User blog comment:OriginalManofGod123/What are some of your first gaming memories?/@comment-24261123-20160616015541

My first memories with video games lie within Sonic Heroes and Final Fantasy X. I had the PS2 version of Heroes, and I always accidentally pressed O instead of X (it used the Japanese layout) so I constantly went back to the opening menu by accident. I've played the game for years, and I kept doing that. I can recognize the theme song on the first drumbeat now. In fact, this game came in to my life to the point where I associated sound cues with real life, every time it rains (and it did a lot back in Tacoma/Olympia, where I was born) I have the urge to blast Frog Forest. And much like you, OMG, I didn't have a memory card (cousin lost it for an eternity) so for a long time I only played the first levels. And my mom was a gamer before I was born, said PS2 was originally hers, and she loved Final Fantasy. The plot (and the attached confusion), characters, locations, and songs, have all been drilled into my head since I was an infant. I frequently mix up To Zanarkand with religious songs, because they were equally prevalant in my early life.