The summer of 1991 changed everything. I was 13, awkwardly navigating the hellscape of middle school, when my friend Kevin invited me over to check out his new Sega Genesis. I’d been a diehard Nintendo kid since ’85—my NES was practically an extension of my body at that point—but I was curious. What could possibly compete with Mario? Kevin fired up the system, and that iconic “SEGA!” sound blast hit me like a sonic boom…
I wasn’t always a Sega kid. That’s a confession that might get my “hardcore gamer” card revoked, but it’s the…
The first time I saw blood in a video game, I was standing in a dimly lit arcade at the…
The battle lines were drawn in my neighborhood sometime around autumn 1991. The day after my friend Chris got a…
Sometimes I still hear that Nintendo start-up sound in my dreams. You know the one—that magical little jingle that meant…
I still remember the first time I joined the Dark Brotherhood. It was about a week after Skyrim’s release, and…
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