When it comes to nostalgia and video games, the 80s and 90s are often the focus. Nowadays, there's a whole generation of us who cut our teeth in the 2000s. To my generation, gaming nostalgia is Mario Kart over Download Play. It's someone's DS running out of power during an Animal Crossing session and taking everyone else's game down with them. It's playground rumours about Toxic Waste sweets killing people, discussed over PictoChat. It's coming home from school and hunting for Star Coins, one eye on the game, the other on Arthur and Watch My Chops on CBBC. A dog-eared ONM cheats section would never be far. And to think, this was all before anyone had even got their hands on a Wii. It doesn't feel like summer 2006 was 12 years ago.
