The first, though, was one I recently rebought as an adult and which turned 20 in Europe for the console just a few short months ago, Bugs Bunny: Lost in Time.Ĭanadian development studio Behaviour Interactive’s second released game was a 3D platformer for the PS1 and PC, very heavily in the vein of one Super Mario 64. The second was Porsche Challenge which I was very bad at and therefore, in my five-year-old mind, decided it was bad and so didn’t play it very much after that initial try.
The countless late nights, the openness to unfamiliar genre experiences, the genesis for my love of grown-up films and TV shows and music, even the initial embers of my desire to write about stuff for a living can be traced back to that fateful day tearing open that mysterious boxy present. 20 years ago, this October 15 th, I received my first-ever videogame console for my fifth birthday, a Sony PlayStation, and began a so-far lifelong and somewhat contentious relationship with a hobby that has nonetheless been a cornerstone of my life.
