Game: Asteroids Online

In the dark and distant days before social networks (i.e., my childhood), Atari's Asteroids famously made local convenience store legends out of gaping teenagers who stood glued to the console's screen for hours on end. As such, it's only appropriate that such a gaming hallmark should make a triumphant entry into the nascent world of social gaming. Here is a game that frustrates while it pleases, challenges while it enchants, and revels in its retro roots while blasting a course for Facebook's acceptance as a hardcore gaming platform. To be sure, Asteroids Online isn't for everyone, but this incarnation developed by Atari and Joju Games proves that the original masterpiece has lost none of its force in the 31 years since its release.