| If you're looking for some fun games to kill time | | | | incorporating these new strategies and tactics, |
| with, then you should consider some of the | | | | Metal Gear Solid also offers cinematic plots with |
| following. | | | | complex and intriguing storylines. It covers |
| Sonic the Hedgehog is a classic game that almost | | | | government plots, wars, conspiracies, genetic |
| all gamers have encountered at some point, in | | | | engineering, the supernatural, and everything in |
| one of its many incarnations. It first appeared on | | | | between. |
| the Mega Drive system, and has had dozens of | | | | It may not have the fancy graphics or the |
| installments. The games feature a speedy blue | | | | big-name publisher, but Cave Story will provide |
| hedgehog named Sonic who runs through the | | | | you with as much fun as any other game. It is a |
| complex levels, collecting rings along the way. The | | | | cult classic among indie gamers. It was made in |
| games provide fast-paced fun with some | | | | Japan, then translated once it gained a huge |
| challenging levels, and it is a fond memory for | | | | following. You play as a robot exploring a floating |
| many gamers. | | | | island, protecting the indigenous creatures from an |
| Raiden X is a popular game in the shmup genre, | | | | evil doctor. It is a brilliantly designed game, with |
| which is short for shoot-em-up. You control a | | | | 2-dimensional firearm battles that are a challenge |
| supersonic attack fighter, and face oncoming | | | | to even the most experienced gamer. |
| waves of enemy ships. Raiden X's levels are | | | | Psychonauts is an oft-overlooked game that got |
| notorious for becoming increasingly complex, and | | | | extremely positive reviews, but failed to sell very |
| filling the screen with deadly ships and bullets that | | | | well. You play as the child Rasputin who is naturally |
| require fast reflexes and pattern memorization to | | | | gifted with psychic abilities. He sneaks into a |
| avoid. It's a game that rewards skill and | | | | summer camp to hone his abilities, and discovers |
| perseverance, and this has earned it a lot of fans. | | | | a sinister conspiracy. The levels take place inside |
| The Metal Gear Solid games are perfect | | | | of the minds of the characters in the game, and |
| examples of how video games can be just as | | | | the art design is brilliantly crafted to reflect their |
| epic and ambitious as movies, if not more so. | | | | mental state. You use psychic abilities to navigate |
| They defined the now-popular stealth genre, | | | | through the levels, which bring together elements |
| encouraging you to sneak around and hide rather | | | | of platforming and puzzle solving. |
| than blast away at your enemies. Besides | | | | |