My grandparents gave me the game, King’s Quest 5, as a present during a visit the summer when I was 13 years old. They are a funny pair. At the time they were almost bigger gamers than I was. They loved games like King’s Quest and would play together, the whole time arguing about what to do next and how to solve the game’s puzzles. These are the same people who to this day refuse to buy a microwave or a DVD player.

It was my grandparents’ gift that introduced me to the type of games I came to enjoy the most. My first adventure games were the Commodore 64’s X-Men: Madness in Murderworld and Maniac Mansion on the NES (which I played obsessively), but it wasn’t until I played King’s Quest 5 on our PC that I truly saw my video game future.

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“Wuv, Twu Wuv – that is wat bwings us togevver today”

-The Princess Bride

Love, as we all well know, has been a source of inspiration for some of the greatest works of mankind. Paintings to capture a lover’s  image, poetry to capture a lover’s heart, or obscenely over-sized monuments to impress a lover with how many slaves you have; the story is repeated over and over again throughout history.

As we head towards the most celebrated love-related day of the year, let’s take a look at a few classic tales of romance as embodied in our medium of choice: the videogame.

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