I still remember the first time video game music made me cry. Not some cheesy pop ballad or dramatic movie score – it was the ending theme to Final Fantasy VI on my Genesis… wait, no, that’s not right. FF VI was SNES exclusive, which still bugs me thirty years later. Anyway, I was sixteen, it was like 3 AM on a school night, and I’d just finished this epic 70-hour journey. As those credits…
The first time I saw Earthworm Jim at the local game store, I thought someone was pulling my leg. This…
Right, so I need to come clean about something – I’ve been following Sonic the Hedgehog for over three decades…
You know what’s funny? I spent most of my adult life thinking video games were a solitary thing. Made sense…
October 1996, and I’m working weekends at a video rental place in Manchester – you know, back when that was…
Look, I need to be honest about something right up front – the first controller I ever threw in genuine…
You know, I’ve spent most of my adult life defending Sega against people who thought they knew better, but there’s…
Christmas 1982, I was five years old, and my parents surprised me with an Atari 2600. But honestly? The real…
Christmas 1985 was supposed to be about getting a bike. I’d been dropping hints for months, circling the red Schwinn…
I’ll be straight with you – I came to The Legend of Zelda embarrassingly late in life. While most people…
