“He’s cracked! He’s cracked! Push now!” I’m shouting into my headset way too loudly for 11:30 PM on a Tuesday, but I can’t help it. We’ve been trying to get a win all night, and this might be our chance. My old college roommate Dave—now a father of three living two time zones away—is pinging the enemy location while my brother flanks around the back of the building. Our fourth, my coworker Ryan, is already…
The first time I saw Myst, I wasn’t even playing it. I was standing behind my friend Aaron’s chair in…
I still remember the day GTA Online launched. October 2013. I took the afternoon off work with a “migraine” that…
I still remember the exact moment Japanese RPGs hijacked my brain. It was summer 1994, and I was at my…
I came to EarthBound embarrassingly late. While other kids were experiencing it in 1995 when it launched in North America,…
The first time I played Dune II: The Building of a Dynasty, I had no idea I was experiencing the…
I’ve been trying to write this review for three days now. Every time I sit down to collect my thoughts…
I realized I might have a problem last Saturday at 6:42 AM. I was standing in a stranger’s garage in…
It started with a whisper. Scott Thompkins, a quiet kid who sat two rows ahead of me in Ms. Harrington’s…
I first encountered Star Control II during what I now refer to as “The Great Summer Boredom of ’93.” My…
