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5. Metroid: Zero Mission While it certainly has an important place in gaming history, the originalMetroidsuffered greatly from the limitations of its time. The controls were clunky and the jumps made Samus feel weightless. Fortunately,Metroid: Zero Mission—a near-perfect remake ofMetroidfor the Game Boy Advance—fixed nearly everything about the original game. The visuals are still sharp, the music is improved, and Samus feels more powerful but without reducing the game’s challenge in any way....

5.Argo(2012) Ben Affleck’s film about diplomats trapped in a besieged US embassy in Iran would’ve been eye-rolling melodramatic if it hadn’t actually happened in real life. This is a tale based on true events. Tony Mendez (Ben Affleck) is a CIA operative who prepares himself for travel to Iran, tasked with rescuing those hidden workers. He must first find a way to get into the country, and then he must get everyone out, all without being detected by the authorities who are hunting them down....

5. Slither (2006) James Gunn is mainly known for directing superhero filmsGuardians of the Galaxy(2014) andThe Suicide Squad(2021). However, he made his feature film debut in 2006 with a genre-bending cult classic,Slither. The story follows Grant (played by the intense Michael Rooker), who’s infected by an alien when a meteorite lands right in front of him. What follows is total mayhem, with the foreign species trying to infect as many people in the small town as it can....

5.Animation Studio Tycoon Here at whatNerd, we love animation! And that’s whyAnimation Studio Tycoonsticks out, as it gives us a chance to try running our own studio that makes animated cartoons. You start off by naming your animation studio along with every cartoon you end up producing. (But don’t skip on the random name generator! There are some real gems that can come from it.) Animation Studio Tycoonrequires a delicate balance between properly funding each production (enough that the end result is pleasing to fans) without overstretching your budgets....

5. Psycho-Pass In a dystopian future, all citizens have a Crime Coefficient calculated by the Sybil System that predicts how likely they are to commit a crime, and pre-emptively apprehended if it crosses a threshold. However, one criminal has figured out how to evade the system, and threatens everything it stands for. Psycho-Passis a bit of a slow burn, but if you can get through the first few episodes, you’ll be in for a treat....