Sega’s Console Wars Victory in My Living Room
In the end, I can’t help but say my love for Sonic & Sega is a bit ironic, since I used to be a Nintendo...
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The NES Found Me at Forty and I Finally Understood It
When I read stories about unwrapping NES gifts on Christmas morning and watched videos of kids ripping open grey boxes to discover their brand-new consoles...
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Discovering the Game Boy Taught Me the Joy of Portable Gaming
There are numerous reasons I’m a 42 yr. Old construction foreman and I’ve had so many vivid memories of obtaining my first handheld video game...
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When My Cousin’s Hand-Me-Down Atari Changed Everything
I have kept the Gateway 2000 mouse pad on my desk at work for over 25 years, and I don’t have that mouse pad there...
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Twenty-five years after its release, I still think about the Dreamcast every day.
When I’m down in my basement game room organising my collection – and my wife tells me that I have obsessive-compulsive disorder; she’s probably right...
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How I Finally “Got” EarthBound After Dismissing It as Too Weird
At seventeen, I considered myself to be too mature and intelligent for something as…childish looking as Earthbound. All my friends were talking about Chrono Trigger,...
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Zelda A Link to the Past Made Me Rethink My Sega Loyalty
When I was 13 years old I was a Sega fanboy. I loved the Genesis (or Mega Drive) and I hated Nintendo. Then my cousin...
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Why I Keep Coming Back to Symphony of the Night After 25 Years
I went to a small game store in Denver — it’s probably gone now — to look for a copy of Castlevania: Symphony of the...
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Discovering Tomb Raider at 40: How Lara Croft Taught This Late Bloomer About Real Adventure
Going through those empty corridors – hearing Lara’s boots echoing off stone walls – not knowing what the next room will bring (treasure, an ancient...
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Pac-Man and the Games That Defined a Generation
One of the most vividly remembered events in my childhood was the very first time I ever played Pac-Man. I was 8 years old and...
