I can pinpoint the exact moment I understood what proper gaming addiction felt like, and it wasn’t on my beloved Amiga or Mega Drive. No, this happened much later, during my second year at university in 1997. Christmas holidays, most students had buggered off home, but I’d stayed behind in Manchester to earn a few quid working at the campus computer shop. My flatmate Dave had left his shiny new PC behind – proper beast…
I’ve got this plastic storage container in my basement that I guard like it contains the Declaration of Independence or…
I still remember the exact moment Legacy of Kain grabbed me by the throat and wouldn’t let go. It was…
Look, I never owned Final Fantasy VII when it first came out. Couldn’t afford a PlayStation back then – I…
I’ll be honest – I never thought I’d care much about indie games. This was 2008, I’m browsing Xbox Live…
I’m forty-seven years old and I still remember the exact texture of that NES controller in my sweaty hands. It’s…
First time I nuked an entire town in a video game was back when I was catching up on all…
You know what’s funny about being a Sega kid? Everyone assumes I only played fast-paced action games, but the truth…
Right, let me tell you about the time the entire gaming industry collectively lost its mind over wiggling controllers about…
Man, I still remember the exact moment I fired up Skyrim for the first time. November 11, 2011 – yeah,…
