12 Iconic Moments That Made Gamers Everywhere Happy
The people who don't play videogames often frown down on those of us that do... especially if you're over fourteen years of age. They look at us and sniff, muttering under their breaths about how we should step into the real world, how we should put away childish things, and even how we as a group are leading the way to a broken, shell of a civilization that's been in freefall ever since Pong was invented all those moons ago. But they're wrong. Like witch hunters in medieval Europe, they're scared; scared because they don't understand. They don't know that we play because a good game can offer a sense of excitement that neither books nor films can match, they're baffled by our claims that playing Silent Hill from beneath the covers was the nineties version of reading The Shining, and no less valid an art form, and when they start talking about expense, wasted money, and all the other things that gamers tend not to think about, they miss the point entirely. We play games because they're fun, because they make us happy. And with that in mind let me present to you the twelve moments that made every gamer weep with joy....