
do you have a favorite video game?
Probably not exactly, who can pick one?
But Giftpia would sometimes be my answer, without a doubt. That game is incredibly fun, beautifully & lovingly-made, it has such a spirit. It somehow manages to hit all of the right spots with me in terms of the characters, the sense of humour, the sense of mystery and adventure and exploration, the settings and the objects and the creator showing his ideas and feelings through them, the game's attitude towards life, the style, the music, even the philosophy behind the score which is half-comprised of excellent street bands from Tokyo. It's colourful and is that very perfect mix of being uniquely mysterious and creative and wonderous at the very same time as being familiar on an everyday level.
Terranigma is a game that has always been very dear to me, as is Breath of Fire II. Terranigma as I was growing up was, well, by nature an all-emcompassing game, talking about the nature of life and history and the Earth through a comforting and friendly small-lense. I loved the way you could create history, inspire or hinder genius and invention.
They were both, as unusual it may sound, formative games for me. Very immersive, they both created worlds and characters and lives that intruiged me.
There is some quality in these, some particular way I feel about them despite loving PLENTY of other games that compels me to think of these when asked about my "favourite". So perhaps they are. I don't consider them the greatest games ever made in critical terms (Giftpia, though...) but they mean a lot to me personally for my own largely-inexpressible reasons.
It's too difficult not to mention 50 more titles though, there are so many more games I could also easily place in their own 'favourite' catagory. Games have been just about the biggest part of my life, and even though I don't own any consoles these days, they still continue to be ever-present. Ever since my first NES and C64, they've held my hand through life.
But I won't mention 50 more because I think lists don't do things justice. Just follow me on Twitter, I blab about everything sooner or later. I never shut up about games.

