Tide North

I have been playing video games for over thirty years, and I still remember the feeling of my hands sweating during the final level of the original Metal Gear Solid . That slow crawl through a corridor lined with armed guards, the timer ticking down, the knowledge that a single mistake would send me back to a checkpoint. It was not just difficult. It was tense. That specific kind of pressure, the kind that makes your heart pound and your breathing shallow, is what separates