Top 10 PC First-Person Shooters

I gotta put Doom on here. It's like a rule. And why shouldn't I? Doom kickstarted the whole first-person genre. It's pretty simple compared to today's fare-you're just a space marine fighting a one-man war against the armies of hell. With shotguns, chainguns, rocket launchers, and chainsaws, though, it never gets old. That's a feat to put on your resume, that's for sure.

Half-Life revolutionized the genre with an involving storyline and scripted characters. You are never brought to a cutscene at any point-you're still free to move around in real time while scripts happen, making the whole experience feel more immersive. As you jaunt through Black Mesa and fight off aliens, you may just wonder why your character never talks. Well, he does talk. Unfortunately, only your dog can hear what he's saying.

Hail to the king, baby. With the Build engine, 3D Realms was able to create this raunchy, entertaining sequel to the classic 2D Duke Nukem games. It's actually a pretty drastic jump. In the 2D games, did you know that Duke wore a pink shirt? And collected balloons? And watched Oprah? Oh yeah. Not so manly anymore, is he?*

*(Note: the preceding facts about Duke Nukem are all false and never happened. I send out my apologies to Duke Nukem. He is a great, manly person, and definitely wouldn't think about emptying his pistol on a loser like me-BLAARGH)

Halo was a major factor in the success of the XBox, and it's pretty fun to boot. Taking the role of a soldier called Master Chief, you must fight off a group of aliens called The Covenant while trying to unlock the secrets of the mysterious Halo. You must also work to stop The Flood, a parasitic organism with an annoying habit of resurrecting lifeforms you've already shot. Though, if you find yourself without a weapon, you can still partake in one of my favorite activities: zombie punching. While this will proably get you killed, at least you'll go out like the manliest man around.

In an age of serious and modern first-person shooters, Serious Sam came along to recapture the glory days of Doom. Featuring loads of weapons and hordes of monsters, Serious Sam is a murderfest, the kind that makes you laugh as you spray bullets through jerks and pretend they are people you know. Not that anyone does that, of course. That would just be silly.

...come on, Miss Jackson, back me up here.