Mario Broke Gaming Wide Open
Christmas 1985 wasn’t supposed to be like other Christmasses we’d had as a family. It wasn’t because my dad suddenly came up with some crazy...
Christmas 1985 wasn’t supposed to be like other Christmasses we’d had as a family. It wasn’t because my dad suddenly came up with some crazy...
The first time video game music made me cry was listening to the ending of Final Fantasy VI on my Genesis. Okay, Final Fantasy VI...
The first thing I have to confess is that I thought video games were a solo experience for a long time. Honestly, growing up poor...
Man, October of 1997 was an amazing month to be a gamer. I had recently purchased a brand new Pentium 166 MHz PC (yeah, back...
Ok, let me take you back to when star wars games actually mattered. When Lucasarts still knew what they where doing and way before Disney...
I have an excellent memory for when and where I played specific games. When thinking about Metal Gear Solid, I remember it like it was...
I remember buying Diablo — hell, I remember the day that changed my life. It wasn’t alcoholism, girls, or any of the other problems you...
Hey kid—I’ll level with you. I grew up a Sega kid. I cut my teeth on our family’s Packard Bell PC playing LucasArts adventures. Hang...
Alright, let’s get one thing straight right out of the gate – I was a Sega kid growing up in the early 90s and treated...
Christmas of 1985 was not supposed to go like this. I had my heart set on a bike that I had been coveting for months....