The Sega CD Games That Actually Made That $300 Mushroom Worth It
Look, I’m not gonna sugarcoat this – buying a Sega CD in 1993 was one of those decisions that made perfect sense at the time...
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That Time Chakan Made Me Question My Life Choices (And Love Every Minute)
So there I was last Tuesday night, sitting in my basement game room trying to avoid grading another stack of essays about World War I,...
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The Day Sonic Proved Genesis Does What Nintendon’t
June 23rd, 1991. I remember the exact date because it was the Saturday after school let out for summer, and I’d been counting down to...
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Five Video Games That Actually Made Me Popular at Parties (Who Saw That Coming?)
Look, I never thought I’d be the guy people call when they want to throw a good party. For most of my adult life, I...
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That Time a Clown Bombing Got Me Hooked on European Adventure Games
Back in ’96 I was pulling shifts at Software Etc. – yeah, I know, glamorous career choice for a college dropout – when this game...
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Games Made Me Cry and I’m Not Ashamed Anymore
The first time a video game made me actually cry, I was twenty years old in 1998, sitting in my cramped dorm room at ASU...
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The Sega Genesis Made Me Who I Am (And Why Console Wars Actually Matter)
Man, I still remember the exact moment I knew I was different from other kids on my street. It was October 1989, I was twelve...
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I Spent My 20s Hunting Digital Trinkets and It Was Worth Every Obsessive Minute
Man, you know you’ve hit that weird middle-aged point when you’re explaining to your students why I can still remember the exact location of every...
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When My Nephew’s Minecraft World Became Our Common Ground
I gotta be honest—I never thought a blocky sandbox game would be what finally broke through the wall my nephew Jake had built around himself....
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Why King’s Quest Made My Dad Into a Gamer (And Nearly Destroyed Our Family)
My dad bringing home that King’s Quest floppy disk in 1984 was like watching an accountant discover fire. This guy treated our IBM PC like...
