I'm getting a bit sick of 3D graphics. When 3D was first invented, back in the early cretaceous period, the first-person shooter, the flight sim and the RPG all got better.

But platform games got worse. I used to quite like Sonic the Hedgehog but all the 3D versions did was make me get lost and feel sick. And Tomb Raider? A gorgeous woman in tight clothing running round shooting endangered species with automatic pistols? What on Earth is there not to like? The camera control, that's what.

I sometimes think that my favourite things in World of Warcraft are the 2D graphics that make up the icons. (I'm a healer so that's often all I see.) 2D graphics are reassuring. They tessellate neatly, they don't get covered up by annoying foreground clutter, they don't need to worry about lighting or shadow and they don't break up into horrible low-resolution mosaics when you get too close to them.

Collectible trading card games are successful, partly because of the very real aesthetic appeal of an array of beautiful cards laid out before you. Beautiful two dimensional cards. World of Warcraft already exists as a TCG variant. I'd like to see a computer version of the TCG. Magic: The Gatherin

Its no secret that our favorite seventh gen console here at Old-Wizard.com is the Wii. As a matter of fact, you’d have to go back to 1995 when the PS1 was first released to find the last time that my favorite console wasn’t made by Nintendo. Of course its often claimed by people who don’t agree with us about the Wii that while it is innovative, it has no good games. This is a dumb claim. And its this claim we’re out to disprove with this list. This was not a difficult task for us. We play these next ten games almost as much as the best games for the older Nintendo systems, and we’re certain that these games will prove to be timeless classics and will make it difficult for anyone to say that the Wii “has no games”.

10. Star Wars The Force Unleashed

The Force Unleashed starts you off as Vader flying down to the wookie planet to kill a bunch of wookies. This may have be disconcerting for some Star Wars fans, but once they realized that they were experiencing the true power of the force, they had to let their sentimentality fall victim to the power of the dark side. After this, you become the apprentice and everything goes back to normal ag

While Xbots and the Sony Defence Force argue among themselves, and Wii-mers (Wii-ers?) throw ever more ridiculous shapes pretending to play the tambourine or something, there is another group of gamers who quietly, happily, enjoy the best gaming platform yet invented - the PC.

And while, granted, some huge percentage of PCs are never used for anything other than Outlook and basic web, PCs remain the most flexible and happiest way to game. And, unlike Wii Sports, it won't cause you permanent physical damage.

1. Mouse and keyboard support

Well, duh. Console kids who have grown up with a controller in hand might argue, but there's still no better way of playing just about any game in any genre – not just shooters – than the combination of keyboard and mouse. It just works, offering orders of magnitude more precision and speed than fiddly analogue sticks.

2. High screen resolutions

While Microsoft and Sony scream about 'true HD' in their games – but in many cases don't actually deliver it – the PC has been happily running games at 1080p and above for yonks. In fact, the near-HD default res of 1,280x1,024 is very 2001; even a medium rig can handle 1,600x1,200 or

Resistance 2, the upcoming first-person shooter for the PlayStation 3, is structured around a time-honored formula: In a fairly linear campaign, a team of alpha males must wade through a sea of inconsequential enemies in an attempt to save the world — insert cut scenes and boss battles where applicable.

The premise isn't exactly original, but Resistance 2 boosts the formula with a compelling narrative, relentless action and expansive multiplayer offerings.

The developers at Insomniac Games combined their knack for creating clever weapons (see Ratchet and Clank) with the lessons learned from the first entry in the Resistance series, and — for the most part — succeeded in crafting a refined experience, where atmosphere and narrative are at times just as important as the body count.

From the genuinely engrossing single-player campaign to 60-player multiplayer matches, there's an enormous amount of well-polished goodness to be had here. It's not perfect, but Resistance 2 has definitely earned a place among the hallowed few: It's a must-have console shooter.

In the Resistance series' alternate history, the entire Eurasian continent has been overwhelmed by the mo