So, it's generally accepted that every person should experience at least bits and pieces from the wide variety of culture and past times placed before us. For example, most everyone has seen a film like E.T. or more currently relevant, Inception. Most everyone has read at least one Harry Potter book. Most everyone has played some kind of sport. It doesn't matter if you aren't a movie person, book person, or sports person. Almost everyone has sampled from the many hobbies and past times of our culture and there are always movies books or something that the general population tells everyone else to at least look into it once.
So I was wondering what you all thought about of this in terms of games. What game(s) should everyone play at least once in their life, even if they have no real interest in taking up gaming as a hobby? And I'm not talking about just suggesting a bunch of classics like Mario or Sonic or spewing out the latest triple A title that got a high score. What would be a game that we as gamers can hold up to the rest of the world as our Harry Potter or our E.T.? Something that can be enjoyed by the majority of people, gamer or not. Anyone have any good ideas for what that game should be?
So I was wondering what you all thought about of this in terms of games. What game(s) should everyone play at least once in their life, even if they have no real interest in taking up gaming as a hobby? And I'm not talking about just suggesting a bunch of classics like Mario or Sonic or spewing out the latest triple A title that got a high score. What would be a game that we as gamers can hold up to the rest of the world as our Harry Potter or our E.T.? Something that can be enjoyed by the majority of people, gamer or not. Anyone have any good ideas for what that game should be?