I'm the sysadmin (and transitioning to DevOps) at work, but the DBs are 100% in control of our two devs (one of which being the head of IT).
Apparently we're going to hire a third Dev, who will moonlight as our DBA -- oh, and for 30K/yr.
I'm sure this will go well.
Bit of a boring answer, but Gran Turismo 4 on the PS2 has stolen many hours off of my life.
Another honorable mention would be the rhythm game "Frequency".
A third, which isn't a game, is eJay Club World; though that's more of a DAW than anything.