Gaming Urban Legends and Playground Rumors I Believed
You know what I miss about the pre-internet gaming era? The mystery. The whispered secrets. The absolutely bonkers rumors that would spread through the playground...
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The Games That Made Me Cry: Emotional Storytelling in an Interactive Medium
The first time a video game made me cry, I tried to hide it. It was 1997, I was 19, sitting alone in my dorm...
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Gaming PCs of the 90s: When Building Your Own Rig Became the Norm
The first computer I ever built myself was a disaster. It was 1994, I was 16, and I’d spent months saving up from my grocery...
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The Controversial Games That Shaped the Industry
I still remember the day my mom found my copy of Mortal Kombat. I was 12, and I’d convinced my older cousin to buy it...
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Console Wars: How Competition Between Gaming Giants Drove Innovation
I still have the scar on my right thumb from the Great Mortal Kombat Debate of 1993. Jimmy Peterson and I were in his basement...
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The Best Game Consoles of My Youth: 80s and 90s Rankings
Christmas morning, 1985. I’m sitting cross-legged on our shag carpet, staring wide-eyed at this gray box connected to our family Zenith TV. Dad’s showing me...
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Collectathon Games: Why I Spent Hours Gathering Digital Junk
You know you’ve reached a certain point in your adult life when you catch yourself thinking, “I once spent four hours hunting for a golden...
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Exploring the Gothic Horror of Castlevania
Halloween, 1989. While other teenagers were out causing trouble or attending parties, I was hunched in the blue glow of my bedroom TV, sweaty-palmed...
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Gaming Across Generations: How Parents and Kids Connect Through Video Games
I never expected Minecraft to be the thing that would finally help me connect with my nephew Jake. He’s my sister’s kid, twelve years old...
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The Future of Gaming: Where Next-Gen Technology Might Take Us
I had this moment recently while playing Horizon Forbidden West where I stopped to watch a sunset. Not a real sunset—a digital one, pixels and...
