I still remember the exact moment I fell in love with point-and-click adventure games. It was 1990, sitting in my friend Dave’s basement, the glow of his family’s new 386 PC illuminating our faces as we huddled around the monitor. The game was The Secret of Monkey Island, and we’d just encountered the insult sword-fighting sequence for the first time. “You fight like a dairy farmer!” the pirate sneered at our would-be hero Guybrush Threepwood.…
November 1994. Clinton was president, Ace of Base was somehow on every radio station, and I was a gangly sixteen-year-old…
The first time I threw a controller in genuine frustration was summer 1989, specifically at 11:42 PM on a Tuesday…
Video games have evolved to include countless different genres, with each one emphasizing different gameplay mechanics and attracting different types…
Christmas break, 1998. Five CDs in a massive cardboard box with a face on it that looked like it was…
Christmas morning, 1985. My dad had worked his usual night shift as a security guard at the mall, but instead…
I remember exactly where I was when I first played The Sims. February 2000, crammed into my friend Tom’s basement…
Why Suikoden Deserves More Recognition The used game bin at Electronics Boutique (yeah, I’m dating myself here) was my hunting…
From the moment I started playing Age of Empire, I was hooked. It offered more than just your standard dose…
My first Tetris experience happened in the back seat of my parents’ Oldsmobile during a cross-country road trip in the…
I still remember the exact moment Diablo took over my life. It was January 1997, a Tuesday night with snow…
“Are we there yet?” I must have asked that question two dozen times during our family’s epic road trip from…
I didn’t get my Atari 2600 new. Actually, I was a bit late to the Atari party, which I’ve been…
The first time I ever played a game against someone who wasn’t physically sitting next to me felt like actual…
I remember the day I brought Riven home in October 1997. The five-CD jewel case felt substantial in my hands,…
