Christmas 1998. I’m twenty-one, home from Arizona State for winter break, and honestly expecting the usual haul of socks and maybe a gift card to Blockbuster. Instead, my parents surprise me with a PlayStation and Spyro the Dragon. “You’ve been talking about that purple dragon game,” my mom says, which is news to me because I don’t remember mentioning it, but apparently I’d been more obvious than I thought while flipping through GamePro at the…
Christmas 1997. Sarah thought she was being clever, getting me something “different” from the usual gaming suspects. I’d been banging…
The first time I saw Pac-Man, I was eight years old and it was bloody magical. This would’ve been early…
Right, so I need to come clean about something – I’ve been following Sonic the Hedgehog for over three decades…
Boxing Day, 1998. I’m sat in my mate Dave’s bedroom in Stockport, staring at this absolutely massive box with five…
You know, I’ve spent most of my adult life defending Sega against people who thought they knew better, but there’s…
The used game bin at Electronics Boutique was basically my second home during college. You know the drill – ramen…
The first time I loaded up Age of Empires on my mate’s PC back in ’97, I thought it’d be…
The first time I connected to another human being through my computer, I’m pretty sure I experienced what people describe…
Christmas 1985 was supposed to be about getting a bike. I’d been dropping hints for months, circling the red Schwinn…
