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Like most of the other articles discussing the past, I have a special place in my heart for . On my birthday, I received a purple translucent and , along with a little black backpack to keep it ... more
From 1988 until 2012, Nintendo Power was a companion, a guide, a way to gain an edge against your friends, a hype source, something to argue over and finally, another statistic in the d... more
We've all been there, waiting for out parents to drive us to the video game store once a month to buy a game. Way before Newell blessed us with Steam we actually had to move away from our compute... more
Ten year olds are idiots. Let’s face facts – it is a miracle that any of us are sitting here today, instead of having perished during the age where the only thing preventing us from chugging do... more
I was three. Just turned three, in fact. Late December, 1985. I was spending Christmas with my family at my Aunt and Uncle's house. My Mom was pregnant with my baby sister, and I was a c... more
I'm at a weird age. I'm 28, meaning that I'm getting to the point where I'm becoming much more cynical about the media I consume. I'm old enough to remember original versions of films that are ... more
Photoshop and a nightmare after playing Dungeon Keeper on the iOS. more
Before I checked Metacritic, Before I got the scoop from Destructoid, Before I watched gameplay videos, Before I waited for recommendations, Hell, even before I peeked into Nintendo Power to see ... more
149jGeIlx3I The Year was 1990. The Berlin Wall had fallen the year prior, Germany was reunited, the guy above was actually relevant and in a little village in lower saxony, my parents got a vis... more
Yeah you heard me. That's what comes to mind when i think of my past as a video gamer. My older brother was the first gamer in my household, he got an NES when i was about six, with Duck Hunt a... more
I think that, if pressed, most people would be able to pick out an event or two in their life that they’d like the opportunity to redo. The idea of being able to travel back in time and apply yo... more
So, to start, little bit of backstory, just to acquaint, I've been a gamer since as far as I can remember. I was born in the year of our lord 1981, not religious just like a sense of revelry and ... more
I have always wanted to write about the games that really shook me; the interactive experiences that molded a good chunk of my moral code and expanded my view of the world by diversifying it. Gam... more
The advent of online multiplayer was a godsend to many, allowing people to violently maim and murder, or simply , one another over vast distances. While PC gamers enjoyed the benefits of cross-... more
Everyone hates rumors, especially in the video game journalism world. How can any self respected journalist try to make news out of rumors? Well I think that is a bit unfair and honestly kind of... more
2013 was a goddamn great year for games if you ask me. And none of my reasons pertain to the new generations of consoles either! In fact, this year has been the year of the 3DS for me. Regardle... more
I hear the jokes of friends who describe their video game adoration beginnings. Some almost swear that they began loving video games since they heard their mothers cursing Mario half to death at ... more
Franklin.. Oh Franklin.. If videogame characters were bicycle wheels, you'd be the big, deflated, third one. If this were a big wheel, you'd make a kid cry... I started to write this in respon... more
I started to write this in response to the Destructoid community for the same subject, but both life and my fickle health made me take more of a detour then I wished, and . But screw it, I'm t... more
2013 swings to a close, and when I sit back to consider the plethora of amazing games and other developments that took place over the past few months it almost brings a tear to my eye. However,... more
I look at the 7th generation of consoles quite fondly not just because of the amazingly, jaw-dropping graphics to ever grace my television screen, or the awesome and creative IPs to be conjured... more
Emotions are a pretty cool thing. You might chuckle at David Cage's latest use of the word, but you can't deny that they're powerful. They can leave a strong lasting impression. Our minds may jum... more
I just quoted myself up there in the title, because I can't think of a better title. But more importantly, I said that in the forums the other day in regards to Sonic Unleashed, which I refuse ... more
I wrote a blog just the other day about part of my 7th Generation, but that was more of a focus on This blog will be entirely focused on my experiences throughout the 7th generation and some of... more
First experiences are always the ones that linger the longest. The moment that most quintessentially defined the 7th console generation for me happened in the five minutes of my Xbox gaming exp... more
CJ was getting a little chubby. San Andreas's fine selection of fast food outlets not only provided excellent cuisine at knockdown prices, but they also appeared to contain the secret to eterna... more
"Hey Nico want to go bowling?" "NO!!" I raged at my screen as I called in a helicopter and destroyed my cousin's apartment. OK, that's not really my favorite GTA moment; in fact I don't have ma... more
Oh Digimon. Who can foget it ? I loved Digimon more than Pokemon at that time and I still love it more. It has more action, more characters and it was more darker than Pokemon in some aspects.... more
Hmm... you'd think I could answer this question more easily seeing as how I play with myself all the time, but for some reason, as I sit back in by computer chair with my fingers interlocked behi... more
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