Happy anniversary to me!: And it all comes full circle! A full year yesterday since I joined the online-mainstream of CNET and Tv.com. Since that time I've gotten to know so many other users, experience many new things and even find my niche in the digital world. Heh, sounds like Code Lyoko. Ugh......I still haven't gotten rid of my bad joke bug. But, what are you gonna do? So, that's one year down with a many to come hopefully. Cheers!

MyBrute.com: One note before I continue with my countdown: Before Slick takes everyone on the Internet, I figured I'd do this just in case. Slick showed me this site called "MyBrute.com", which, in a sense is an "Arena" game. What I mean by that is, you create a little character called a "Brute" and fight other brutes all around the world for experience and rankings. I'm bad at summaries, but it's a lot better than it sounds. If you wish to join, go to this link, create your own brute and fight me: http://crulexthereapor.mybrute.com/ . The win or loss won't count, but by joining this way, you'll get an advantage to others who don't. So, good luck if you join.

Onward to the last of the countdown!

Coming in at #4: Super Mario Bros. Featuring: Mario Kart and Mario RPG Series.

Now, come on, you didn't think I'd leave the Italian boy off the chart, did ya? Yes, Mario, who began his career as "Jumpman" in the original Donkey Kong and would go on to become Nintendo's poster boy after doing all but saving the company. Although Mario had his short ups and downs, Mario lead Nintendo to the promised land when his N64 counterpart took out Sega once and for all. But to mention Mario without Luigi just isn't fair. The greener, leaner and (in my opinion) better brother always got left behind until his shinning moment, Luigi's Mansion (sadly, most people don't think this was shinning at all.). All in all, Mario and Luigi (and the rest of the Mushroom Kingdom lead by Princess Peach Toadstool.) are still alive and soaring with Mario RPG 3. Who knows if it'll ever end, but I can say this, if the horrifying Mario Bros. Movie didn't kill it, I doubt anything will. Let'sa go!

Coming in at #3: Killer Instinct Featuring: Killer Instinct. (Two games in the series. It's depressing.)

Okay, I admit, this one is a little biased. This game is the brown sheep of the fighting game family. No, it's not hated, but it just wasn't loved enough to be the next Mortal Kombat. After Rare and Nintendo had a hit from Donkey Kong, they tried something new. A game that played like Mortal Kombat. Eleven Fighters, Fatalities, and a combo system that was actually liked, Killer Instinct was a hit in the arcades and everyone was just waiting for a home version. Why wouldn't they? It had better graphics, fatalities and storylines than MK. When they got it, BAM! It was not a bad port, and some argue that it was better, but it was anticlimatic when bugs and oddities were fixed and the game just wasn't the same due to Super Nintendo's technical limitations, so sales fell. Hard. The same happened a few years later, when KI2: Gold hit the N64. While this series gained a cult following, the split of Rare and Nintendo, plus the bad counsel sales lead to the near demise of it all. Nowadays, it is on the top of wanted sequels and Microsoft (who now own the rights.) has been teasing about Killer Instinct 3 in many of it's newest games like Viva Pinata and Banjo-Kazooie. We all know it'll come back from the dead one day, but the question remains: Will it be worth the wait and ten year gap?

Coming in at #2: Megaman and Zero featuring: Megaman X and Megaman Zero series.

The Blue Bomber at #2? Yes, it was a close race, and it should be proud of itself. Megaman X began as a reboot and "Adult" version of the original Megaman series and soon became a force to be reckoned with. Fans were dying to play the robotic renegade as you blasted through Sigma's army of evil Reploids known as Mavericks. Each Maverick was based off an animal or plant and just getting to them was hard. Fans loved Megaman, but they wanted to be Zero even more. Cool red armor, long blond rockstar hair, and a freakin' lightsaber-like sword? Zero was what I call, the "real hero". As a side-kick, he was killed time and time again, but when he got his own series, all hell broken loose. Sadly, it only broken loose for four games on the GBA. And Megaman X is slowing down with sequels that are less than stellar. But these two have paved the way for many shoot'em ups and games with great difficultly, replayability and music. The Blue Bomber and the Robotic Icon have truly earn their place at #2.

And Finally......the Moment has come for #1!!!

Donkey Kong featuring: The Donkey Kong Country Series!

Donkey Kong, the tie-wearing, Pauline stealing, knuckle head of a gorilla had made it to the top of my list for many reasons, but first, a little backgound. DK started as Mario's enemy in Donkey Kong, a game remade from "Radar Scope", a born-to-bomb space shooter and the victim of Donkey Kong 2 (Mario has a sadistic side that I wish we would see again. ). Donkey Kong was blazing until DK3 came out, and the game was so bad (you basically shot bug-spray up his a$$), DK sat on the shelf for ten years. (Sound familiar, KI?). But soon, Nintendo picked up the big ape one more time as a test subject for a new Pseudo-3D type graphics. The result? A phenomenon that propelled Nintendo and DK to the top of gaming history. But why do I like it so much? Well, I like cla$$ic games, as can be construed from my list. During this time, DK had a simple story that worked, amazing graphics and gameplay, and the best part, soundtracks worthy of gaming hall of fame. DK may get pushed aside by Zelda and Mario, but no one can doubt that the Kong family changed the face of gaming forever.

Countdown Honorable Mentions: Halo, Pac-man, Tekken, Guitar Hero/Rockband/DDR, and Sim City

Thank you for watching (or reading, that is) my top ten list of my favorite video games. If you have another top ten you'd like to see me do, let me know. Hell, let me know if you'd like me to list anything!

Question of the blog: If you're talking to Triple H and he says "Don't hate the player, hate the game" do you still hate him?

Real Question of the Blog: What do you look forward to the most after a hard day to cheer you up?

Song of the Blog: Breed By Otep and Originally By Nirvana (Yes, I like the Otep version, but Nirvana is always a cla$$ic.)

Otep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5dpNbk3EdvM

Nirvana: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNYgNpAX__M

P.S.: Does everyone else hate the "Cla$$ic" and "$tyle" bug? So annoying!

'Ello Poppets! It's me again with the 2nd part of my 3 part TV.com List series. I'll be continuing my list of my Top Ten favorite games with #'s 7-5. But first, the news reel:

Update on Nephew: I want to thank everyone who kept the little guy it their thoughts. He is alright now and the only thing left for him to do is heal. The way he smiles, it's hard to believe he got hurt. Toddlers are so fearless and yet so fragile, it's insane. *sigh* I'm getting all soft.

Red vs. Blue: I don't know if anyone else besides Dominator have seen this, but I watched it two weeks ago and I'm freakin' hooked. It's a computer show based off of Halo about two teams (Red and Blue) out kill each other, but cause more damage to themselves in the process. It's a show that I classify as "Stupid Funny" because it's so stupid, you can't help but laugh sometimes. Here's a link to the website if you are interested: http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?sid=rvb&id=861&more=1

Now, onto the countdown!:

At #7: Street Fighter series Featuring Street Fighter 2 and 4.

Street Fighter, the grandpa of fighting games. Starting back in 1987, an arcade machine would roll into arcades called Street Fighter. This game changed history, right? Wrong. Street Fighter 1 sucked. With only one character, Ryu, (Ken only for two player.) and an abysmal gameplay, with two to three hits ending a match even against the end boss Sagat, this game didn't even last out the year. It wasn't until about six years later that Street Fighter 2 hit and then everyone got it the Fighting Game craze. With Anime artwork and a revamped gameplay, this game set the standards for the likes of Tekken, Mortal Kombat and Soul Caliber. The series started to die out in the early 2000's, due to bad sequels and movies, but came back strong in the last two years with SF4 and a good movie. While the idea of whether or not Street Fighter will live on and have an ending game to the series or not remains to be seen, but for now, it's place is well earned in my book.

At #6: Sonic the Hedgehog Featuring The Oringial Sonic for Genisis.

Sonic? Hmmm. That name sound familiar. I wonder..... Anyway, the Sonic series began in 1991 as Sega's answer to Nintendo's ever-popular Mario in the whole Sega/Nintendo war of early 1990's. Sonic blazed passed Mario in the market with a new way to play: Fast as hell. Throwing caution to the wind and letting her rip was basically how the game played until the later worlds, where speed literly killed. As with most games back then, the story wasn't much: Beat the fat egg-shaped bad guy, save the animals, happy happy joy. Holding seven world records and being an icon, the only draw back is that the game has been sucked of it's blood by bad game after bad game in the last few years. Let's see if the Blue Blazer can bounce back or if Sonic has finally ran out of gas.

At #5: Mortal Kombat featuring Mortal Kombat 2 and MK: Armageddon

MORTAL KOMBAT!!!! From the moment you heard that cry of all hell breaking loose, fighting games were never the same. Mortal Kombat started as a tribute to Jean Cledue Van Dam (They based Johnny Cage off him.) and Bruce Lee (Liu Kang) by makers Ed Boon and John Tobias, with inspiration from SF 2. But, one small change made it a monster of a series. Fatalities. The ability to kill your opponent and win the battle in a bloody, gorey way. The world was hooked, with MK making a killing (no pun) and soon after that, Mortal Kombat 2 cemented the title as a series to watch. They even made it one of four movies to be based off a video game that didn't suck (can't say the same for MK2's movie). However, the idea of killing and blood in the game scared the hell out of parents and congress (sound familiar?) and in the end, led to the birth of the ESRB, the rating system for video games. Nintendo also went as far as to censor the fatalities and make the blood grey, calling it sweat (WTF? ), causing Sega to get a few brownie points in the console war (Sega kept the blood in the game).

But all that aside, Mortal Kombat was the MTV version of Street Fighter. Digital sprites instead of anime coloring, hard difficulty instead of SF's easy difficulty and easier story to follow, almost everything but the music was better. MK's music was pretty much non-existent except the theme. The series ended in MK: Armageddon, which included EVERY FIGHTER from the other MK games and ended their stories. Hopefully SF can do that and until then, I'll be waiting for the reboot of the MK movies.....ugh.

Question of the blog: Do you own any pets and what are their names? I have two dogs named Candy and Max. (I really need better questions.... )

Song of the Blog: Mortal Kombat Theme by Techno Syndrome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJ0fFgU22ls

Well, it's that time again! After giving it some thought, I've decided to make my own lists of games, shows, movies, etc. I thought I'd start out with games, as that's the easiest category for me. Since this is part one, I'll start with the first three. So.....

Note: Tv.com won't let me post any pics for some reason, so here's the picture-less version.

At Number Ten: Kirby series: Featuring Kirby SuperStar

Ah, yes, Kirby. The weirdest hero you could put in a game. He's a pink blob of god knows what that eats enemies and takes their powers to use for himself. The Kirby series is always colorful and easy to get the hang of, which makes it easy for young players to play. Despite the fact that there is either little or no story in some games, and the fact that they are too easy, Kirby earns his place at number ten for the sake of being the only character that, even though he's pink, can cause massive damage by screaming into a mic......and because someone had to start the list. Kirby is a cutesy little guy that dies too easily, but this little chewing gum of a character is just too hard to hate.

At Number Nine: Prince of Persia series: Featuring the original Prince of Persia

This game was the original action/adventure game that brought maze-like dungeons and sword fighting heroes to the mainstream arena. The series spans six canon games with two stories of different "Princes" in each trilogy, with a new game released late last year, which may be made into a new trilogy. Despite the newer games being more popular, I prefer the original Prince of Persia game, in which you had to fight through twenty puzzle and trap filled dungeons in order to find and defeat the evil Jaffar to save the Princess. A real life Disney Movie (Blaah!) is being made and released next year, so here's hoping the Prince pulls a Chun-li and actually makes a good Video Game Based movie.

At Number 8: The Zelda series: Featuring Zelda: A Link to the Past.

A game that makes you think? Madness! But it's true, there is a game in which brains come before brawn, but not by much. Zelda was made by the mastermind of Donkey Kong and Mario, Shigeru Miyamoto (I'm certain I spelled that wrong.) and stems from the idea that you can think about what to do, instead of mindlessly plowing through levels. This game was also one of the first to use the save system, as the game was massive for it's time. A Link to the Past was a reboot to the seies after 5 years, which more gameplay, richer graphics and a redone score from the original Zelda games. The Zelda games are still going strong today and is just as popular as ever. The only downfall? It's a thinking game, so that turns off many players. There are rumors of a live action movie for this game as well, but that is just a rumor.....for now.

To be continued in my next blog with Numbers 7-5!

College- Tomorrow begins a new chapter in my life as I begin college. I so anxious, but I'm ready! Wish me luck!

Injury-I may not be on as much as I normally am this week, as my Nephew fell on some concrete steps and got a fracture in his skull yesterday evening. He is okay, but it gave us a hell of a scare. The bleeding was outside of the head and the fracture is small, and so far, no permenant damage is visible, but they are keeping him for a few days to keep an eye on him. I'll update you all on his condition when I get the chance.

Question of the blog-Pizza is like heaven for me. What is your favorite thing to eat when you get the munchies? (God, that is the dumbest question I've ever asked. I'm running out of ideas. )

Song of the blog-Without Me by Eminem: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=961R3koX8kI&feature=related