What's Your Most Unforgettable Gaming Memory?

Mine is playing the first Gears of War as a kid on Christmas Day in 2006, about a month after it was released. I was at my uncle’s house with the whole family gathered. Late at night, while all the adults were downstairs talking and relaxing, my cousin and I were upstairs, completely glued to the game, still riding that Christmas high.

We played for hours, getting scared at every intense moment and cracking up whenever we accidentally got each other killed. We had to pause the game a few times because we were laughing so hard. It was the best time, and it’s the game that made me fall in love with video games.

I remember begging my mom to buy me a 360 just so I could keep playing Gears of War. I didn’t even care about any other games, it was all about Gears. It’s still one of my fondest childhood memories.