I’ve been playing games since the 80s. I wouldn’t call myself a gamer. Here are a few personal hallmarks…

• Crash ‘n’ the Boys: Street Challenge on NES was the first time I had fun playing multiplayer.
• Metroid II: Return of Samus was the first game I was addicted to. Super Metroid is still my favourite game.
• UMKIII was the first game I actually got pretty good at.
• Starcraft. My brother played this and I loved being a spectator, in hindsight I realized that gaming could be a sport that people would watch at this moment.
• Quake and Descent were the first times I got motion sickness playing games!
• Counter-Strike because everyone played it at university.
• FFVII because I never played it and it is apparently kinda famous…