Videogames are like relationships. Some last forever, providing an endless perfect balance of joy, challenge and satisfaction. Others, we enjoy furtively, afraid of what our friends might think, knowing they're all wrong. And there are those we go into for a quick mess about, certain nothing serious will emerge and feeling happy about that.
But others, we look back on and think 'dear sweet Jesus, what was I thinking?' You know what I mean, right? Those games we once played obsessively, that we eulogised about to our peers, that we sacrificed sleep and nights out and love affairs to. And then maybe weeks or months or years later we look back and wonder what on earth we were doing.
Unfortunately, as a games reviewer, my mistakes are recorded for all to see in various magazines and newspapers. Many of them are now mercifully defunct so my lapses in taste are lost forever. However, I'm not sure I'll ever reconcile myself to the fact that I gave Pilot Wings 64 nine out of ten in Edge...
Anyway, what are the games you are most ashamed of championing in your shadowy past - what is your interactive entertainment equivalent of discovering a Travis CD in your collection?
