This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us and some details about its DLC, Left Behind.
Though my parents initially forbade me from playing video games as a little girl (for being generally violent or otherwise unladylike), I found ways to smuggle games into my life anyway.
Whether it was through the N64 at my dentist’s waiting room or in the rare occasions when a friend’s brother let us use his Gamecube, all my early gaming experiences were stolen moments — precious, blissful, forbidden, and far too fleeting. As the weirdo obsessed with games among my four sisters — but not weird enough to be welcomed to play with the boys at school who had consoles — I could only love games in secret. Read more…
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