Back in 1997, my then-neighbors bought their three daughters a Playstation and Crash Bandicoot. They were actually regularly beating the shit out of each other over who got to play next. Their parents got the brilliant idea that if I was present, they’d stop giving each other concussions long enough to teach the six…

Aw man, Nerd Rage and actiontrip really got to me. Sad, sad week in the game industry, but an excellent reminder of how much Iwata cared about Nintendo and its supporters.

I honestly wasn’t expecting my story to be featured or the response I’ve gotten because of it. Pokemon, and video games in general, have become my main way for opening up conversations with people. I’m autistic and don’t have a lot of social skills, so Pokemon really opened that door for me. Never having gotten this…

I feel like my story needs a bit of clarification. I was not “spoiled”, as you put it. I am autistic and severely physically disabled, so “normal” ways of earning money were and are not accessible to me. My parents buying all that they did for me had nothing to do with being spoiled. I was the weird kid who hardly…

Yeah, they’re great. Mom never liked that I spent way too much time with my GBA and Ruby/Sapphire, but she gave up when my doctor told her that playing video games was curing my lazy eye and I’ve had free reign over my systems since.

I actually have two Pokemon stories that are hands-down the greatest victories I’ve ever had since I started to like series: