Gamasutra's Top Games of the Decade

Gamasutra.com has named their top 12 games of the past decade. An interesting read. If you haven't played these games, I suggest you do (although, there are some I haven't played either).

Overall, looks like a good list to me. I am a bit sad to see Halo make the top list, though. And the fanboy in me wishes KotOR was on there. Oh well, there have been so many good games this decade that you can't possibly fit them all on a top 10 list.

They also posted an honorable mentions list. Glad to see Katamari, BioShock and Puzzle Quest all make the cut. And thrilled to see Vagrant Story on there since it's so often overlooked.

Most of my favorite games of the decade were on the honorable mentions list rather than on the top 10. But this whole thing reminded me how far behind I am with my gaming nowadays... (which happens when all of your consoles start breaking)

UPDATE: Did want to specify, these lists were compiled by gamasutra but the votes came from readers.

Halo Fanboys

I haven't played Halo ODST... and don't intend to. I played through Halo 3, but never took it onto Xbox Live. So I guess I don't qualify as a Halo fanboy (thankfully). Check out this video... very funny!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59P6mN1JSsE

Big Bucks for Microsoft

Microsoft has announced their impressive Q1 earnings.

Fueled by Halo 3 and higher than expected Xbox 360 sales, the Entertainment and Devices Division of Microsoft had revenue grow more than 90 percent up to $1.9 billion. Xbox 360 console units also saw an increase of more than 90 percent driven by the August console price cut, the record-setting launch of Halo 3.

Microsoft is still touting their "greatest lineup of games in history", but at this point it's starting to become a little bit more believeable. Of interest to RPG fans, the Xbox 360 has a fall/winter lineup of games including Eternal Sonata, BioShock, Blue Dragon, Mass Effect, and Two Worlds. The hit action RPG Marvel: Ultimate Alliance is also now included with Xbox 360's along with Forza Motorsport 2.

To date 13.4 million Xbox 360 units have been sold.