#8 Hero

#8 Gordon Freeman - Half Life, Half Life 2

The Half Life games are absolutely brilliant games. The graphics were great (for the time) the controls are tight, the story was absolutely flawless. And that story wouldn't be a whole lot of awesome without Gordon Freeman. The entire game was shaped around Freeman being safe, and him finally getting to do the things he needs to do. His armor suit is awesome and realistic, and no one can forget that first time the smashed a zombie in the face with the notorious crowbar. He's a scientist yes, but he's also an unmatched weapon and flashlight specialist. He can take down entire armies of Combine soldiers with a multitude of skilled weapon flares. Gordon Freeman is a boss, and no list of video game heroes would be complete without him.

#8 Villain

#8 Bird Leg Cabin - Alan Wake

Many of you readers are probably really surprised. Alan  Wake is one of those games that is very often over-looked for being completely awesome and terrifying. The Cabin on Cauldron Lake totally screws Wake over. He goes to this town called bright falls with his wife, hoping for an awesome vacation to clear his writers block. He ends up "renting" a cabin on the lake called Cauldron Lake by this creepy lady. His wife and him get in a fight and he runs out of the house to clear his head, when all hell breaks loose. His wife disappears, a character he never finished shapes reality around him and creates the darkness over the once Bright Falls. He wakes up (haha see what I did there?) in a car crash, and only has a flashlight to defend himself. His character creates a tornado of darkness and attacks him. The lake takes the character and has it infect some of the townsfolk and so Alan has to kill a "man" covered in shadows. The cabin makes him write a manuscript that he never remembers writing. The darkness form the cabin possesses a local man into becoming a psychopath and stole his wife. And when Alan tells the cops about the cabin, its gone. Just gone.

#19 Best Game Of All Time

#19 Mass Effect 2 - Xbox 360 and PS3

We all know the Mass Effect series is almost perfect in every way. Both the first and the third are absolutely incredible ride through space making some of the hardest choices you'll ever make in video games. They all have perfect and easily navigated controls and the graphics are absolutely stunning. But my personal favorite of the series has to be Mass Effect 2. I love how the game was much more focused on exploration. All the games are like that, but the second one has more of the "space wanderer" feel. I've been playing for 50+ hours and I still haven't found all the planets. And fighting against the Collectors has some moments you'll never forget. When Harbinger enters a battle your struggling in you automatically think, "Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap, oh crap." He never holds back, always advancing towards you, shooting black matter balls at you taking down your shields. You get to meet your old friends (if you saved them in the first Mass Effect) and get to meet many powerful new ones. Mass Effect has that effect of making you end up loving each character in their own special ways. I've played through the game multiple times, and nothing killed me more than when Garrus died. I was so upset, and the Mass Effect story line is so great that when you lose someone like that, you don't mind replaying the entire game just to ensure their spot in the next game. I love the free-roam play of Mass Effect 2, I love the epic loyalty missions you end up taking all. Over all, Mass Effect 2 earns a well deserved spot on my list as my favorite Mass Effect game.