#Top5: Video Games Played in 2011
By Anthony Kennedy of Cashmere Agency
As the resident video games expert, I’m providing the definitive Top 5 games of 2011. I presented these in order of release.
1. Portal 2 ( Electronic Arts, PS3/360): Simple, but addictive gameplay about using a portal creation gun to move from one area of a stage to the next, in order to get to the main computer and save the world! This game consumed my life for a week.
2. L.A. Noire (Rockstar Games, PS3/360): The annual open world game from Rockstar. Not as good as their last game, the epic Red Dead Redemption and the gameplay moves a little too slow, but the story alone is better than any game this year.
3. Battlefield 3 ( Electronic Arts, PS3/360): If you’re going to defeat terroism, this is the game to do it with. The controls were super tight, missions challenging, but fun and the multiplayer is everything that a certain other FPS was not. If you have a Sony 3D TV or NVidia equipped computer, play this in 3D!
4. Batman Arkham City (Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, PS3/360) – The sequel to the 2009 Batman: Arkham Asylum lives up to its predecessor. The most authentic Batman gaming expereince has more puzzles and crazy hard boss battles. Hard difficulty setting is not for rookies.
5. Mario Kart 7 (Nintendo, 3DS): Sometimes you just wanna have fun playing video games and the newest Mario Kart, in 3D no less, provides that in spades. I have not been this animated for a win and upset at losing with any game (including Madden) more than Mario Kart. Take it online for multiplayer races to extend the fun.





