GAMES: VIDEO GAMING

List: Top Ten Computer and Video Games of all time

Date: 2005

Source: IGN Entertainment Inc.

Base: "This list represents the thoughts, sweat and tears of over 20 IGN editors, all long-time gamers....our criteria for this uber-list of games consisted of a variety of factors, including how good the game was compared to others at the time, the overall game design, how well it stood up over the long-haul, how influential it was in the realm of gaming and just plain how much fun we had playing the damn things."

Notes: IGN created a 'Top 100' for 2005 (see link above for full list) updating a previous top 100 they had produced in 2003 (when they also had a 'Readers Top 99 Games' poll, also available at the above link). IGN Entertainment is a unit of Fox Interactive Media, Inc., a leading Internet media and services provider focused on the videogame and entertainment enthusiast markets. IGN's properties collectively attract more than 31 million unique monthly users worldwide through its network of videogame-related properties (IGN.com, GameSpy, FilePlanet, TeamXbox, 3D Gamers, Direct2Drive and others) and is the web's number one videogame information destination.