Video game No. 24: Overcooked, Nintendo Switch (2016)
Overcooked is simultaneously one of the most joyful and stressful video games I have ever played in my life. As someone who enjoys a spot of cooking, taking charge in a virtual kitchen feels natural -…
Keep readingVideo Game No. 25: Beat Saber, PC VR (2018)
My first taste of VR was at a friend of a friend’s house, using a HTC Vive in 2017. I remember putting on the headset and being absolutely stunned by the Rick & Morty VR game……
Keep readingVideo Game No. 26: Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee, PlayStation (1997)
“Hello. Follow me. Wait!” Three utterances that will be burned into the brain of anyone who played this game in the 90s. Oddworld is another of those pieces of media that makes this list mostly because…
Keep readingVideo Game No. 27: The World Ends With You, Nintendo DS (2007)
My Nintendo DS was my first ever Nintendo console that kick-started a love-affair with a gaming company that now lives permanently on my skin. Nights before school hidden under my bed sheets and slamming the DS…
Keep readingVideo Game No. 28: FTL: Faster Than Light, PC (2012)
Simple and addictive gameplay can consume me like almost nothing else when it comes to videogames. FTL manages to take a gameplay loop that starts simple, hooks you in, and then expands to incredible depths across…
Keep readingVideo Game No. 29: Eye Toy Play, PlayStation 2 (2003)
Before the Nintendo Wii, before Microsoft’s Kinnect, before VR… there was Eye Toy Play – a little webcam you plugged into your PS2 to control minigames with a grainy VGA version of your body in your…
Keep readingVideo Game No. 30: Nintendo Land, WiiU (2012)
Yes, I was one of the four people that bought a WiiU. Not only that, but I did it on release day! College friends might remember me wandering around the building in early December 2012 with…
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