I had this moment recently while playing Horizon Forbidden West where I stopped to watch a sunset. Not a real sunset—a digital one, pixels and code creating this breathtaking blend of oranges and purples reflecting off metal dinosaur carcasses. I called my nephew Jake into the room (yeah, the same one who rekindled my gaming passion years ago with SSX Tricky, now a college sophomore). “Look at this,” I said, gesturing at the screen like…
I still remember the first time I saw a “3D” game. It was at our local arcade in 1993, and…
I first stumbled across indie games by accident. It was 2008, I was browsing Xbox Live Arcade out of boredom…
I remember the exact moment I fell in love with adventure games. It was Christmas 1990, and after weeks of…
I can pinpoint the exact moment achievements changed gaming for me. It was 2005, and I’d just unpacked my brand…
I remember the exact moment I first held a Wii Remote. It was November 2006, and after camping outside my…
It was the summer of ’95, and I was supposed to be doing something productive with my life. My first…
The first time I played Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, I had no idea I was experiencing the…
The year was 1999, and I was slouched on my friend Mark’s basement couch, watching him play some new skateboarding…
The first time I ever played StarCraft was at my friend Kevin’s house in the spring of 1998. His parents…
