The First time I played Sonic the Hedgehog | Video Gaming Memories by Imraan Nazir 🎮 🧞 #RetroGaming #SuperNintendo

It was in the 90s when I first played Sonic The Hedgehog on the Sega Master System. I remember looking at the cover and thinking this must be a cool game. On the cover it had this cool looking blue hedgehog with red and white shoes and what looked like a bit of Green Hill Zone in the background. At the back of the cover it had screenshots of the game. I could not wait to play it. At this time Sonic was the new mascot for Sega. When I switched it on I heard the title screen intro and it sounded awesome.

How Gaming Communities Are Evolving: A Shift from Casual to Competitive 💫

 

A person is playing a video game on a cell phone photo – Free Games Image on Unsplash

As technology advances, gaming experiences that once appealed to only a niche group are now accessible to millions. 

With different genres such as casual gaming, video gaming, and online casino gaming, the lines between types of play have begun to blur, creating a more interconnected and dynamic gaming culture. This shift in how we engage with games and other players is reshaping the landscape of gaming communities, moving from light-hearted experiences to intense, competition-driven environments.

Transvaal's Top 5 Games of the Year 2024 "Games so good that they dragged my butt back into gaming" 🗓️🎮 #GOTY

2024 has personally been a weird year for me when it comes to gaming, I’ve gamed steadily from the age of 3 years old and for 30 years it has been one of my main hobbies...until this year, when I started with a real lack of motivation to game that even now still lingers.

It’s a weirdly odd feeling, to lose something you’ve always enjoyed.

Luckily for me, I’m not just fighting my mind, my body has jumped in and for the last two months I have developed a problem in my hands that makes even holding a controller painful…

So these 5 games aren't just my games of the year, they are games so good that they dragged my butt back into gaming.