



I don’t know why this fancy struck us – the game was at least a couple of years old at this point. Somewhere in that week, my friend Jon and I got a wild bug up our ass and decided we wanted – no, needed – to play Earthbound right away. This was the first time most of us had been “on our own” for such an extended period of time, and we all felt very grown-up. When I was 16 or 17 years old, a few friends and I stayed at my sister’s apartment for a week while she was on vacation, to watch her dog. This is not just because of the game itself, but also because of my personal memories surrounding it. I’ve mentioned before that Earthbound for the SNES is my favorite RPG of all time, but I don’t think I’ve ever really expressed just how important the game was to me.
