I post this question years ago and i think we had some fun with it.
Please let me ask it again.
Ok you are picked for a arctic research team to go to the arctic for a year.They are paying you so much money you can't turn it down.
You will be totality cut off from every thing,no phones,internet,mail.
Do to weight limits other then your personal stuff you are only permited a laptop and three
games.Only THREE to play all year.
WHAT WOULD THEY BE?
Mind would be URU.Riven.and older game Commandos.behind enmy lines.

Choosing only three is really difficult!

The Black Mirror
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper
Sherlock Holmes The Awakened

I could play these over and over and never get bored with them.

Beyond Atlantis
Dark Fall 1 The Journal
Keepsake

Yes it is difficult. I've shuffled my 8 favourite games about several times but have arrived at these because they are so different and will give a bit of variety.

What an interesting topic.

Meryl

I would definitely go with one of the Tex Murphy games..

- Under a Killing Moon
- 3 Skulls of the Toltecs
- The Feeble Files

I would take the agatha christie triple pack, broken sword 1 & 2 double pack and I'd have for my last game Secret Files Tunguska. Technically it wouldn't be cheating cos you didn't say we could only have 1 game in each box.

Hmm. I think I would take a trio of endlessly replayable games. A couple puzzles (The SET game, perhaps, and MaxJongg - 3D mahjongg) and an arcade racing game like Ultim@te Race Pro.

Of course, upon returning to civilization I would probably spend a fair amount of loot on non-puzzle, non-racing games.

There would be no point for me. Without access to a walkthrough and my lousy memory, I'd be stuck within a few days. So Nonogrid and Mahjong Eternity with Quake on the "can't die" setting.

Uru
Grandfather (type of solitaire on Linux KDE3)
Mahjongg

(or possibly Dungeon Keeper 2)

I'd take --dare I say it--RPG's like Morrowind and Oblivion as there are many ways to build a character and lots of quests to keep one busy.

Oh, interesting topic! I would take:

Culpa Innata
The Longest Journey
Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within

Or, alternatively, if it was in the future, I would take:

Culpa Innata 2: Chaos Rising
Gray Matter
Rinascimento

It would be better to take games that I have been really looking forward to and haven't played yet, as it would take longer to get through them the first time. Plus, they would be fresher for a longer period of time.

Oblivion
Rhem3
Heavenly Sword
and I would sneek in: Killzone2, FarCry2, Dead Space and,and,and

Definitely Uru, even though I've played it there is lots more to see.
A year's subscription to Peter's Jigsaws.
Blue Ice - I've never played it but I think it's a very difficult game - just the thing to keep me occupied.

Yes, I too would take the RPG Morrowind. A fabulous game with which to while away a spare year (in my case) or two

For an Adventure, though, I think I would it would be one of my favourite oldies - like Gabriel Knight : Sins of the Fathers

EDIT :
Ooooh !! I can have three !! So "Scrabble for PC" would be my third

Cris53,you could copy a walkthrough on you desktop.
Thats what i do when i play a game.
Y . Clipper. if you get caught theres snow shoveling for you....Ron........

ron.etti - you have to catch me fiiirrrst. I would rent out the extra games and everybody would be on my side. haha

Tough one. I have so many unplayed games on my shelf I can't choose. But definitely one adventure, one RPG and one endlessly replayable puzzle game. I love ritchiesbabe ingenious idea of taking a multipack. So probably
1) Adventures in Terror (British Horror Collection) containing Dark Fall 1 + 2 plus Barrow Hill
2) Dragon Age: Origins
3) Mahjonghh

URU and Tomb Raider 2 and 3.

the kat sneaks in thru a side door and says quickly
"I would just make sure my subscription to
Club Pogo and BFG were paid-up for the year,
and travel light."
the kat sneaks back thru self same door w/tail
between legs.

Riven(there is that wonderful lagoon area to visit),Hoyle(the collection of puzzles,cards), and pre-arrange for drop shipments ofany new Wm Fisher,Jonathan Boakes, Bigfish games and Spam.

O NO .I just got a memo from the director of the arctic research lab.If anyone is found with more then three games,he or she will be sent back with no money.Just a couple Eskimo pies.....Ron

Well, darn...
No internet....plumb fergot thatt'n
So here goes
1. Qwerty
2. TLJ1
3. So Blonde {a cuz it's so fitting}

Civilzation 4 (BTS). Not an adventure I know but if I had Civ 4 I wouldnt need to select two more. Simply the best long term replayable game ever.

ron.etti - can I bring my Pogues "Streams of Whiskey" cd. Must play that full blast while doing Rhem games. Eskimp pies are good

My game choices would include one game that I haven't had time to get my head around such as: AnaCapri

1 RPG such as: Morrowind

& 1 time management such as: Diner Dash 4!