Button Mashing Led Me Down an Unexpected Path
The first time I ever landed a punch in a video game that hit someone that looked like a person was at the age of...
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DOOM Blew My Mind at 40: When a 90s Shooter Changed Everything I Thought About Games
My first experience with the game DOOM was in 2011 when my daughter told me I had to “play this old shooter.” She said, “Dad...
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Why My First Fighting Game Left Me Questioning Everything
It is hard to put into words exactly how I reacted the first time I threw a punch in a video game, that actually hit...
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Star Fox Made Me Believe in Magic 3D Graphics 20fps Enough
When I was 40 years old, and spending my time to catch up on every aspect of gaming history that I missed out on during...
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Street Fighter Changed How I Saw Gaming
There is no doubt that the best way to enjoy Street Fighter II is at an arcade. I will admit that I was immediately hooked...
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Five CDs of Pure Gaming Perfection: Why Riven Still Blows My Mind
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...
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Why 80s and 90s Star Wars Games Still Matter More Than Modern Efforts
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...
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How Diablo Proper Ruined My University Years (And Created the Action RPG Blueprint)
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...
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Why LucasArts Adventure Games Were Gaming Perfection (And How They Lost It All)
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...
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That Time Myst Made Me Realize Games Could Be Art (And Nearly Drove Me Insane)
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...
