Namco's Game Changers


Namco's Top 5 Revolutionary Firsts [Ranker] A couple of these stretch the definition a bit (I'm not sure Namco intended to create Pac-Man as a mascot; his popularity made him into one) but No. 5 I did not know until today.

Top 10 Angry Birds Rip-Offs [GamePro] Since everyone likes to smarm about Angry Birds ripping off Crush the Castle here are 10 games that rip off Rovio's pride and joy, either in name or in gameplay.



Ten Worst Action/Adventure Clichés [GameRanx] This was a terrible week for top 10 lists. GamePro spammed the hell out of Digg with a list for just about everything. Someone else put together a list with "Real Steel" in a patently SEO-optimized headline, and it ended up being about favorite video game robots. And everyone did the best video game music/worst remakes fandango. Here's a tolerable look at action/adventure tropes that I'm including simply because it didn't say "exploding barrels."
