STACK #258 April 2026

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What’s your earliest video gaming memory?

MARCH 2026

Playing a game called Ceiling Zero on an Apple IIe.

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What’s your all-time favourite game or game series?

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1 POKÉMON POKOPIA

Final Fantasy VII, or Guitar Hero.

2 CRIMSON DESERT

CHEYNE WELLINGTON @ JB Hornsby, NSW

What have you been playing most lately?

3 RESIDENT EVIL REQUIEM

Either War Thunder or SOVL: Fantasy Warfare.

4 POKÉMON LEGENDS: Z-A

5 EA SPORTS FC 26

What’s the best thing about working in games at JB?

You can only have one games console from any era – what would it be and why?

6 CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS 7

Sharing the enthusiasm with customers about their choice of games and exploring new experiences for the customer.

My Xbox Series X. It plays everything I want it to play, and Game Pass has been amazing.

7 WWE 2K26

8 SUPER MARIO GALAXY + SUPER MARIO GALAXY 2

Are you up to answering all eight of this month’s game related posers?

1. What was the name of the 2013 Housemarque arcade-styled original that debuted on PS4? 2. Which actor played the lead role in the 2010 movie Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time ? 3. On which handheld console did the Tomodachi games start out? 4. On which console did the original Xenoblade Chronicles first release? 5. What was the name of the 2013 Capcom original, the first game from Dontnod Entertainment? 6. What is unusual about the guns in the High on Life games? 7. What was the name of the only Ys game released on the SEGA Master System? 8. What was the name of the first Razer branded gaming mouse, released in 1999?

9 DONKEY KONG BANANZA

GAME EXAM

10 MARIO TENNIS FEVER

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ANSWERS on page 18

1 What was the first game that you remember playing? Probably Space Invaders or Asteroids in an arcade. 2 What’s your favourite video game of all time? World of Warcraft . I’m still playing it. Don’t judge me. 3 What do you think is the most underrated video game of all time? Lorelei and the Laser Eyes was a brilliant game, and I don’t hear a lot about it.

Creative force behind the classic Monkey Island games and much beyond, since 1985. RON GILBERT

4 Which of the games that you’ve created is your favourite? The games I did at Humongous Entertainment. Putt-Putt , Pajama Sam , etc. 5 What are you working on currently? Wrapping up the console ports for Death by Scrolling .

Pajama Sam

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