his week marks the 25th anniversary of the Nintendo GameCube, the first console I ever bought with my own money. I vividly remember getting on the bus after school with a years worth of savings safely zipped into the pocket of my bag and going to a branch of Currys, where I dumped a bunch of notes, coins and vouchers on the counter to collect my pre order. It turned out that some of the vouchers from the previous Christmas had expired, but the guy at the checkout clearly felt so sorry for me...
