You may be too young to recall the original Doom/Quake so far ahead of anything else, they seemed to be PC witchcraft. You get to play Quake Live, FREE!

Not a serious sim at all, but a novelty that allows you to practice reckless, ham-fisted surgery with inadequate tools. Buy in sale, but not full price.

Innovative, frenzied co-op survival amongst zombie hordes. Versus mode ace. L4D content was rolled into this sequel, so you no longer need the original.

Teach an eyeball monster on stilts to exist, adapt and survive in its hostile environmment. Beautiful art design in this unique, original puzzle game.

Excellent RPG, fills awesome world with multiple in-game origin stories and well-crafted characters. Combat frantic, story magnificent, witch alluring.

Monitor the inevitable death of millions in this detached simulation of all-out nuclear conflict. Chilling, but beautiful in its calm, understated tone.

Top down racer with cartoon style/weapons, has apparently offended people nostalgic for the Remedy original. Sufficient fun to recommend it, if on sale.

Fun casual game, has you feeding goo to diners in a horror fantasy restaurant. Don't seat vampires next to werewolves. See also: Cook, Serve, Delicious!