Anyone else addicted to that commercial?

So I was looking at some ads for the new Civilization: Revolution game, and it kind of spurred my interest in similar games.

It got me looking at all these series:

Civilization series

Total War series

Empire Earth series

Age of Empires series

So....yea...lots of series. You'd be surprised to know, however, that I have not played a single game from any of these series .

Civilization looks a little too cartoony for my liking, i'm looking for something a little more realistic. Empire Earth looks like it has been recieving steadily declining reviews since the original. Total War looks like an epic series. And from what i've seen and heard, Age of Empires is top-of-the-line.

So my question to you guys is: what games from these series are the best/and what series are the best overall? I'm not made of money (contrary to popular belief ) so its not like i can go out and buy the box set of each series.

Whattya think?

So i've been debating whether or not to spend money on a replacement power supply for my old SNES, as well as these games:

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past

Donkey Kong Country

Super Mario World

Secret of Mana

Why would I do this? Well...recently i've been having this urge to play all these games from years and years ago when i first bought them, but over the years i've lost a lot of the parts/games that were a part of it. So i've been looking online at places to buy these things. The only place that i've found selling them (that i trust) is Amazon...and its looking like $20 for the cord and each of the games.

Anyone know of any trusted cites you can buy old games and accessories like this?

Sometimes milk...is a bad choice.

This message was approved by that creepy bastard John McCain.

I know its been a long time since i've been on GS, but I had no idea its been this long!

'69....good year....Led Zeppelin 1 is released....LBJ leaves....Nixon slithers in...Beatles give their last performance on the roof of the Apple Records building...747 makes its maiden flight...Sirhan Sirhan admits to killing RFK...James Earl Ray admits to killing MLK....Apollo 9 is a success...Apollo 10 is a success...Apollo 11 lands on the moon..John and Yoko have their bed-in...Nixon Doctrine...Manson murders...Apollo 12 goes unnoticed...

...and J-Man725 logs onto Gamespot.

Epic.

Enjoy this top of the charts tune from 1969

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5BmEGm-mraE

So i'll be getting my most anticipated game of the year in less than two days, GTA IV. I've got it all preordered, paid for, PS3 Special Edition, and its shipping to my house overnight on the 29th. I cant wait to play it, seems like i've been waiting forever.

I've decided to avoid the GTA IV Board for the time being, because I don't want to read any spoilers before i've had my chance to work through the game. In the mean time, i'll still be posting at the GTA Legends Union, as always.

Speaking of which, i've been promoted to officer in the GTA Legends Union, quite unexpectedly. I've been posting there nearly as long as i've been a member of GS, so its kind of nice to be a bigger part of the union now.

Anyways, if you're going to be getting GTA IV for the PS3, and would like to play online, just add me, my psn is Andolini. I'll be posting my thoughts on GTA IV as soon as i've had some good play time, and possibly an official review.

Cheers!