Robots and video games are closely tied — they both have computers as brains and they both have the potential to enrich our lives (or destroy them, depending on who you ask). And, perhaps because of their ‘puter-based nature, a love of both robots and video games marks the quintessential geek.
In a presumed plot to topple society via a collective nerdgasm, Joshua Erwin over at GotGame has tiptoed from his own realm of gaming into our robotic backyard, compiling a list of his favorite video game robots.
Though he doesn’t rank the robots, he does concede that Mega Man stands above the rest. You’ll see other familiar metallic faces on the list as well: Bomberman, Dog from Half-Life 2, Mortal Kombat robots, Robo from Chrono Trigger for SNES, and HK-47 from Knights of the Old Republic.
An older list that msnbc posted about a year ago documents the “Top 5 video game robots”. This latter game robot rundown has a few the first list neglects. Namely, Chibi-Robo from its namesake Gamecube title, robots from the arcade game Berserk, and robotic turrets from Portal. Neither list mentions the Mechanicals from WOW, of which there are several sub-categories (Fel Reavers are the scariest).
When viewed with respect to the many thousands of video games in existence, it’s a shame that so few have robots in them. Even fewer sport a robotic main character. If there are any aspiring game developers amongst the readership, hark: do not hesitate to impart your fear/love of robots into your future games. A couple droids, some humanoids, and robot spiders galore will definitely aid in the betterment of your game and culture as a whole.

[GotGame]