Destructoid circa 1988: Our community turns two (and twenty) years old

Today we celebrate two years of blogging as Destructoid.com, an independent web site my friends and I update daily for the love of the hardcore gaming community. It fills me with tear-jerking pride that we’ve been able to come this far on our own steam, coupled by an eternal gratitude for every editor, contributor, c-blogger, and reader that supports what we do.  While there is much I can say about what the future may hold for us, I think that birthdays are also a great time to look back on the past.  Its true that Dtoid was my first blog, but I’ve been writing about video games as a hobby for a long, long time.  
Let me tell you an irresolute story about kids who love video games.
My closest friends and I grew up in a canyon of low-income apartment complexes in Hialeah: a lovable ethnic armpit […]

Original post by mrdestructoid@gmail.com (Destructoid.com) and software by Elliott Back