With Rage coming out in a little over a month, this week's "Numb Thumbs" column at Patch.com takes a look at 90's-era id Software to reflect on why they've been so important to the industry.

For those who still feel a pang of nostalgia when hearing Commander Keen, Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, and Quake...

"Into the Unknown is a new mod for the first Doom. It is developed by Gorelord and is available on ModDB.

Are you ready to play a blond girl attacked by vicious monsters? Who has to save the world from the onslauglt of 2 evil organic computers?"

"Some big tributes to Doom, the infamously violent early-90s video game, have been taking over billboards in Berlin. Turning commercial propaganda into potential blood baths, street artists Mr Talion, Epoxy, Baveux and Kone pasted unsuspecting ads with the display from the first person shooter favored by the Columbine High School killers."

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  1. Quake
  2. Halo 3
  3. Half-life
  4. Grand Theft Auto IV
  5. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
  6. Pac-Man
  7. Doom
  8. Resident Evil 5
  9. Mortal Kombat
  10. Contra
  11. BioShock
  12. Metal Gear Solid
  13. wipEout
  14. Portal
  15. flOw
  16. Resistance 2
  17. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Vegas
  18. Guitar Hero
  19. Gran Turismo
  20. Donkey Kong
  21. Castlevania
  22. Super Mario Bros. 3
  23. Left 4 Dead
  24. Street Fighter IV
  25. Rock Band
"

An extremely refreshing article by the folks over at GameRevolution showing how as violent videogames are on the rise - violent crime rates are actually falling (and at record rates). So take that Jack Thompson, Take that Connecticut Senator Gayle Slossberg. For those ignorant fools who still will not believe these facts (not that there are any here on GG and Neo, but...) there are pretty and colorful charts, and after all a picture is worth a thousand words.

Singleplayer is awesome, sure multiplayer can be good but its that story driven action packed campaign that we hunger for. Here is a list of the top 10 FPS singleplayer games. While all these titles are available for PC many of them are or will be on consoles. System Shock 2, Doom and Deus Ex all make a appearance but which one will be top dog?

The list is as follows (in reverse order, even though the numbers are incremental):

  1. F.E.A.R
  2. Call of Duty 2
  3. System Shock 2
  4. Aliens vs Predator 2
  5. Far Cry
  6. Ca...