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I miss the days of PC Gamer magazines that had demo cd's.

breadbarn

@breadbarn.bsky.social

I feel this. Grew up reading GamePro religiously. I didn't have a PS1 but I remember eagerly reading through the strategy guides for games like Resident Evil 2 despite knowing I would probably never play them. Scary Larry and the gang. Good memories.

There are entire games and series I became a fan of just because as a poor kid all I could afford was a magazine and then I'd read the review or guide over and over again. I have never played The Adventures of Willy Beamish on Sega CD but fuck yeah that game rules thanks some old strategy guide

Paulie Kong

@pauliekong.bsky.social

There's a great EGM doc on YT you should see. It was a much smaller operation than I imagined and it seems one of the main requirements to write was "be a kid in Chicago that the guy who started the magazine happened to know"

I watched it a couple of weeks ago actually! Maybe that's what got my mind going in the first place lol

Still, for some reason I think I can pontificate on my love for a silly little art form for children. So for the month of February, I'm going to write each day about some game or series that I love. Go into detail as to what makes it amazing to me and maybe why it might be amazing to you too.

Because truly what the world truly needs is the video game opinions of one more straight cis white dude.

I’ll start tomorrow with some low hanging fruit. Some will be games everyone has played. A few will be games just meaningful to me. But it’s the month of love, baby. And I love stupid little video games. Pictured: Me, probably like eight, playing an NES on someone's floor. Also what is that face