In this new, and hopefully weekly, column Garrett discusses a game from his past, one that he considers to be a Gem of Gaming, with this week's gem being Earthbound.

Welcome to Gems of Gaming. This new column will cover games that I personally consider classic. The goal is to analyze these games objectively and look at what sort of impact they had on gaming once they were released. So without further ado, let’s get into it shall we?

I’m assuming here, and yes, I know assumption wins and loses wars, but let me finish…I’m assuming we all have a game that we remember from when we were growing up, a game that means something sentimental to us. That we spent hours tucked away in our room playing. When mom yelled that it was dinnertime we yelled back “Okay! Let me get to a save point!” In my case, that meant trying to find the nearest telephone to call my dad. That’s right. I’m talking about Earthbound.

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