"Pinkerton deserves its recognition as an emo and a power pop masterpiece."
"This movie did for pirates what Lord of the Rings did for fantasy films."
"Pusha T has made solid hip-hop contribution, but if I'm going over the whole criteria mentioning influence, impact, the said third, I don't know how he's number 10. I just don't know." - Influential Rankings Discussion
"Tenchu: shaping the future of third-person action-adventure gaming."
"The fantasy genre as we know it was created by JRR Tolkien... making a hundred carbon copies of Middle-earth with elves and dwarves..."
"It's one of those games that has learned something from almost every notable platforming game in the last 30 years."
"The '70s Bond films reflected some of the popular themes and genres of the time, incorporating elements from blaxploitation films and even venturing into space with 'Moonraker.'"
"I haven't heard anybody roll off top in on kick drum since the Miami crowd came along."
"The Batman Arkham series did for superhero video games what Rockstar did for open-world games."
"Ken's impact: 'Bringing back the SoundCloud feel of Lil Uzi and Cardi...'"
"Barbarian is a definitive piece of horror Cinema."
"Half-Life's release drastically altered the course of first-person shooters for the better."
"Sam Hung's influence on the genre and dedication to authentic fight scenes."
"It gives the movie a Saturday morning cartoon feel."
"Black Sabbath, the pioneers of heavy metal who inadvertently created Paranoid, a song that changed all of music forever."
"Zelda paved the way for action-adventure games and storytelling."
"Street Fighter II shaped the entire fighting game genre as it's known today."
"If there's like one single thing that's been the biggest common thread throughout the history of hardcore it's been the increasing influence of metal over time."
"The Batman is absolutely amazing, a neo-noir that borrows and follows in the footsteps of other classics in its genre."
"Your attention and patience is rewarded on The Wall, a sprawling release that musically draws from the genres of prog rock that Pink Floyd are of course known for."
"The Godfather of the genre, a game that's set the standard for sandbox games as we know it."
"Paranoid by Black Sabbath seems like a perfect example of something that influenced the genre."
"WarioWare kind of kicked a lot of that off and did it better than most of what came after."
"When John Carpenter's Halloween hit cinemas in 1978, nobody could have known the impact it would go on to have on the horror genre."
"Tropes so recognizable they would go on to be satirized in movies like Scream, The Cabin in the Woods, and Tucker and Dale vs Evil."
"Theme Park is a demonstration for a genre's roots these types of management games became a lot more popular after its release."
"Shinji Mikami didn't just reinvent Resident Evil here but revolutionized the third-person shooter genre."
"What kind of a jerk would I be if I didn't hope that you would consider being a part of it?"
"It's as if they cast away the shackles that locked them into that grounded Monster Hunter feel - and over time has really come into its own and embraced... this like fighting game's soul as an influence."
"I don't think you very often have the opportunity frankly to read something and go you know something this could really impact how we view a particular genre."
"Twisted Metal '95 predates a lot of the other games that people associate with the genre."
"With time, it would become a staple of the horror genre."
"This album provides the blueprint for heavy metal, according to the editor of Allmusic."
"Dungeon Master helped to popularize an entire frickin genre."
"Resident Evil put the survival horror genre on the map."
"Genre-wise, we're really inspired by Jackie Brown, Boogie Nights, and The Big Lebowski."
"If people consider it to have literary merit and to have done something for its genre and people consider it a classic then it's a classic."
"Indisputably, Hunger Games started something and forged a path for the dystopian genre."
"Mortal Kombat... inspired all kinds of other fighting games."
"'Dark Souls' has inspired this whole new genre of third-person action game."
"Without Suicidal Tendencies, Punk and metal just would not be what they are today."
"Doom fathered an entire generation of FPS babies. Doom made the womb go boom."
"A story opened my eyes to horror and afterward, I became a lifelong horror lover."
"It does to the open world genre what Ocarina of Time did to 3D adventure games."
"Max Payne changed the way we played shooters for years to come."
"Probably Over because they wrote some of what I'd consider the best black metal of the era."
"Dragon Ball is to anime what Michael Bay Transformer movies are to cinema."
"Silent Hill 2 is a cornerstone in horror gaming."
"There's no denying the impact the singer had on the genre with the release of his Thriller album."
"Thank you for trap music, it changed my life."
"Pantera's legacy: they changed metal and hardcore forever."
"Devil May Cry changed the landscape of action games."
"Gun truly is one of the first great western games ever made. It did everything Red Dead Redemption did to the genre only five years earlier."
"Some people call them the Radiohead of metal because they always change and evolve their sound over time."
"They're the band that single-handedly introduced shoegaze to millions of alternative kids across the globe."
"Darkness being a threat becomes a real presence in so many genres."
"You're setting a new standard for southern rap."
"I don't think we would have Halloween without Black Christmas... it started the trend of the holiday slasher."
"The Frieza saga launched the franchise into almost legendary status... It's constantly referred to as the grandfather of shonen anime."
"Legacy in name, legacy in revolutionizing the genre."
"LCD sound system's American Dream proved to be a successful return for dance Punk's modern icons."
"He brought vulnerability to the genre."
"It's one of the early John route ropes introducing a coming-of-age combative and victorious female lead that was emulated throughout the slasher genre."
"So there you have it, Halloween 2, the film that wrote the rule book for modern horror sequels and changed the Halloween films forever."
"There has never been a horror film that more got me into the genre than 'It' from 2017."
"Minimalism Funk riffs heavy metal Soul all these things have their root in this album."
"Although cloud rap has died down as a genre, a lot of its elements still live on in hip-hop today."
"Perhaps the classic space opera still has something useful to impart to the gritty new space opera and even whatever might come beyond that."
"The Sixth Sense changed the game in a lot of ways, like scream did, at least in the ghost genre."
"The fantasy genre won't be where it is today without The Lord of the Rings."
"Scream completely changed the game when it comes to slasher movies and the larger world of horror."
"It's because of Mothra that the Kaiju genre will live on."
"It made southern rock stronger, oddly enough."
"Science fiction didn't become a widely respected and popular genre until the release of Stanley Kubrick's seminal 1968 masterpiece, 2001: A Space Odyssey."
"It set the tone and the benchmark for the slasher films throughout the 80s."
"Sometimes when something needs to be embellished... pro wrestling, we have influenced many a genre."