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I leapt from my mother’s 1994 Mercury Villager, bounded for the front door, and with haste jumped the stairs to the room I shared with my younger brother. I had just returned from Blockbuster, my young mind’s pinnacle of joys — a reward for cleaning my room. I held the limited edition green case in my hands.

The Electronic Entertainment Expo — or E3 as it’s more commonly known — created in 1995, has always been a location for video game companies, as well as technology innovators, to reveal groundbreaking achievements and long-awaited products to the masses. This year is no different.

My love for “Mighty Morphin Power Rangers” all started one snowy morning in Canada in 1994. When I walked downstairs I saw a medium-sized birthday gift labeled “Sega Genesis.” I didn’t know then as a confused 5-year-old that the box would spawn a new era in my life: the use of video games.