I've been playing video games for a very long time now. As a nineties kid, I grew up just as they were really becoming a mainstream kind of thing. I can remember my first Nintendo Entertainment System), playing games like Super Mario Bros.) and Iron Tank). When I was a little older my biological father introduced me to PC games like Heretic) and Myst) and Pool of Radiance). I came into the video game arena during a time when the focus was on creating new and amazing things; where the gameplay experience was based on previously unexplored territory and trying to find every possible way to enjoy this relatively new medium of entertainment.
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