My dad was the kind of man who would let me be in the room with him while he watched TV if I didn’t breathe too heavily. If I asked a question, he’d ignore me. If I giggled, he’d tell me to shut up. It wasn’t what I called bonding time, but he was the reason I fell in love with videogames at a young age. When I wasn’t watching Star Trek: The Next Generation as he snored loudly on the couch, I was stood silently next to him as he played ‘kid-appropriate’ games like Leisure Suit Larry and Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist until my mum told me to get ready for bed.
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