My first real couch co-op experience happened in 1988 when my brother Dave finally let me be Player 2 in Contra on our NES. I was ten years old, he was fourteen, and up until that point, he’d always pulled the “I’m older so I get to play and you get to watch” card. But Contra changed everything. The game was brutally difficult for a solo player, and after watching Dave die repeatedly one Saturday…
The first time I booted up Myst was at my friend Tony’s house in the winter of 1994. His family…
The summer of 1989 was defined by two things for me: a horrifically awkward growth spurt that made me look…
October 1996. I was 18, fresh out of high school, and working part-time at a local video store that had…
December 10, 1993. I remember the date because it was the last day of fall semester finals, and instead of…
I still remember the exact moment I fell in love with point-and-click adventure games. It was 1990, sitting in my…
November 1994. Clinton was president, Ace of Base was somehow on every radio station, and I was a gangly sixteen-year-old…
The first time I threw a controller in genuine frustration was summer 1989, specifically at 11:42 PM on a Tuesday…
Video games have evolved to include countless different genres, with each one emphasizing different gameplay mechanics and attracting different types…
Christmas break, 1998. Five CDs in a massive cardboard box with a face on it that looked like it was…
