Favourite Video Games: 2011

Having done the other 'favourites' blog last week I thought I'd continue and crack on with another one, today's being my 10 favourite Video Games.
Throughout the years I've played a variety of consoles from the original Gameboy to unbranded t.v plug-in consoles to the Xbox 360. I feel, as I know many others do, that the computer is classed as a games console also, being the origin of many awesome classic games.
I know for some people they only tend to play on the brand of consoles that they feel are the best such as Sony, playing only on the Playstations, however I've never really stuck to one brand but continually bounced around between the different makes. By doing this its allowed me to play games that have been exclusive to certain consoles, experience how different consoles work and allow me to more accurately compare different aspects of the consoles.
If I had to choose though, which series of consoles or company I thought were the best, I'd have to say Nintendo and the Gameboy/DS consoles. My small yellow original Gameboy was the first 'console' I ever owned and I still have it to this day, as well as two original mario games that I got with it.
Even with all the hi-tech consoles that are out and with the new generation to be released very soon, I've found myself being drawn back to the old school desktop computer. Less on the consoles though and onto the games.
My favourite games range across a variety of consoles, and vary quite widely in age. Thinking about all of these games combined, I can easily say that I have racked up a huge amount of time playing them, however I would definitely not say that that was a waste.
These again aren't in order of favourite but are just my top ten games that I have most enjoyed playing and have stood out to me over the years.
1) Super Mario Land 2 - Gameboy
2) Pokemon Blue - Gameboy Colour
3) Harry Potter Quidditch - Gameboy Advance
4) Mario Kart - Nintendo DS
5) Star Wars Battlefront - PS2/Computer
6) Medal of Honor: Rising Sun - PS2
7) Ratchet and Clank - PS2
8) Assassins Creed Brotherhood - Xbox 360
9) Call of Duty: Black Ops - Xbox 360
10) Minecraft - Computer
After having narrowed down the list and picked my top 10, I found that apart from Mario Kart, this list also shows the order in which I first discovered and played the games. Super Mario Land 2 being the oldest, over atleast a decade old, and Minecraft being the newest having discovered it about 2ish months ago.
Like many other things, every couple of years or so I'll be cleaning out my room or rummaging through some boxes and I'll come across one of these games and they'll make an awesome return into my life. With Pokemon being the most recent in doing this last summer.
Hopefully this blog hasn't been too nerdy. I just felt that as these games, have been a big influence on me and are things I find really entertaining, similar to my favourite books, films and music, they were worthy of a blog of their own to be shared too.
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