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What’s your earliest video gaming memory?

Getting a Super Nintendo for Xmas in 1992. It came with Super Mario World and the Super Scope 6. I grew up with my Nan and Pop who were in the army, and it’s the first and only time I’ve seen my Nan play video games as she was used to firing the Steyr.

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

The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past . Looking back, it felt like such a big world when it came out and I played it as a kid. Just the magic of exploring, the puzzle solving of the dungeons and swapping between the two worlds. I still replay it every two or three years and it’s still one of the greatest games of all time.

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What have you been playing most lately?

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Helldivers 2 ! What a pleasant surprise. Online games can be hit or miss, but the way it encourages teamwork and everyone working together in missions and its overworld objectives is excellent. Even my non multiplayer mates have been playing.

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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?

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Games are what I love outside of work, so it’s great to be able to talk, help, or educate people about them. I love seeing kids come in and the excitement of getting their first console.

I want to say SNES for the nostalgia and library, or the N64 for some of the all-time classics, but if it’s one console only from any era it’s the PS5. The number of games that exist now and the variation and types of games are unmatched. Plus, there’s the online and social aspect of playing online with friends.

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the game that came with the 8-bit Nintendo console, Super Mario Bros . 3 What’s your favourite video game/ series of all time? Not to sound like a Homer, but my favourite video game series of all-time is the SmackDown/SmackDown vs. RAW/ WWE 2K series. This isn’t me trying to further promote WWE 2K24 , it’s the genuine truth. I absolutely love this series, and my love of the franchise speaks to how long I’ve been working on it. As a fan of pro wrestling and WWE, to me, there’s nothing better. 4 What do you think is the most underrated video game of all time? Kill Switch . Developed by Namco USA and

released in 2003. I don’t know if it was the first cover-based third person shooter, but it was the first that I played. More folks should know about it. 5 What’s the game that you most wish you’d worked on? Due to my love of the franchise, I wish I could have worked on WWE 2K22 . The game was a great success on its own due to the amazing folks that I’m blessed to work with on a daily basis, but I wish I could have been a part of the development process from the jump. I rejoined the team post-release and helped on WWE 2K22 DLC, so this answer might be considered a slight cheat.

1 What’s the first game that you remember playing? The first game I

remember playing is the original Super Mario Bros . It’s my first memory of Mario (and Luigi, can’t forget about him) and I enjoyed it a great deal. By the time I played it, I was probably five, maybe six years old, but I remember it fondly. 2 What was the first game that you finished? The first game

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that I finished was the original The Legend of Zelda on the 8-bit

Nintendo console. I remember the day that I beat it - I felt like I’d achieved the impossible! When I think back on having beat it, I’m always reminded of the fact that I’ve yet to beat

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