Back in ’96 I was pulling shifts at Software Etc. – yeah, I know, glamorous career choice for a college dropout – when this game called Broken Sword showed up in our weekly shipment. The box art caught my eye immediately, this hooded figure surrounded by all these ancient symbols and mystical crap that looked way cooler than the usual PC game covers we got. My manager Rick, who had this combover that defied both…
I’ll be honest—when my daughter first mentioned Chrono Trigger back in 2011, I figured she was just throwing another retro…
I’ve spent the better part of twelve years catching up on forty years of gaming history I missed, and let…
The first time a video game made me actually cry, I was twenty years old in 1998, sitting in my…
I was thirteen when my mam discovered my copy of Mortal Kombat hidden under a stack of Amiga Format magazines.…
Man, you know you’ve hit that weird middle-aged point when you’re explaining to your students why I can still remember…
Right, I need to be honest from the start – I came to Castlevania later than most people. Growing up…
I gotta be honest—I never thought a blocky sandbox game would be what finally broke through the wall my nephew…
Right, so I’ve got to tell you about the first time I encountered proper 3D gaming, because it was one…
You know, coming to retro gaming in my forties meant I missed all the hype cycles when they actually happened.…
