Was looking forward to Sunshine being better than I remembered. But it wasn't. 64 is still sublime and dipping in and out of Galaxy during lunch breaks (or, uh, during work) for a cheeky star has kept me sane recently.

After finishing this I spent double (treble?) that time obsessing over Time Attack on the first couple of stages. The drop dash, spins and trajectory when launching sonic from slopes at speed made it a lot of fun to replay the same sections over and over.

I got this free when I bought my 360 in anticipation of Street Fighter IV but I was burned out on the series, maybe the genre, by that point. Completed it in solo and LAN co-op but it was a real slog.

My favourite Zelda; minimal downtime, loads to discover, a wealth of distinct dungeons full of puzzles and its uniquely interwoven overworlds. No game I've played has equalled that dual-world design to this day.

I loved this. I played it a lot while commuting but never quite reached the credits before letting a friend borrow my copy. I might return to it (I won't).

The atmosphere of oppressive solitude is captured perfectly. The peak of the genre in that it feels like a sprawling adventure while being so tightly designed you can zip through in a couple of hours with the right knowledge. Wall jumps and dashing through rubble are very satisfying.

The BMX is so good! Spent a lot of time getting 100% on the flying lessons on this only for a crash on Morrowind to delete all my Xbox saves. I hate Morrowind.

Played up to the point I got to climb atop the Duomo and that was enough for me.

My main memory of Half Life 2 is new gameplay trailers being released when Celtic were fighting against Porto in some football tournament and my entire home town was in my cousin's house watching the match while we both watched cars get smashed away by a helicopter over and over. The physics looked unbelievable (though the delayed release dampened their impact slightly).

I don't know if Vita was the best platform to experience this one but when things were going well it was really cathartic to carve through foes.

I generally prefer a game where I get to press a lot of buttons but the twists and charm (and music!) of this made a lovely change of pace during a period where I was travelling a lot.

I'm terrible at this I'm almost 40.

Borrowed a PS2 for this and my lasting memory is enduring, bleary eyed, a cutscene near the end that was so long I though maybe I was already sleeping. I kinda plan to return to it but I have even less patience for cutscenes now than I did then.

I love Clock Town and everyone in it.

Rented this from Blockbuster with no memory card and completed it over a couple of night, hiding the Playstation power light with a sock so my maw didn't turn it off while I was at school. It's good.