You could go from a game like Super Smash Bros where you’re beating the stuffing out of your friends as Pikachu and Luigi to a game like Mario Party where you’re beating your friends but this time, in real life. I mostly grew up with Nintendo consoles and the variety and creativity of local multiplayer games was incredible. Let’s not forget that one time that Santa got me the Game-boy Advance game I wanted for Christmas. Instead of remembering those, my stupid brain decided to ingrain the one time me and my cousin were playing Sonic Adventure 2 and his little sister spilled coke all over my Wii. Most of my memories start around when I was 5 and there were probably a lot of great things I could have remembered like family vacations, holidays, and just all-around useful information.

Some of my fondest childhood memories are of playing video games. While some of my favorite life experiences have come from immersive story-based titles, there are few things in life better than just sitting down on a couch with a couple of buds and whipping out the Wii.

Candyland board game online multiplayer