I think I did it wrong. As far as games actually influencing my life?
Quake II on PS1. While everybody else was playing GoldenEye, I was playing Quake II. I sucked pretty bad but it brought me and my (former) girlfriend's soon closer together. He was legitimately excited to see me and hang out.
Feeding Frenzy/Super Rub a Dub/Space Channel 5/Support Mario Galaxy: my daughter is a great gamer. These are the first games she played or we played together. Best memories I'll ever have. We still game together even though she's 14, now.
Tetris Attack: my mom thought gaming was a waste of time. I'd spend whole days alone locked in my room with my Super NES. Tetris Attack took gaming out of my bedroom and into the living room. The whole family was addicted and my mom was a beast!
Metal Gear: Snake's Revenge: I was a naive little kid when I got this game. By the time it was over, my partners Nick Meyers, John Turner, and Jennifer.... uh... She didn't have a last name, I guess--were all dead or missing. It bothered me as a kid. Felt like people I knew had died.
Super Mario Bros: when I was young, I was "that video game kid". I thought I'd outgrow them but it never happened. I'd played games before but this is where I fell in love. I play any genre, any system, any time, anywhere but it can all be traced back to the NES and the day I met Super Mario.
