Bohemian Sultriness

Pattie Boyd

games

I've been a gamer since that fateful birthday party where my best friend got the latest and hottest tech gadget available at the time: a Game Boy. I still remember all of us huddling behind her and watching a pixelated plumber jumping about to the tunes of an exhilarating midi soundtrack.
It took my parents several months until they finally caved and bought me my very own Game Boy, Tetris included. From there on I progressed continuously.
A Super Nintendo, briefly a Sega Mega Drive, the N64, PS2, PS3, the WII and every derivate of my beloved Game Boy.
Of course I also ventured out into PC games territory eventually. First, those at that time already retro SCUMM Lucasfilm Games point-and-click adventures and then soon enough first-person shooter.
I fully embraced the LAN party, WASD-shift-spacebar, carbon mousepad tweaked with silicon oil lifestyle for quite a while.

As far as nostalgia goes, I miss being able to have 70+ hours of fun without having to rely on internet access and without having to pay a monthly fee or being forced to buy add-ons.
But, I still have all my gaming consoles and they all still work.

I'm not really a snob when it comes to video games - I loved the pixel-y Randi from Secret of Mana just as much as handsome Nathan Drake from Uncharted. What's most important to me is a good story and a fair gameplay. Everything that didn't meet those criteria, I quickly abandoned anyway.
So instead of giving an elaborate review of all the games I've ever played - they're all great! - I want to play a game with you.
Guess the title of the game just from the thumbnail. Hover over the picture to reveal the answer.


Space Channel 5

Space Channel 5

PS2 » 2002
Serious Sam: The First Encounter

Serious Sam: The First Encounter

PC » 2001
Gabriel Knight 3

Gabriel Knight 3: Blood of the Sacred, Blood of the Damned

PC » 1999
Uncharted 3

Uncharted 3

PS3 » 2011
Resident Evil 4

Resident Evil 4

Wii » 2005
Mystic Quest

Mystic Quest

Game Boy » 1991
Secret of Mana

Secret of Mana

SNES » 1993
Street Fighter II Turbo

Street Fighter II Turbo

SNES » 1992
Starwing

Starwing (Star Fox)

SNES » 1993
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

PC » 1992
Counter Strike

Counter Strike

PC » 1999
No One Lives Forever

No One Lives Forever

PC » 2000