I was thirteen when my mam discovered my copy of Mortal Kombat hidden under a stack of Amiga Format magazines. She’d come into my room to collect washing and caught me mid-fatality – Sub-Zero pulling some poor sod’s spine clean out of his body. The look of absolute horror on her face… you’d think she’d walked in on me sacrificing the neighbour’s cat. That cartridge vanished quicker than you could say “Finish Him,” and I…
Man, I still remember the exact moment I knew I was different from other kids on my street. It was…
I gotta be honest—I never thought a blocky sandbox game would be what finally broke through the wall my nephew…
Had this proper moment the other week while setting up my nephew’s PlayStation 5 – he’s back from uni for…
I was stood in Currys PC World in 2006, hunting for a replacement power lead for my knackered PlayStation 2,…
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…
First time I nuked an entire town in a video game was back when I was catching up on all…
I can tell you the exact moment my gaming brain got rewired. November 2005, standing in my basement game room…
Christ, it was 1995 and I should’ve been doing proper grown-up things, you know? Had this dead-end job writing manuals…
