I remember the exact moment I first held a Wii Remote. It was November 2006, and after camping outside my local Best Buy for an embarrassing number of hours (no, I will not specify exactly how many—some secrets go with me to the grave), I’d managed to snag a launch console. My friend Tom came over to check it out, and we fired up Wii Sports. When I swung that white plastic controller and watched…
I can pinpoint the exact moment achievements changed gaming for me. It was 2005, and I’d just unpacked my brand…
My parents didn’t get it. Neither did most of my teachers. “You’re wasting your time with those games,” they’d say,…
It was the summer of ’95, and I was supposed to be doing something productive with my life. My first…
Here’s a confession that’ll probably get my gaming credentials revoked: I sometimes get more excited about obscure games from the…
Well, I didn’t see that one coming. Actually, that’s a lie—I absolutely did, and so did pretty much everyone else…
I remember exactly where I was when I first created my Skyrim character. It was November 11, 2011—yep, 11/11/11, because…
Episode 3 of Amazon’s Fallout, titled Echoes of the Past, resumes the horrific odyssey of Sarah Foster and her group…
There’s something wrong with me. I know this because normal people don’t willingly subject themselves to the same torture for…
The Last of Us TV Show: Family and Sacrifice – Joel’s Emotional Reunion with Tommy I still remember the first…
“He’s cracked! He’s cracked! Push now!” I’m shouting into my headset way too loudly for 11:30 PM on a Tuesday,…
The first time I saw Myst, I wasn’t even playing it. I was standing behind my friend Aaron’s chair in…
There’s something deeply personal about watching a game with tremendous potential slowly wither away. I’ve played my share of abandoned…
I watched Episode 4 of Amazon’s Fallout series at 2 AM on a work night, which probably wasn’t the smartest…
I still remember the day GTA Online launched. October 2013. I took the afternoon off work with a “migraine” that…
