I never bouthg into King either, however the stuff he wrote under Bachman is pretty good. If you want to scare yourself about what human society and people are capable of I HIGHLY recomend Steven King/Bachman's The Long Walk and to a lesser extent The Running Man (the origianal not the way that Arnonld Shwartzinager messed it up).Stephen King, for those too stupid to spell.
As for games (in no real order since the game depends on my mood:
Escape Velocity (Mac)
Civ 2
Counter-Strike (PC)
Team Fortress Classic,Map: Warpath (PC)
SSN i688 by Janes (PC)
Masters of Orion II (PC and Mac)
NHL 2000 (PC)
Mechwarrior 2 (PC and quite possibly the BEST overall game for any mood)
Mechwarrior 4