As part of its 10th anniversary celebration,
GameFAQs is asking its users to nominate their picks for the ten best video games ever made. Not necessarily your
favorite games, mind you, or even the most important, just the very best that the industry has to offer. They offer up
an initial selection of approximately 130 games to choose from—which, lacking Kirby Super Star, is swiftly
deemed woefully inadequate—forcing every gamer on the planet to resort to the included write-in form.
Of course, it wouldn't be a party without some sweet swag mixed into the equation, so GameFAQs is enticing entrants with over $1,000 in online gift certificates to the ten contestants who can most accurately predict which games will land coveted spots among the top ten.
So, just what makes a game one of the best games ever? Should play mechanics be momentously groundbreaking? Should the characters be especially memorable? Must it exemplify all the positive aspects of gaming as an art form? Or should it merely be fun to pick up and play twenty years after firing it up for the first time?
