Influential Games & ThinkThank restructure

Note: This idea has blossomed into a proper project I am, for now, calling ThinkThankThe idea is simple, I want to take a moment to share what kind of thinking a game has inspired in me, along with a sentiment of thankfulness for that inspiration. Originally, this list was a "Page", while each piece would be a separate Post. I have now switched this format for future endeavors. 

Find the full list of completed ThinkThank pieces on the lefthand sidebar.

Text from original post:

"I wanted to make a record for myself of the games which fundamentally altered my perception, understanding, or appreciation of games. I have always rested firmly in the "Games as Art" crowd, but that sense evolved and refined over time.

 This list will, as you will likely not be surprised to hear, be nearly identical to my "favorite games". Many of these are games I like, while some are games I truly don't like in the slightest, although I may still hold them in high esteem for what they accomplish. It may also look a bit like a "favorite gamecube/nintendo games" list, but I promise its more objective than a Nintendo's greatest hits list. That said, Nintendo will have heavy representation here so... I'm sorry if that bothers you.

As I began making this list, it hit me that it might be a good exercise to go through each one and write about my experience with them and what they did to impact my sense of design. Expect to see short pieces about these games, in no particular order, over time."

For simplicity, I have instead ordered alphabetically:

Ascendancy
007: Agent Under Fire
A Bug's Life
Aquaria
Attack of the Friday Monsters
Balloon Fight/Joust
Battalion Wars
Battle for Naboo
Beneath a Steel Sky
Boku No Natsuyasumi 2
Castlevania
Chamber of Secrets (GBA)
Chrono Trigger
Crackdown
Deep Rock Galactic
Descent 2
Diablo 2
Disco Elysium
DOOM
Every Extend Extra
Fable
Fable 2
Fallout 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Fallout: Tactics
Famicom Wars
Fire Emblem
Gauntlet: Dark Legacy
Gears of War 2
Golden Sun
Golgo 13: Top Secret Mission
Grow Up
Halo
Halo 2
Halo: Reach
Hitman: Blood Money
Hunt: Showdown
JK2: Jedi Outcast
JK3: Jedi Academy
Knytt Stories
Legacy of Goku 2
Links Awakening
Lode Runner
Lost Kingdoms
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Mario Kart: Double Dash
Mario Tennis
Mass Effect 2
Metroid Prime
Metroid: Fusion
Mirrors Edge
Missile Command
Overwatch
Paper Mario: Thousand Year Door
Papers, Please
Pathologic
Pikmin
Pokemon Emerald
Pokemon: Gale of Darkness
Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
Professor Layton and the Last Spectre
Qix
Raid on Bungling Bay
Ristar
Rogue Squadron 3: Rebel Strike
Sonic Adventure 2: Battle
Spiderman 2 (GC)
SSX: Tricky
Star Wars: Bounty Hunter
Star Wars: Phantom Menace
Star Wars: The Clone Wars (XB)
Super Mario Sunhine
Super Smash Brothers: Melee
The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth
The Bouncer
The Friends of Ringo Ishikawa
Time Crisis 3
Tomb Raider: Anniversary (and Tomb Raider 1 by ext)
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Twilight Princess
Urbz: Sims in the City
Wario 3
WET
Windwaker
Wonder Boy in Monster World (Wonder Boy: Monster Land 3)
Worms: Armageddon
Xevious 

ZZT

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