Rock Band

2008, Age 26

Rock Band's awesomeness stems from how connected you feel with your bandmates. It is truly a game centered on helping one another out, and my favorite parts are saving a failed bandmate, and activating star power not to boost your own points, but to lift up someone else who might be struggling. Hooray for cooperation!

Guitar Hero II

2006, Age 24

Another game I scoffed at until I got my hands on it. Once you got over the fact that you looked ridiculous holding that tiny plastic guitar, the rhythm game took over your brain!

There was something about this game that made you WANT to be good at it...I think it had a lot to do with the image of the game. You weren't just solving a mere rhythm puzzle, you were a BADASS ROCK STAR.

The cooperative mode in Guitar Hero II was by far the favorite among my school of friends.