So there I was last Tuesday night, sitting in my basement game room trying to avoid grading another stack of essays about World War I, when I decided to dig through my Genesis collection. You know that feeling when you’re just… restless? Modern games with their constant tutorials and waypoint markers weren’t gonna cut it. I needed something that would punch me in the face and ask questions later. My hand stopped on Chakan: The…
That damn Z-trigger on the N64 controller was starting to stick again. I’d been gripping it too tight during another…
That haunting whistle of wind through stone corridors, followed by the gentle pluck of harp strings—that’s the sound that changed…
The six-button controller was just sitting there on my mate Dave’s coffee table like it had fallen from another planet.…
I’ve got this Genesis six-button controller sitting right here on my desk as I’m typing this, and honestly? The thing…
First time I saw a remake done properly, I was queuing up in Game in Manchester city centre, holding a…
That Game Boy saved my sanity during what might’ve been the longest car ride in human history. Summer of ’91,…
Right, here’s something that’s been bugging me for years – everyone bangs on about Crash Bandicoot being this massive PlayStation…
Look, I never thought I’d be the guy people call when they want to throw a good party. For most…
I’ve got a graveyard of controllers that died honorable deaths. Well, maybe not honorable. There’s that Genesis controller I threw…
