Chris Urie has been writing everything from reviews to features and interviews since 2010. In addition to being a contributor to Arcade Sushi and Guyspeed, he's a staff writer for Geekadelphia, covering everything from 8-bit music concerts to interviews with prominent Philadelphia Geeks. He's also the resident bookshelf expert for Quirk Books. You can find more of his occasional musings at his website. When not tweeting @chrisurie, he can likely be found swinging around Columbia on his Skyhook.
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No. 4: Final Fantasy 7 — Best RPGs Ever
Widely hailed as the greatest of the Final Fantasy series, the seventh installment of the franchise is a classic by any definition. The story was grand, sweeping, and strangely personal. It was a game that pushed the boundaries of storytelling and imprinted itself on your brain...
No. 5: Chrono Trigger — Best RPGs Ever
As always, the world is at stake, but in no other RPG will you find a more entertaining time traveling adventure than Chrono Trigger. In addition to having one of the most engaging story lines in all of video games, the decision to keep the combat in real time and not warp to a battle map kept the action fast and flowing...
No. 6: Pokemon Red & Blue — Best RPGs Ever
As much as we hate to admit it, the original games in this behemoth of a franchise were damn good RPG’s. It had all the righ ingredients to make it completely addictive. You had random ecounters teasing at the chance to capture a rare Pokemon...
No. 7: Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic — Best RPGs Ever
It has been said that all the authors of those old “choose your own adventure” novels quit writing books and moved on over to Bioware. This may be true and it really shows in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic’s size and scope. Bioware is the king of the immersive RPG and are old hands at creating worlds...
No. 8: Deus Ex: Human Revolution – Best RPGs Ever
If a slim and slick RPG had a baby with a voluptuously excitable shooter, the offspring would undoubtedly be Deus Ex: Human Revolution. Drawing on shooter gameplay to augment the surprisingly beefy RPG elements and outstandingly designed open world, Deus Ex stuck the perfect balance between genres...
No. 9: Kingdom Hearts — Best RPGs Ever
When it was first announced that there would be a J-RPG involving Disney characters, a lot of people probably scratched their heads. What was created was one of the most unique and enjoyable games to ever come out on the PS2. With the help of Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, and numerous other Disney characters, you get to save multiple world from the onslaught of the Heartless with your mighty keyblade
10 Best Video Games Based on Movies
Movie games are frequently relegated to the bargain bin of your local game store almost immediately, and with good reason.
They are usually reskinned hunks of junk that were modelled after far superior games. But, occasionally, the movie marketing machine will get something right...
No. 1: Goldeneye — Best Movie Video Games
Goldeneye is a game so good that people forget that it was actually based on a movie. It filled in the gaps between movie scenes and let you live out your 007 fantasy of shooting henchmen and making daring escapes. The multiplayer was just the icing on a very tasty cake...
No. 2: Chronicles of Riddick: Escape From Butcher Bay — Best Movie Video Games
Not only did this game provide some intriguing backstory to the legend of Riddick, but the controls were so tight, and the combat so brutal that it became an instant hit amongst gamers and critics. It does what a movie game should and introduces a new depth to the world while providing the gamer with some familiar thrills...
No. 3: Star Wars Trilogy Arcade Game — Best Movie Games
You can blow up the Death Star, take down AT-AT’s, and lightsaber duel with Darth Vader. Need we say more?!
No. 4: Spider-Man 2 — Best Movie Video Games
Someone on the development team was actually thinking about what we wanted from a Spiderman game. You could web-sling your way around a vast sandbox and beat down enemies with merry abandon. It was a simple joy to swing your way through the streets of New York City and explore all the details and mysteries they included in the game...
No 5: Disney’s Aladdin — Best Movie Video Games
Who would have thought that a platformer based around Disney’s Aladdin would be any good? Surprisingly, it is one of the finest platformers you could get. It featured spectacular graphics that mimicked the look and feel of the Disney film perfectly...
No. 6: The Warriors — Best Movie Video Games
This film begged to be made into a video game. In fact, the movie felt more like a video game adaptation with all the rival gangs and street fights. With the retro movie feel and tight controls, Rockstar made one hell of a game even if it was a quite a few years late...
No. 7: Toy Story 2 — Best Movie Video Games
Seriously, who wouldn’t want to be Buzz Lightyear? The original Toy Story game was enjoyable, but Toy Story 2 brought Pixar’s world into the third dimension. The controls were fun and it was filled with the same amount of fun, heart, and whimsy you’d expect from a Pixar property...
No. 8: X-Men Origins: Wolverine — Best Movie Video Games
Reskinning God of War is an old trick in creating a video game tie-in, but none have done it better than X-Men Origins: Wolverine. You can actually feel the fury as you slice and dice your way through dozens of enemies. Even though they removed the Blades of Chaos and replaced them with some Adamantium ones, the game remains as tight to play as any AAA title...
No. 9: Tron — Best Movie Video Games
Elegant in its simplicity, the original Tron game remains a classic in the video game cannon. While some of it is relegated to the back of your memory banks, the light cycle game remains one of the most enjoyable games ever conceived. Like a game a centipede gone awry, you lay down a wall of light to box in your opponent and send them exploding into pixels...
10 Worst Video Game Weapons Ever
Here is our list of the 10 worst video game weapons ever.
10 Best Video Game Weapons Ever
A video game without a weapon is like a boardgame with a missing piece. They can be anything from a tactical shoulder-mounted nuke to the clever brain of the player. Without them, we’d be surrounded by baddies with nothing to defend ourselves. Than...
10 Best Co-Op Video Games Ever
This list of the 10 best co-op video games ever may make you punch a friend in the face, or embrace them warmly over the corpses of your fallen enemies.
10 Best Multiplayer Games Ever
Here you’ll find our list of the 10 best multiplayer video games ever, because sometimes it’s nice to know you're better than somebody else.
The AI in video games has gotten pretty sophisticated. Enemies will feign and outflank you...