Why Baldur’s Gate Changed Everything – A UK Gamer’s Look Back at BioWare’s Masterpiece
Boxing Day, 1998. I’m sat in my mate Dave’s bedroom in Stockport, staring at this absolutely massive box with five CDs and what looked like...
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When Two Cartridges Became One Game – My...
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Digging Into N64 Power Supply Schematics – What...
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Why Your N64 Power Supply Will Eventually Die...
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Why I Still Fire Up My Genesis for...
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When N64 Star Wars Games Made Me Forget...
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Why Hyperstone Heist Proves Genesis Did Beat ‘Em...
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Why I Spent Three Months Getting Genesis Emulation...
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Why Setting Up Proper Sega Emulation Changed How...
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Finding Mortal Kombat Trilogy N64 in My Collection...
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Why Mario Party 2 Turned My Accounting Brain...
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That Time Sega Made the Impossible Genesis Port...
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That Time Nintendo Actually Made Water Feel Like...
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That Time Pokemon Puzzle League Made Me Forget...
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Why Diddy Kong Racing Absolutely Smashed Every Other...
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Why Those Grimy Corner Arcades Were Gaming’s Golden...
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The Sega CD Games That Actually Made That...
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Why My Genesis and My Buddy’s Mega Drive...
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That Time Chakan Made Me Question My Life...
Gaming Culture
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Why The Sims Made Me Question Everything I Thought I Knew About Gaming
You know, I’ve spent most of my adult life defending Sega against people who thought they knew better, but there’s one game that completely scrambled...
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That Time I Found Gaming Gold in a $15 Used Bin – Why Suikoden Changed My Life
The used game bin at Electronics Boutique was basically my second home during college. You know the drill – ramen budget, endless free time, and...
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From Stone Age to Steam Age – Why Age of Empires Made Me Care About History
The first time I loaded up Age of Empires on my mate’s PC back in ’97, I thought it’d be just another real-time strategy game...
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That Sweet Sound of Dial-Up Death: How We Gaming Pioneers Survived the Stone Age of Online Play
The first time I connected to another human being through my computer, I’m pretty sure I experienced what people describe as religious ecstasy. This was...
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Eight Platformers That Ruined Me for Life (And I Regret Nothing)
Christmas 1985 was supposed to be about getting a bike. I’d been dropping hints for months, circling the red Schwinn in the Sears catalog, leaving...
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Why I Keep Coming Back to Symphony of the Night After 25 Years
There’s this funny thing that happens when you discover a game late in life – you can’t tell if you love it because it’s actually...
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How the Sonic vs Mario Wars Split My Friend Group in Half (And Why I Secretly Played Both)
The summer of ’92 was when everything went sideways. I’m talking about friendships ending over hedgehogs and plumbers, kids literally choosing sides like we were...
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Why EGM and GamePro Were My Gaming Bible in the 90s
You know what I miss most about being a kid gamer in the 90s? It wasn’t the games themselves – hell, I can still play...
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From Stick Men to Superstars: My Four Decades Watching Sports Games Grow Up
My introduction to sports gaming was a complete accident, really. It was 1985 and I’d saved up my pocket money for months to buy International...
