RSIgamers

Good Game recently held a contest for special gaming memories to be entered into the “The Good Game Gamers Guide to Good Gaming”.

“We’re looking for your special gaming memory…it might be the time you took out the high score on Pacman at the local milk bar, the first time you wielded that gravity gun or that time when you really called yourself a gamer. It can be anything as long as the story is good, relates to your gaming experience and is something that others would want to read.. .and that you can tell it all in 60 words or less.” - Good Game

Here are my responses:

Battle Chess (1988)

I was 7 and I didn’t even know what Chess was. Knights, pawns and morphing castles fighting each other in detailed animation on a 3D board was eye candy for a young kid. The only way for me to get more was to learn about Battle Chess. It turned something boring into something so awesome I couldn’t stop playing.

Quake 3 (1999)

It’s 3am, I have sweat patches under my arms, a sports drink bottle for hydration and I’m trying not to think about how bad I need to go. I bought eye drops because when I play this game, I stop blinking. The lightning fast Quake 3 was responsible for me failing a few subjects, but I don’t have any regrets.

Thief 2 (2000)

You know a games immersive when you hold your breath in real life from the suspense of being found by guards in a game. Thief 2 is such an atmospheric and immersive game that I’d be playing it in a dark room sitting a bit too close to the screen maybe believing a bit too much I was a thief.

Do you have any special moments worth sharing?