Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 (2004)

If you spent a good portion of your childhood wishing you had your own amusement park, this is probably as close as your going to get. That is, of course, unless Atari does make the fourth installment they've been hinting at.


I'm a big fan of customization, and there's plenty of opportunities to customize here. From the start, you get to decide how you want to play. Do you just want to build roller coasters? Fine, go ahead.

Wanna focus you time on the guests in your park? Feel free.

Have you got hours and hours to waste on creating the perfect amusement park in Sandbox Mode (no money restrictions)? Then prepare to dedicate the next several weeks to one thing, buddy.

The Roller Coaster Tycoon games have been the only things in my life that made me think business might be fun. I'm not dumb enough to believe it, though. If you were offended by that last sentence, of course I'm kidding, silly!


You can get the original game for four dollars on Amazon. If you want the two expansion packs Soaked! (water parks) and Wild! (animals, dinosaurs, safari-type dealies), they are available in an all-in-one bundle for $12.25, also on Amazon.


And trust me, you want Soaked! You want to be able to enter that game world, because no real water park could ever be as cool as some of the ones you can find on Youtube. Like this one:

I'm a little sad now.




Music


Freaks - The Creeps

   genre: aggressive dance
   ideal for: wigglin' in a most determined manner
  Youtube


David Guetta feat. Chris Brown - I Can Only Imagine

   genre: part dance, part hip-hop, and part ballad
   ideal for: spending an ADD night at the club
  Youtube