How RPGs Taught Me Resource Management and Planning
My parents didn’t get it. Neither did most of my teachers. “You’re wasting your time with those games,” they’d say, watching me hunched over the...
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Why Skyrim Still Rules: My 13-Year Gaming Journey
I remember exactly where I was when I first created my Skyrim character. It was November 11, 2011—yep, 11/11/11, because Bethesda’s marketing team knows a...
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Japanese RPGs That Changed Western Gaming Forever
I still remember the exact moment Japanese RPGs hijacked my brain. It was summer 1994, and I was at my friend Tom’s house. His older...
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EarthBound: My Personal Journey Into Gaming’s Weirdest RPG
I came to EarthBound embarrassingly late. While other kids were experiencing it in 1995 when it launched in North America, I was busy with more...
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Starfield: Did Bethesda’s Space RPG Live Up to the Hype?
The day Starfield finally dropped, I took a vacation day. Seriously. After a decade-plus of waiting, wild speculation, and Todd Howard promises that somehow managed...
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How Baldur’s Gate Revolutionized Computer RPGs Forever
Christmas break, 1998. Five CDs in a massive cardboard box with a face on it that looked like it was having a really, really bad...
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Why Suikoden Deserves More Recognition
Why Suikoden Deserves More Recognition The used game bin at Electronics Boutique (yeah, I’m dating myself here) was my hunting ground during college. Limited budget,...
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Why Final Fantasy VI is a Must-Play
It was Christmas morning, 1994. I was sixteen, awkwardly caught between childhood excitement for presents and teenage pretensions of being “too cool” for family traditions....
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Skyrim’s Dark Brotherhood: Gaming’s Most Memorable Assassins
I still remember the first time I joined the Dark Brotherhood. It was about a week after Skyrim’s release, and I’d called in “sick” to...
