Well, webcomic artists and movie reviewers everywhere have been putting up top 10 lists for something in 2010. Favorite music in 2010, favorite movies in 2010, etc. I decided to join this bandwagon and give you my top 10 video games that I played in 2010. Not necessarily from 2010, since I played maybe three of those. But just that I played and/or finished for the first time in 2010.

10. Space Quest 6: The Spinal Frontier

Oddly enough, out of all the classic Sierra games I played this year, this was the only one that made the list. While it was probably one of my least favorites of the series, it was definitely one of the best in terms of quality and gameplay. And with some of the other games I played this year, it was nice to hear some good voice acting for once. Kind of makes me wonder how it never got the sequel that was referenced at the end.

9. Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions

Most of you probably know this already, but I'm not a big Spidey fan. In fact, I've never been a huge fan of superheroes in general. Despite that, this game was really good. I think the biggest factor in its favor was the fact that you get to play as four different versions of Spider-Man, all with different abilities. Even if you aren't a fan of superhero games, this one is a fun way to waste a few nights.

8. Megaman X8

It's funny, I've always heard that the Mega Man X games started good, but then got worse and worse with every game. So after experiencing this firsthand, then being severely disappointed with X7, I wasn't very hopeful for X8. However, I was pleasantly surprised to find a very good game, with a fairly good story. I might even go far enough to consider this one my favorite of both the X games and the original series.

7. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

You are all no doubt aware, I am absolutely obsessed with the Fire Emblem series. Well, now I've played all of the ones available in English. Gotta learn Japanese now. Like Space Quest 6, this was probably one of my least favorites of the series, but it was still good enough to put on this list. Which says how good the rest of the games are. I'm honestly surprised that some of the features in this game - such as the world map, random encounters, optional levels, and multiple paths - aren't in the other games.

6. Chrono Trigger

Yes, we all saw in Namco Wars when Micah said that this is his all-time favorite game. Well, I finally played it. While I can't say it's my favorite game by Squaresoft, it definitely had its edges over other games by them. There's just something so awesome about combining two different spells into something else. On top of that, it had a really good story, something that a lot of games I played this game were missing.

5. Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Here's a game I went into expecting to hate, but ended up loving. I mean, come on. It's Mario. They've already done everything. You expect to get something new out of this character? While the game didn't provide much that was new, it still provided a fair amount of entertainment while I was sick last August. Also, I loved how Mario and Luigi were helping Bowser to help them, with Bowser totally clueless. And I swear, Starlow has got to be a distant relative of Legend of Link's fairy.

4. The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks

Yeah, I had to fit a Zelda title in somewhere. While this game had plenty of problems, it's still one of my favorites of the series. Why? Because for the first time EVER (unless you played the CD-i games), Zelda is actively helping Link. It's. About. Freaking. Time. Also, while most of the music got extremely annoying after a while, I loved the music in the parts where Link is playing the Spirit Flute. On top of that, the endgame was, to me, spectacular. Not gonna spoil it if you haven't played it, so go play it.

3. Portal

I know, I know, I started this game on December 31st and finished it on January 1st. I don't care, that's close enough to 2010 that it's on the list. This game, while a severe headache creator (from spinning as much as puzzles), is awesome. It's a short game, and I finished it over a total of six hours, but it's well worth getting if you're into puzzles involving teleporting. And of course, with this game, you can learn why the cake is a lie.

2. Spellforce: Order of Dawn

While this game is among one of the most commonly hated genres in video games (real-time strategy), it's still awesome. Two major downsides, however: the first being the ending. Not to spoil anything, but the ending of the game, while good, happens so suddenly and so briefly that it becomes very anti-climactic.  There are two sequels that help a little, but it's still a pain until you get to those. For the second downside, going into detail would take forever, but just let me say, I think quality in voice acting was one of the last things on their minds. Despite all of this, it's still an incredible game, for those who can stomach RTS.

1. Legacy of Ys

This game, to me, is simply one of the greatest games ever. As it's a remake of an old TG-16 game, it's got pretty basic gameplay. The big thing this game has is story. You can tell while playing this game that the writers put a lot of thought and effort into it (despite incredibly forgettable characters). That and it's a combination of two games in one card, so they have plenty of time to build on the story from beginning to end. I know that a game carried almost entirely by story isn't for everyone, but if you do a lot of reading, and if you like the Zelda games, this is the game for you.