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Writing lists is fun! This list I am doing with a twist: I'll arrange them in reverse order, putting the most “exciting” at the bottom.

5. Poirot
Crime is one of the best things I can watch at the TV, and Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot is a great classic. We've watch almost everything, but still have a couple of seasons left. Of course, when watching Hercule Poirot, you just have to adore David Suchet's interpretation of the character. To me, it is the only true Hercule Poirot, and he's still going on about it. In the beginning, when it started airing in 1989 and about five years forth, the episodes were about 40 minutes in length, which is okay, but when they started doing only double episodes, it got a more and better depth of the story, and you got a better impression of the characters in each show. The most recent episodes, from 2008, were awesome, and two new episodes are scheduled for airing in December this year. I'm excited as the latest Poirot episodes has proven to be even better than the first ones. Poirot is pure win, and since it's technically still running, it qualifies for this list.

“Superintendent? I have some very good news for you. No no no no no, no, no. It is that someone has attempted to kill me.”

4. Numb3rs
We all use math everyday. That's what Numb3rs' initial tagline said. We are following the brothers Don and Charlie, where the first is the leader of FBI's department in Los Angeles and the latter is a mathematician professor. Although it seems like the most geeky series ever, but in fact it's really entertaining. It's like I want to throw everything away and do mathematics, because mathematics is cool. That's how it's put in this show. The characters are easy to get to know and you get amazed by some of the plots they solve. At some point they said that most of the episodes were inspired from real life occurred events, but I cannot find the source anymore. Be it inspired from real life or not, it's addictive and you feel inspired to look more into the mathematics.

“Math is the real world, okay? It’s everywhere.”

3. Criminal Minds
I'm fascinated by criminal investigation, and Criminal Minds does not disappoint in its psychical evaluation, narrowing down the suspect list. It's entertaining and thrilling, and you feel you are part of the investigations, even though you are just mindlessly watching the show. There's not really much to say about it, except that it's awesome. The characters are easy to get acquainted with, yet they are a bit more versatile than you'd imagine. Dr. Reid is greatly nerdy, but who wouldn't be with that pace of reading?

Garcia: “Okay, you know how on Star Trek when Captain Kirk asked McCoy to do something totally impossible and McCoy says, "Dammit, Jim, I'm a doctor, not a miracle worker!"?”
Morgan: “Hey, what are you telling me? Not to expect a miracle?”
Garcia: “No, I'm saying I'm not a doctor.”

2. Battlestar Galactica
I love sci-fi. Battlestar Galactica is an awesome series that takes you right into the action through a pilot, originally aired as a mini-series, that blows your mind away with dozens of questions and no idea of where the journey will go or what direction the series will take. Even better, you don't know who will live and who will die. I love “waiting games”, where there's lots of unknown factors and many theories that will puzzle your mind. Who are they? What do they want? How will they proceed? It's hard to just watch one episode, as you would very much want to toss the next episode right after.

“[...] And Earth will become our new home. So say we all!”

1. Castle
Have I mentioned that I love criminal investigation series? Richard Castle is a mystery novelist that is called in to assist the New York police department when several homicides from his books are being replicated in New York. Castle's character and behaviour is awesomely geeky, cocky and has perfect punchlines. There is not really much to say about this series; Castle rocks hard. It's one of the best series that I have seen the past years, if not all time.

“It can't be random. How do they know what's in the safes? Safes...is that a word? Is it "saves?" That can't be right.”

Espen started this trend, and I should probably make a longer list for different consoles.

These are however the games I would rank the highest:

1. Final Fantasy VI (SNES, GBA)
This game is just amazing. It takes long to play and it has an awesome storyline. It starts out with a little lost girl, Terra, whom is captured and mind controlled by the evil Empire, led by Kefka. You help her find her memories back and to find her true powers while saving the world from certain destruction. It has two of the most beautiful video game themes ever: Terra's Theme and Celes' theme.

2. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past (SNES, Wii VC)

Perhaps the greatest Zelda game ever made. One night while sleeping, you telepathically hear Zelda calling for help. Your uncle answers to the call, and tells you to stay at home where you are safe. Curious as you are, you go after him to the castle only to find him defeated and it is your duty to free Zelda from her captor which keeps her in the dungeon of Hyrule Castle. Later on you find out that the wizard Agahnim has captured the souls of 7 maidens and sent them to the Golden Land where he will use them to break the seal containing the dark wizard Ganon. A fantastic game which will keep you entertained for hours.

3. World of Warcraft (PC, Mac)

I admit it, I have played much World of Warcraft in the past, and it's not unreasoned. The game has a fantastic lore and as a hero of Azeroth you fight the toughest challenges alongside your allies. The expansions are good too, but my preferance is the vanilla version of World of Warcraft. Things were more epic then. The first time we fought against the evil Firelord Ragnaros, the first time we put an end to Nefarian's plans on creating the chromatic dragonkin and when we ended the reign of the old god C'Thun. Epic moments that I value. Also, the hunt for the legendary blade Ashbringer was one of the highlights I had as a Paladin.

4. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (PC, Mac)

I never really played this without the expansion, so I added it for convenience. Diablo II is in many ways a predecessor of World of Warcraft. It was an adventure game where you controlled a hero of your likings. It contained five action packed levels where you hacked and slashed your way through the evil monsters Diablo and Baal tossed against you. The best thing about the game was that the map was randomly generated, meaning that if you played the game a second time, everything was placed differently around the world. When you completed Diablo II on normal mode, you got to play it on nightmare mode. When finishing it on that mode, you got to hell mode. In either of these modes, the challenge was uppened by far and so was the power of your character. With the coming Diablo III, happening about 20 years after the story of Diablo II, we will finally get to continue on the story.

5. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 (PC)

Perhaps one of the games I have played the most. The Red Alert series is set up in a different time reality, sort of a what would have happened if... reality. You control either the allies or the soviet in a great battle between the forces. The soviet are in liaison with Yuri whom can mind control other humans with his technology. In the expansion. Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge we get to know that he has secretly been breeding his own army and is now launching a full scale attack on other countries on the earth. A great franchise and perhaps the best game in my opinion. It's fun to play and fast as hell. The music is great too. Every game in the Red Alert franchise have a song called Hellmarch. Red Alert has Hellmarch, Red Alert 2 has Hellmarch 2, and Red Alert 3 has Hellmarch 3. In my opinion Hellmarch 2 is the best by far.

There are several other games I would like to add, but I don't have the time for it now.