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5. Blade Runner (1982) Famous sci-fi author Philip K. Dick wroteDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, a novel about a cop who tracks down a group of replicants. Dick wrote some great stories, but this one didn’t set the world alight. ThenBlade Runnercame along and proved that it only takes one person—the right person—to read a book for that book to have a lasting impact on the world. In this case, that one right person was Ridley Scott, who read the book and decided to adapt it for the big screen....

5. Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII) Say what you want aboutFinal Fantasy XIII. Even if you think this “game” was nothing more than a series of corridors and cutscenes with strangely paced difficulty spikes that frustrated even the most patient gamers, it still gave us one of the best protagonists in JRPG history. Lightningis a simple woman with a simple goal: she’s on a quest to save her sister. This task quickly snowballs into something much bigger and more difficult, but at her core, she still only has a single mission in mind....

5. Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones Despite being the eighth game in the series,Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stoneswas only the second one to get an international release. It follows twins Eirika and Ephraim as they fight to protect their homeland from invading forces.Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stoneswas the lastFire Emblemgame on the Game Boy Advance and has one of the best protagonists of the series to show for it. Though it didn’t make any real changes to the tried-and-trueFire Emblemformula, the characters remain strong enough that it’s in my top five....

5. Assassination Classroom Not every classroom is the same. InAssassination Classroom, students are given a simple mission: to kill their teacher. If they can pull it off within a year, they’ll earn a hefty paycheck while saving the entire world. Also, did we mention that the teacher is a giant tentacle monster? And he’s impervious to harm except by antimatter weaponry? And if he’s somehow harmed, he can fully regenerate? And he can move at speeds up to Mach 20?...

5. Nintendo Force Sadly,Nintendo Powerbecame one of the casualties of the internet—it didn’t make sense for Nintendo to keep it running. Nintendo Forcehas stepped up in a big way to fill the void, and so far it’s doing a damn good job. Nintendo Forceis funded via Patreon, so you’ll be able to sign up there for a subscription. It’s $4.99 an issue for a physical magazine, with issues shipping every other month....