We all have that one game that holds a special place in our hearts. What game is it for you?
For me, it’s Metal Slug. Growing up, every Monday, my parents would drag me to the laundromat after work. As a kid, it was a pretty boring, but I had my toys, origami books, and coloring books to keep me entertained. However, my favorite thing to do was playing the Metal Slug arcade machine with my dad.
My dad was great at the game, and he taught me how to play. Though I improved, I could never keep up. When I’d inevitably die, he’d let me take over his side to let me have a bit more playtime. My favorite part was when he’d share stories from when he lived in another country and would go to the local arcade.
Those moments are cherished memories, and even today, whenever I visit an arcade, Metal Slug is the first game I play, despite still being terrible at it haha
Honorable mention goes to Mario 64, another game that holds a special place in my heart. I got an N64 from a garage sale, and playing Mario 64 while at home, with my mom’s “chore” music in the background ignited my love for gaming
Probably a lame answer, but Minecraft for sure. No other single game has stuck with me this long, and I have so many good memories of playing it over the past 12 years. Sure there are franchises like Mario Kart and Animal Crossing I come back to every time there’s a new entry, but Minecraft has been this continuous thing that’s just always there, and I can never really stop playing it for more than a couple months before it brings me back.
The only other piece of media that’s stuck with me so long is a book series that’s still getting new releases every year or so.
SOMA. Go in blind.
This one’s the game that lives rent-free in my head and is impossible to evict even though I’d like to sometimes😅
Disco Elysium. It’s like a rich, dense cake frosted with depravity and layered with melancholy and hope. The VO work combined with the delectable dialogue really can’t be beat. You’ll know within the first minute if it has you.
There have been so many great games but I don’t think I’ve had as much fun in video games than I did in Minecraft or Battlefield: Bad Company 2.
BC2 was so damn good holy shit. My guys have war stories from that game lol
Any of the PS1-era Crash Bandicoot games.
My dad, my older brother, and I would spend hours playing those games with each other. Dad wasn’t the greatest gamer, but he was always patient enough to get my brother and I a ton of lives so we all could play without worrying too much :) Still got those discs in good condition too, just played them again with my dad a few months back for the first time in forever!
