The day I brought GoldenEye 007 back to my college dorm in the fall of 1997 was the day my GPA took its first significant hit. I didn’t know it then, clutching that chunky N64 cartridge while walking back from the mall (I’d skipped Intro to Political Science to buy it—an irony not lost on me given the game’s Cold War themes), but this single purchase would reshape my entire social ecosystem for the next…
I still have dreams about the sound. That chaotic symphony of electronic bleeps, bloops, explosions, and synthesized music all competing…
As I contemplate in my game room, I am surrounded by a combination of new and old gaming consoles. However,…
I remember the first time I played Metroid with startling clarity. It wasn’t even my game. My cousin Mark had…
My first sports video game was Basketball on the Atari 2600, and calling it “basketball” required more imagination than actual…
Christmas morning, 1986. I was eight years old, still in my pajamas with the feet built in (Spider-Man, if you’re…
The summer of 1991 changed everything. I was 13, awkwardly navigating the hellscape of middle school, when my friend Kevin…
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…
Exploring the Controversies Around The Last of Us Two: Why Fans Were Angry and How the Studio Responded In 2020,…
My experience with games changed profoundly after playing The Last of Us. I can’t quite recall another game I looked…
The story starts with the critically acclaimed video game adaptation in this first episode of ‘The Last of Us’ TV…
