One of my favorite expressions in the world is “Ludonarrative dissonance”, which sounds very fancy and complicated but is actually just the conflict between the plot of a video game and the actual actions the player preforms during the game. So, for example, Link has to save Hyrule from lord Gannon, who is about to destroy the entire kingdom any second, But on his way to save everyone he stops to collect 900 Korok Seeds because.

The first Legend of Zelda game (you know, the one that was just called The Legend of Zelda ) was my very first virtual adventure . I distinctly remember my 11-year-old self sitting on the floor in front of our "giant" 22-inch TV, completely transported to a different world for hours at a time. I had played quite a few video games by that point, but this was the first time I felt like I was Link. I felt like I was exploring a real land called Hyrule—I knew its forests, its deserts, and its caves…

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I used to love E3, I really did. Sure, it was made up of 93% pure cringe, but that was part of its charm. Watching game developers squirm on stage, trying to be cool while showing incomplete, buggy versions of their games was pure fun! Well, E3 is dead now and will probably never be coming back, But thank god for Geoff Keighley, who now seems to be holding the entire gaming industry on his scrawny shoulders as he hosts The Game Awards , Summer Games Fest, and Gamescom—all at pretty much the sam…

You don't stop playing because you get old, You get old because you stop playing!

You know what makes us as happy as super-mutant with a mini nuke? - An awesome, faithful TV adaptation of one of our favorite gaming franchises . We are obviously talking about Fallout. Have you seen it? It's really, really good! In fact, it's so good it makes us very optimistic for the future of the "Gaming to TV" genre that has been slowly building up steam over the past few years. With the TV version of The Last of Us being as good as it was, and Arcane being one of the best animated shows i…

You don't stop playing because you get old, You get old because you stop playing!

Have you ever found yourself laughing like a lunatic as your Sim's kitchen catches fire or calling your friends over to watch you remove the ladder from the pool? There's something deeply fulfilling about playing The Sims, where we can live out our wildest (and often most chaotic) fantasies, like being able to buy a house. From designing dream homes to orchestrating elaborate parties where the guests actually arrive, The Sims lets us be the puppet master of our own virtual world. You can meticu…

You don't stop playing because you get old, You get old because you stop playing!

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You don't stop playing because you get old, You get old because you stop playing!

Isn't it wild to think about the fact that we can be nostalgic to an era that was dominated by computers, gadgets and video games ? It seems like so much time has passed and yet nothing has really changed. Obviously today's technology is far more advanced than what we had back in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s but is it really that different? The internet was slow, but it was there. Computer screens could display 256 colors (at best), yet they still transported us into dynamic, virtual worlds. If…

You don't stop playing because you get old, You get old because you stop playing!