Joe Sondow 
Name two video games:
One you played obsessively as a little kid.
One you played obsessively in the last two years.
2xfo@JoeSondow
Ocarina of Time, Fallout New Vegas
Ocarina of Time, Fallout New Vegas
Elana | אילנה
apocalyptech
A Random Dave
S. John Ross@JoeSondow As a kid: Elevator Action, whenever I could scrape some quarters together or sacrifice a lunch.
Recently: Had a good strong burn going on Blue Prince for a bit.
enantiomer@JoeSondow Ultima II and Balatro
Ω 🌍 Gus Posey
FeloniousPunk@JoeSondow @Gustodon Laser Blast and Mini Motorways
Carsonas a kid: Team Fortress 2
recently: Slay the Spire 2
🍑 😈kid: SMB3
last 2 years: LoZ TotK
Pteryx the Puzzle Secretary@JoeSondow
As a kid: Ms. Pac-Man.
Currently: Been playing Word Play a lot since getting that.
Mason Loring Bliss@JoeSondow When I was a little kid, we had a Telstar console with Pong. It wasn't super exciting.
Edit: I think we had the first one.
Legit_Spaghetti
Captain ButtonMissile Command
Horizon Forbidden West
Horizon Forbidden West
there is beauty in simplicity@JoeSondow Where In The World is Carmen Sandiego. World of Warcraft: Classic.
Clancy Parliament@JoeSondow
SimCity 2000
Kerbal Space Program
Isaac Ji Kuo@JoeSondow Little kid: BASIC Super Star Trek
Last two years: Dragonsweeper
IkeLittle Kid: Doom, FF6 ("3")
Past 2: Valheim
ahistorical immaterialist@JoeSondow Jet Set Willy II
Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup
king toot uncommon 
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Eric R. Scott@JoeSondow Marathon (the original trilogy) and Marathon (the new extraction shooter)
River J. Hopkins@JoeSondow Pokémon Red, Hearthstone (specifically Battlegrounds mode).
Mark Gritter@JoeSondow As a kid: Elite (C64 version)
Over the last two years: Slipways
(For the latter I would have guessed Slay the Spire, but Steam stats suggest otherwise -- probably some recency bias from StS II.)
Jason Lefkowitz@JoeSondow 1) Dani Bunten Berry's "Command H.Q." (1990)
2) Dani Bunten Berry's "Command H.Q." (1990)
https://jasonlefkowitz.net/2014/11/an-appreciation-command-h-q/
Philip Theus@JoeSondow BlueByte‘s Albion, Sea Of Stars.
Kemotep 
🔰Doom ‘95 as a kid and Elden Ring the past 2 years.
Flaming CheetoChoplifter
Schwab.com
smolwaffle@JoeSondow
The Incredible Machine. Gosh I loved that one.
Path of Exile. This is more of an addiction. I've escaped it for now - gaming on Linux where the tools are worse helps. It's a dopamine hole, though.
@ClancyParliament
Gryphon@JoeSondow As a kid, the original Myst. Last two years? Planet Crafter.
MATAK79@JoeSondow twisted metal two, sniper elite (many versions)
PhilRedbeard@JoeSondow as a kid: One Must Fall 2097, Commander Keen, Need for Speed 3, Mechwarrior 4.
as an adult: Scrabble.
It’s not my fault modern computers won’t run my favorite games anymore.
ferunando@JoeSondow Sid Meier's Colonization and The Zachtronics Solitaire Collection.
i still spin up DOSBox from time to time to play Colonization. a little flawed yet foundational game for me.
Simon Baldwin
The Animal and the Machine@JoeSondow @ClancyParliament
Soccer Kid
Zelda
@JoeSondow @ClancyParliament
Side note to everyone. These questions when answered publicly are used to age profile you via AI tools.
I’m sure Joe is a good bloke and it doesn’t mean don’t play, just be aware of your meta data.
ToddZ Ⓥ1.) Doom 👹
2.) Doomscroll 😓
wattevans@JoeSondow Videogames didn't exist yet when I was a little kid.
Last two years: Hidden City.
John (he/him) 
@JoeSondow Pokémon Silver —> Baulders Gate 3!
Tim@JoeSondow Betrayal at Krondor
FTL: Faster Than Light
FTL: Faster Than Light
Sensemann