 I'm Tom Merritt for Daily Tech News Show, here are the Top 5 Greatest Game Characters. Video game characters live in our heads. After a marathon session, you see them jumping, shooting, rolling through your mind, even when your eyes are closed. We're even starting to see good versions of movies and TV series based on them. But who among them is the greatest? Now we all may have different views, but here are the greatest video game characters of all time. At number five, the ball from Pong. I mean, Pong wasn't the first video game, but a game very much like it was. And Pong was the video game of the 1970s. Atari was built on Pong and the entire video game industry built on Atari. So hats off for the bouncy ball that started it all. Coming in at number four, Glados. A character you almost never see, and yet their voice will ring through your ears for days after you finish playing any version of Portal. The best solution to a problem is usually the easiest one. I can't think of a more memorable video game villain than Glados. Plus Glados had a hit song. Up to number three, Bo Jackson in Tecmo Bowl. The only character on this list based closely on a real person, and the only real person to be desired is essentially a cheat code in gaming. I mean, if you played Bo Jackson, you won. After all, Bo knows all sorts of things, so why not winning at Tecmo Bowl too? Sliding into number two, Link from Legend of Zelda. I suspect you could put out a Nintendo game that was just Link standing in a field, jumping and going, huh, and it would set records. Link is so pervasive. There's a good chunk of you who are listening to me right now who never played the game, but you know who Link is. You just thought Link's name was Zelda. At number one, Jump Man. Well, you know him as Mario. He has appeared in more than 200 games, multiple series, and several movies. He was originally a carpenter before he became a plumber, but he's a tradesman nonetheless, and man, he cannot stay away from mushrooms. I know. Master Chief, Pikachu. I left Doom Guy off this list. I included the pong ball, but not the running man from Intellivision. Five is just a really small number, folks. Extend this list with your favorite video game characters of all time in the comments. And who knows, maybe we'll count down a fan response version later. Also, the cake is a lie. And if you want more great tech news and info, subscribe to our channel, youtube.com slash Daily Tech News Show. Get the podcast in your ears, DailyTechNewsShow.com. And if you get a little value out of this, support us at patreon.com slash DTNS. I'll see you there.