NBA Jam
How could such an unrealistic basketball game
actually influence the way people play real basketball? In the NBA
today almost every player is young enough to have grown up
playing this game in some way. What is the style of NBA today?
What is jokingly called "NBA Jam" style by pundits which is to
rely heavily (indeed overly) on 3 point shooting and to pound the paint
with dunks and layups, only take midrange jump shots if forced.
Of course, this game also demonstrates a real principle of real life
NBA, live by the 3 die by the 3. If your team is not making its shots
you better go into the lane or they'll be down 10 points real quick..
Resident Evil (PS)
Fuck. This game was compelling, difficult, and actually a bit frightening! It was like everything Zelda was in the 80s and early 90s but much more real and also much more frightening rather than campy..
007 Goldeneye (N64)
Where Contra allowed you blow shit up together,
N64 allowed four friends to spend hours killing
each other in different ways..