On Family Gaming Past Present and Future

blacklily8 writes "Armchair Arcade has just released the fifth issue of its retrogaming magazine." It features an involved look at Family Gaming, reaching from the past into the present and out into the future. From the Article: "Videogames haven't always been so exquisitely classifiable into nice, neat marketing niches, nor have so many of them been marketed exclusively at those lucky enough to own a penis. Indeed, as most of us know who grew up in the late 70s and early 80s, when videogames first appeared on the scene, we gamers had to wait our turn--and yes, sometimes grandma stole an extra one."

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Ah, memories!

[CodeWanker]

I remember the first time I heard my (then future) wife swear. I mean, she's nicer than nice. No Damns, no Hells, nothing. Then I loaded up a ROM of Dig Dug and we were playing it (her favorite game of all time.) It was her turn and she's great at it, so I would settle in on the futon and read bewtween turns. I had just got my magazine open when I heard a voice out of the Exorcist say, "FUCK!!!!!!!" That's when I knew I had to make her mine.