Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome! Welcome to my first Video Game post, a true passion of mine. This list delves deep into the annals of recorded “blow $h!t up” history and brings you my Top 5 Console FPS games EVER!

Without further ado, here they are!

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#5 – Duke Nukem 64

Platform:

Nintendo 64

Developer:

Apogee Software

Why it’s here:

Duke was a badass as a 2-D character. Toss in state of the art 3-d rendering, and a flushable toilet? Fahgeddaboudit!

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#4 – Perfect Dark

Platform:

N64

Developer:

Rare Software

Why it’s here:

Two Words: Joanna Dark.

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#3 – Halo (1,2, and 3 only)

Platform:

Xbox / Xbox 360

Developer:

Bungie

Why it’s here:

Tremendously immersive gameplay, crazy alien toasting weapons, and the fact that Halo was originally being developed for Apple, but became the most popular Microsoft Xbox launch title. Teehee! Take that Jobs and Wozniak!

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#2 – Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Platform:

Xbox 360, Playstation 3

Developer:

Infinity Ward

Why it’s here:

Call of Duty was a phenomenally popular FPS franchise under the development of Treyarch Studios, but the whole “World War 2″ thing was getting a little old. Then Inifnity Ward swooped in and flipped the CoD series on its ass by taking it into this century. Single player is amazing, but the meat and potatoes of CoD4 is without doubt it’s superbly crafted Multi player game modes. Released in November 2007, Call of Duty 4 remains in the top 3 most played Xbox Live games. That’s gotta say somethin’!

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GOLDENEYE 007

Platform:

N64

Developer:

Rare Software (again)

Why it’s here:

While Goldeneye 007 didn’t revolutionize First Person Shooters, it certainly came very close to perfecting them. The game, based on the 1995 feature film of the same name, very closely followed the plot of the film. With a wide assortment of Bond-esque weapons and gadgets, there was an endless amount of variety to keep players engaged through each of the missions. Similarly to Goldeneye’s predecessor on this list though, arguably the best part of this game was it’s Multi-player modes. Some of my fondest video gaming memories take place in a 4 player Death Match playing as 006 Alec Trevelyan. This game will forever hold a special place in the video game section of my heart. It’s just a damn shame that Microsoft and Nintendo couldn’t play nice with each other to bring Goldeneye to the Xbox Live Arcade.

Well, that’s it for now. Send me some feedback, let me know what your faves are. Thanks for reading!

Check me later.

-Snowman