In no particular order:

1) Fallout 2. The way to make an RPG. I feel like the possibilities are endless with this game, and maybe they are. Easily one of the greatest RPG systems ever implemented.

2) Rome: Total War. What can I say? I love sandbox strategy games, and Rome: Total War is the best example we have so far. Every campaign is different, and there are so many variables at your disposal that make it easy to get lost in this game and find yourself still playing at 3 in the mornin

3)Soul Calibur. I've always liked to call SC a strategy fighting game. There's so much more depth to this game than any fighting game. It's easy for me to just sit and play this game for no other reason than it just makes feel good. Guard, guard-parry, guard-cancel, front, side, back: so many variables that open up so many different attacks.

4) Chrono Trigger. It's not so much the gameplay as it is the story. Even after all this time I look back at the story in that game and it simply comforts me. I love how light-hearted it is, yet at the same time there are serious undertones.

5) coming later...