I’ve been glued to screens since 1984. Proper gaming screens, mind you – started with the Spectrum, moved through the C64, then my beloved Amiga 500. Board games were something that happened at Christmas when the relatives visited, usually involving Monopoly arguments that ended with someone storming off to make tea. The idea that bits of cardboard could compete with the worlds I was exploring on my computer seemed absolutely mental. Until my mate Dave…
Look, I’m going to be honest with you – I was never a sports game guy. Growing up with my…
Man, I’ve gotta be honest with you – even though I was Team Sega through and through during the console…
I still remember queuing up at PC World in 1997, clutching my birthday money and scanning the strategy game shelves…
Look, I need to come clean about something – I’ve been obsessed with Tomb Raider since 1996, and yeah, I…
Man, I can still hear it perfectly – that specific sound of a Genesis controller hitting my bedroom carpet after…
I first stumbled across Ultima VI: The False Prophet in the most British way possible – through a mate’s dodgy…
Look, I’ll be the first to admit this is probably stupid. Here I am, a 52-year-old construction foreman who didn’t…
That summer of ’92 changed everything for me. I was fourteen, all elbows and acne, standing in this dingy arcade…
You know what’s weird? I was cleaning out my old game closet last weekend—much to my wife’s delight since she’s…
