Top 10 Video Game Beginnings!

I recently started playing The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, which marks my second time through the game.  I originally bought the Wii version at launch, and for the most part, greatly enjoyed the overall experience. Once… Read More

At a Loss…

From the age of 8 until I was about 15, driving around town with my sister was a fun way to get out of the house.  Whether it was in her red ’91 Pontiac Sunbird or her black… Read More

“This young man really is a superlative driver!”

I’ve already written a fairly lengthy love letter to racing games, so I’ll spare you the details about why I enjoy them so much.  My current video project involves old Formula One games, and I’m so deep into… Read More

Winner, winner! Chicken dinner!

I can think of a few game-related birthday memories, but the one that sticks out the most is my 13th, which was in 1996. Hitting my teen years was quite the milestone for me.  Being a “teenager” was… Read More

Is it in your genes? I don’t know…

Even though I love playing older video games, a bunch of them bring back very strange, sometimes even sad memories.  To play them now puts me right back in that state of mind I was in when I… Read More

A Foam Cup Full o’ Cheetos (TM)

Racing simulators have come a long way since the dawn of video games. In the beginning, there were the top-down games like Atari’s Indy 500 and Grand Prix.  These “sims” were pretty common all the way through to… Read More

NASCAR ’98 (PlayStation)

I actually started this post some time early last year, and the draft for it has been staring me in the face ever since I started the countdown.  Now that I’m done, I might as well go ahead… Read More

…and one I just thought about.

I thought I was completely out of memories pertaining to Super Mario Bros., but I was wrong.  This one actually deals more with another game, one I probably won’t dedicate an entire post to otherwise…     My… Read More

My Top 100: #29 – Gran Turismo 3: A-Spec

  I’ve already mentioned why I haven’t included many racing games on my countdown, even though I like racing more than any stick and ball sport.  I’m obsessed with it, in fact, so that might explain why I’m so nitpicky when… Read More

My Top 100: #51 – Gran Turismo

      I’ve been reluctant to include racing games on here, mostly because they’re a dime a dozen.  If it’s a NASCAR game, there’s been one released every year since ’97, and very little innovation seen from… Read More