Why Myst Changed Everything for This Sega Kid (And Still Gives Me Chills)
Alright, truth time. I’m a Sega freak. I never should have cared about PC gaming. But some guy named Blue Disc made me care one...
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Discovering Chrono Trigger at 42 Changed Everything I Thought I Knew About RPGs
I have to say – when my daughter first started telling me about Chrono Trigger years ago (2011), I wasn’t that intrigued. Coming from a...
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My Thirty-Year Love Affair with a Blue Hedgehog (And Why I Keep Coming Back Despite Everything)
OK. Full disclosure time; I’ve been playing Sonic games since 1991. For reasons I don’t quite understand, I’m still obsessed now almost thirty years later....
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Why Spyro the Dragon Still Makes Me Feel Like a Kid Again
I remember opening my Christmas presents in 1998. I was 21 years old, driving home from Arizona State University for winter break and wondering what...
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Three Decades of Falling Blocks: My Tetris Obsession Started in a Buick
The Game Boy kept me sane during what might have been the longest car trip in recorded history. I didn’t own any video games that...
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From Stick Men to Superstars: My Four Decades Watching Sports Games Grow Up
Sports games have always been one of my favourite genres. I accidentally fell into them. Match Day was released during my avid Spectrum playing years...
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Why Banjo-Kazooie Made Me Question Everything I Thought I Knew About 3D Platformers
Let’s just get this out of the way: I never played Banjo-Kazooie upon its release back in 1998. I know, blasphemy, right? So there I...
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That Time Donkey Kong Country Made Me Question Reality (And My SNES)
I was sixteen years old and had roughly $12 to my name. During my free time I found myself spending quite an excessive amount of...
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Why Disc-Based Gaming Changed Everything: The PlayStation 1
I spent my career as a software engineer debugging games before the industry transformed beyond recognition. I understand assembly language. I understand hardware constraints. I...
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Splinter Cell Review: How Sam Fisher Perfected Stealth On Console
Background Video games are one of many hobbies that I have had since the 1980s. Through my experiences I have played many would-be epic games...
