200 Reasons to Love PC Gaming, Part One

In celebration of PC Gamer’s two hundredth issue, CVG brings us the first half of 200 reasons why us PC gamers love our platform of choice. A few reasons that stood out to me:

18. Dicking around with Deus Ex
“Oh yes! Oh yes! Oh yes!” This brilliant fan edit of the Deus Ex cutscenes will put you in stitches. See why we’re laughing at snipurl.com/cxj98.

50. Speed runs
Did you realise that you can complete Deus Ex in 45 minutes? We never will, but we’re happy to watch someone else do it. See the madness at snipurl.com/cxr5u.

93. Anachronox’s planet party-member
The insanely original and quirky sci-fi RPG Anachronox is a classic that’s been cruelly forgotten. It’s a game in which you save a planet. And then, because they had such a good time, that planet’s inhabitants shrink their world and it joins your party as a beachball-like character with a face made out of satellites. That’s not the best bit. You can still visit this planet, only now all its inhabitants have seen your adventures in the sky.

98. The Shire
Lord of the Rings Online does one thing absolutely right: it nails the feel of Tolkien’s world. Its recreation of the Shire is perfect – from the silly little hobbit houses, to strange men attacking local farms. A ten-day trial for this excellent MMO is available from snipurl.com/cxri8 – we suggest you take a look.