Monthly Musings: the start of the affair

As always, title your cblog "The start of the affair: bahbahbah".

My main worry with this title is that we all played the same few games which made us fall in love with videogames: I know I personally was roped into the world thanks to the Mario Bros/Duck Hunt combo cartridge, and I'm admittedly afraid that roughly half of the community has, as well. With that in mind, you don't have to talk about the first videogame you played, or the game that made you start playing other videogames -- you can talk about all manner of things, so long as they start some sort of obsession with the medium.

You could, for instance, talk about the game that made you realize videogames could be art. Or the game that taught you they can be a competitive sport, or an incredible storytelling medium, or just a fantastic, addictive way to waste a few hours.

The main conceit of this theme is that games can mean many, many different things to many different people, and can start addictions or love affairs with the medium for numerous reasons. Pick one that's special to you, and then talk about why that game or games had such an impact on you, and what that impact was.

Any questions? Hit the comments.