Comments on: So Many Games to be Thankful For

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 18:56:33 +0000

I feel the same about Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Almost didn’t play that one either, got pushed into it by my brother. Was intimidated by it for a while, games were so different from everything else at the time. I guess they still are.

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 02:52:57 +0000

Its a scary thought that if I didn’t play Pokemon Stadium when I did, I may have never become a gamer. I better not think about it. It’s chilling.

By: Hatm0nster

Hatm0nster — Fri, 09 Jan 2015 03:56:45 +0000

All it takes is the right game at the right time, and an otherwise normal person becomes a gamer for the rest of their life. It’s almost insidious isn’t it?

By: duckofindeed

duckofindeed — Thu, 08 Jan 2015 23:46:43 +0000

I probably got into gaming thanks to Pokemon Stadium, but it was Banjo Tooie and Majora’s Mask that made me love them so. But, prior to Pokemon Stadium, I used to be afraid of video games, for some reason. That game caused me to stop fearing the lovely things, and I then got to playing all the games I used to merely watch, such as Donkey Kong Country. My life would be sad without gaming. At least, I don’t want to imagine life without these wonderful things.

By: cary

cary — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 15:38:36 +0000

Well, you already saw my list of games :), but your post really made me think about just what the heck we would all be doing if we *hadn’t* been introduced to video games. A terrifying thought, surely. But so much of the attachment to games seems to depend on how relevant that one gateway game was. Despite the many games that preceded it, it wasn’t until I played Super Mario World that I really latched onto gaming as something more meaningful than a a way to pass time. Maybe the stars were aligned just right or something, but playing that game felt like so much more than simply pushing buttons on a controller to make fun stuff happen on a screen. It transcended into something that’s hard to put into words, but we, the video game players, just know when it happens. Can’t say it’s like that with any of my other hobbies!