Derek says:

Probably a tie between when the Atari 2600 came out, and when the first Nintendo came out. Many hours wasted (enjoyed) those first days playing Pacman, Combat, and Super Mario Bros. Games have a come a looong way since!

The Pilgrim graphic novels have been great…looking forward to the movie!

Cristobal says:

My favorite moment by far is when I beat Super Mario Bros. 3 for the first time. My heart sank when I was told that "the princess is in another castle." Always with the tricks this game!

Gabe Rodriguez says:

My best memory is playing Soul Calubur II with my 12 year old son. I love spending time with him playing video games. He's really good too.

Childers says:

Definitely how my senior year in high school I was the only one of my friends who actually had classes after lunch…and every day we would go have lunch at the Pizza Hut in Madera so that we could play game after game of the original NBA Jams. Not coincidentally, I ended up with 40+ absences in my Art I class and nearly became the first graduate in Madera High history with a GPA over 4.0 to not be able to walk. Luckily my sophomore year I worked in the attendance office and the ladies loved me, so they did a little creative accounting in the mainframe for me. Even if I hadn't been able to walk, NBA Jams was worth it.

Melissa says:

My brother and I playing Mortal Combat and even though I always dogged moves, he would always win. Playing video games is the only way we could be in a room together when we were younger without killing each other, well, without killing each other in person…

travissheridan says:

Favorite video FTL moment…
I was in 10th grade and hanging out at Disneyland with a bunch of friends. I had purchased a ton of souvenirs for myself and had them in a bag between my feet as I played 1941 (loved that game)…

I was so into the game that I did not notice that someone came up behind me and stole my bag-o-goodness. I finally lost and was like WTF…

That is when I knew I had a problem.

Favorite FTW moment…
I just got my Adam (http://oldcomputers.net/adam.html) computer and purchased my first video game for the machine–Buck Rogers.

I played one game for 6 hours and turned the game over nearly 20 times I think. No pause button back in those days. I finally lost on purpose because I had to piss. That. Was. Awesome.

dakota says:

the best moment i ever had playing video games is when i came out of the hospital from a appendex opporation. my little brother was home ready to kick my a$$ in some marvel game. we couldent do anything except play video game thanks to the operation but still it was worth it :)

Kristin says:

When I bought my first old school Nintendo from a neighbors yard sale..Even at 11 years old I negotiated a good price!

@TheJoaquinDead says:

Best memory involving video games has to be about when me and four of my friends were playing Mario Party 5 in the smallest tuff shed ever in the middle of summer. We were so into the game, we looked like we were recreating the Russian Roulette scene from The Deer Hunter!!

Paul says:

My best memory involving videos games would be when I had a Nintendo 64 and all of my friends would come over and play Goldeneye 007 multiplayer. What was also fun was that they would get pissed off because I would kill em all the time, no exaggeration here.

Biviana Rodarte says:

When the original nintendo came out i had almost every game, i would spend all day playing. My favorites were Super Mario Bros 3 and Rainbow Island. I played it so much my mom had to hide it from me sometimes lol. I love video games :) !!!!

carlos says:

my best memory with video games was playing the super nintendo with my cousin and fighting at the end of the street fighter macth becouse he or me would cheat by doing the same move punch kick ,punch ,kick lol good times now we are all grown up but wow that took me back lol

Danny Hinton says:

When I was 12 my dad would constantly complain about the time we wasted playing our new Nintendo (the original). However, one night he came in to my room in the middle of the night and woke me up and excitedly explained how he found the warp level in the first Mario Brothers game! Apparently he was secretly playing the game after we went to sleep!

Jeffrey M says:

I remember my first exposure to computer games. It was 1990. My two year old son disappeared. When we found him, he had made his way onto the lap of our basement tenant, playing "Commander Keen in Invasion of the Vorticons" on his new computer. Barely able to speak, he was enthralled with the game, easily learning the keyboard commands. Quickly hooked, he began a series of forays into the world of computer games and 20 years later, he's still there.

@ignium says:

Greatest VG moment had to be my first time playing The Legend of Zelda. I remember I was probably about 5 at the time and thought it was the coolest thing. That probably was the moment some switch in my head flipped and set me down the road to video game addiction. I mean looking back now, how could it not bother me the rocks in that game look like freakin' snails! :) http://bit.ly/cxf7Mg

Kelly Brown says:

I remember playing Pole Position and winning the race with like a great score and running into my bedroom to get my camera because I wanted to keep that memory forever. I was yelling at my sister to not reset the Atari 2600 until I got back to take the picture. She said she wouldn't because we had been trying to get that score forever. She was waiting and when I was getting ready to take the picture, she reset it just as I pushed down on the button to take the picture. I swear if my mom hadn't been there that Atari controller would have been up her nose.

Steve says:

Count me in

Michelle says:

The day I went to the zoo and I saw monkeys that reminded me of Donkey Kong, in my head I imagined like I was actually in the game. The biggest monkey started throwing shit at people and I just felt like we were the bad crocodiles

I LOVE Michael Cera so I must see this!!!

Daniel says:

Growing up for me consisted of many hours spent on video games and half of that time was spent with my cousin who is a year older than me. To my recollection, we met playing a SNES game and we were immediately each other's favorite family member. From that moment on we grew up switching between each other's houses to finish a game, beat a boss, or simply speed our way down the courses of Mario Kart 64. Each of us would spend at least 10 hours a week playing SNES, N64, and Sega Genesis titles with each other. We would sometimes go as far as calling each other maybe five times within an hour to hear how the other was doing on Zombies Ate My Neighbors for the SNES. Whether it was taking the risk of getting caught playing the original Super Smash Bros. into the late hours of the night to unlock a character or playing Sega Genesis in the garage with extreme heat/freezing cold temperatures, we enjoyed every second of it. Now that we are older, it seems clear as day that we miss those days. I honestly believe that we both made a significant impact on each other's lives and will never forget the bond we made as the Super Video Game Cousins.

Lee says:

Been waiting for this movie for awhile now and would love to go see it. Michael Cera is pretty freaking hilarious with his awkward offbeat comedy. What makes this movie even better is it's crazy whacked out originality. I hope i get to see it.