Gilbert Cruz

capitalism.

I think, you know, there was a time when Nintendo was the big gift and, um, my parents said, we need to get this for our kids.

They did.

And I think I had almost every iteration of Nintendo after that.

Uh, when I was in my twenties, I got an X-Box.

I became obsessed with open world games, which I still am grand theft auto four and red dead redemption.

And then there came a point

There came a point where I said to myself, if I keep this console in my home, I am not going to want to do anything else with my life.

I'm going to stay up to midnight every single night and just immerse myself in these worlds.

I cannot do this.

And so I sold it to a friend's brother.

And I did not get into video games again until the year 2020, which was the year in which I bought a Switch, an Xbox, and a PlayStation because we were all locked down

And I needed to entertain both myself and my child.

Wow, you were like going on a binge there.

Yes, I've rediscovered my love and appreciation for this medium.

Was there a game that year that you really got back into?

Animal Crossing, I think, started.

Yeah, my son was quite young at that point.

I think he was five.

And he was going to school for half the day virtually.