There’s something uniquely satisfying about championing the underdog. Maybe that’s why, nestled between my PlayStation 5 and Switch in my entertainment center, my Sega Saturn still occupies prime real estate. It’s not there for show—I fired it up just last weekend to play through Guardian Heroes again. My girlfriend walked in, saw the chunky polygons and sprite-based characters on our 4K TV, and asked with genuine confusion, “Is this what you’re choosing to play when…
The first time I ever played StarCraft was at my friend Kevin’s house in the spring of 1998. His parents…
I remember the exact moment RPGs changed for me. It was Christmas 1991, and I was thirteen years old, unwrapping…
I was thirteen when I first stepped into the rain-soaked opening of A Link to the Past, huddled in the…
The first time I saw Street Fighter II was at Circus Pizza, this dingy little arcade/pizza joint hybrid about fifteen…
How Mario Kart 64 Became the Ultimate Party Game The smell of microwave popcorn and Mountain Dew. The glow of…
The summer of 1989 was defined by two things for me: a horrifically awkward growth spurt that made me look…
I still remember the first time I booted up The Secret of Monkey Island. It was summer break, 1991, and…
I remember the exact moment I fell in love with adventure games. It was Christmas 1990, and after weeks of…
There are moments when some games just leave lasting marks on players, and for some reason, with their strange gravity…
