Mark's Pick: No One Lives Forever
I was still reeling from Blood 2 when No One Lives Forever came out. Monolith making a game of the year candidate? Who could know? That’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it, but I will play this game soon.

Tom's Pick: Too many to list
There are so many A-list games I didn't get around to playing and I feel horrible about it. How can you take me seriously if I haven't played No One Lives Forever because I was busy diddling around with Perfect Dark on the N64? I never even tried Baldur's Gate II or Icewind Dale because I was playing Wizards & Warriors. I didn't try The Longest Journey and Escape from Monkey Island, I played Dracula: Resurrection and Traitor's Gate -- where are my priorities? What kind of guy calls himself a wargamer who still doesn't have a copy of Combat Mission, much less who hasn't even gotten around to downloading the demo? Thief II? Haven't touched it. And I didn't try a single sports game last year since I was worried I would install it and then wouldn't get picked to be on anyone's team. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa. So many games, so little time...

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