impact in my gaming life. Oddly I remember it well because it was the game I was playing when my dog passed away. That's not to give the game a negative image. It's a highly addicting game, being one of those games that require lots of multitasking and micro managing. For anyone who is a fan of the Sim genre, Caesar III will be a great challenge. It goes beyond the basic city construction and natural destruction and throws in order requirements, pleasing the gods, and war. Get ready for some Caesar III.

No one can ever say that music hasn't inspired someone to do something. After jamming out with Jay Sean and Sean Paul's "Do You Remember?" song, I decided to remember the past - all the way back to 1982 when Choplifter was released for the Apple II. Now, I wasn't born then, but that doesn't mean I didn't experience the fun of Choplifter. It wasn't until I was five that I began my gaming endeavors on the Commodore 64. We had already owned a large collection of C-64 games, but Choplifter is one of the games that I constantly returned to over the years. After eighteen years I feel that it would be fun to do a review on such an old but yet wonderful game.

Before Ventrilo and before Gamespy.com, there was Mplayer.com. Actually there was also Heat.net, but this review is going to focus mainly on the good memories of my time spent on Mplayer. It is here that I discovered the true world of the internet. This wasn't your ordinary chat room with text spamming the screen every five seconds. This wasn't your big white screen either, with all the usernames off to the side, with no way to talk other than trying to hold your conversation along with the other 50 people who were doing the same thing. Mplayer.com gave me a well organized interface that I used to communicate with people. While doing that, it also gave me my very first place to game. From then on, I was hooked.

ROTT stands for Rise of the Triad, and that's what we'll be going over this week. But just what is Rise of the Triad you say? Only one of the first of the many games that got me hooked on "gibs." The amount of blood dumped into this game was overwhelming when I was 12 years old. I just craved more and more buckets of blood, but unfortunately I was stuck with only the shareware version of the game. That isn't a problem anymore though as your good ol' friend over at GOG.com has it for a whopping $6.00, which is a great deal if you ask me. You get a few small arms in this game, but thats not where the fun lies. It's all in who has the biggest and most badass gun.

This is two, count ’em, two driving games within a 30 day span. For a person who isn’t really a fan of driving based games, that's a whole lot of driving! This week we’re hopping behind the wheel of a go-kart and peeling out. We’ve got a lot of customization, a lot of racing, and a lot of mini-games; but do we have a lot of fun? Buckle up and read on as we get into gear with Zero Gear.

You know, I was never really into crayons. They always wore down too fast or broke too easily. I wasn't the rich kid who could afford that huge deluxe package of Crayola brand crayons either. I either had to settle for the 12 pack no-name crayons, or go for the 24 cheap wax ones that simply smeared all over your paper. Truth be told, I'm much more a colored pencil type of guy. The reason for that is because when you start to rage, you can jam that pencil right into someone's eye. The price was always reasonable too. Speaking of price, Crayon Physics Deluxe couldn't have been any more reasonable. How much better can it be to pay whatever you want for a game? So it doesn't matter if you were the rich kid or the poor kid in school because Crayon Physics Deluxe starts you off with your very own amazing pack of crayons for whatever price you want them for.

Oh how I wish I had a movie voice for this game. The possibilities are endless with what you could come up with. Something like this might work: “In a world where driving Miss Daisy requires blood and explosions...”

This week we’re taking a ride with Zombie Driver. It’s a game that throws you behind the wheel in a town or city that has been overrun by flesh or car eating zombies. For all you motorcycle lovers out there, you’re SOL in a game like this.

2009 was a strange year. There weren't that many big named titles that grabbed me. I had a blast with a lot of smaller games, a lot of mods, and the occasional return to games of yesteryear. Normally my favorite games fall into the MMORPG category or the extremely popular FPS of the year. Strangely however, neither of the two really made my top three of 2009. As much of a multiplayer person that I am, none of the games I selected are multiplayer. Thanks to some sweet Steam deals as well as on-time releases and updates, I’ve kept a decent record of new games coming around. 2009 delivered some awesome games, but along with success often comes failure. I’ve experienced both sides of the coin and have to admit that the good definitely outweighs the bad for me. With that, here are the three that stood out the most in my eyes.