In Pictures: Highlights of the Best Tech Products

If Jack Thompson is right, all of society's ills can probably be traced back to the watershed videogame Doom, which launched the first-person shooter genre into the stratosphere. A shareware title, Doom spread rapidly upon release, and gamers thrilled to its (primitive) 3-D graphics and mod capabilities, which let you take on the role of designer and make your own levels. While purists may argue that we should have selected id's Wolfenstein 3D instead, unlike Doom, it didn't let you wield a chainsaw--possibly the most iconic FPS weapon of all time. Take that, Martian demons!