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Happy Video Games Day everyone!!  Whether you're a fan of Nintendo, PlayStation, X-Box, Sega, mobile gaming or even retro classics like Atari or the Commodore, today is the day to shut those curtains tight, stock up on snacks and game the day away!

In celebration I'm going to list the favourite gaming moments I've had throughout my life and would love to hear some of your own!

This is where it all started, my first ever video game on the NES!  A truly iconic game that has stood the test of time, I'll never forget discovering the Mushroom Kingdom for the first time.  Mario is still going strong too, every one of his games is almost guaranteed to be an exciting play!

The very first Pokemon game on the Game Boy!  Everyone had their own favourite starter (mine was Squirtle) and who can forget catching their very first Pikachu!?  There were 151 to catch in this first game (did anyone manage to get a Mew?) which seems like a tiny amount compared to the 800+ there are now!

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Making us feel waaaaay older then we'd like to think we are, can you believe that 2016 marks 30 years since the amazing Labyrinth first entered our lives and turned our world! Directed by The Muppets creator Jim Henson and produced by George Lucas, the 1986 fantasy film is pretty much the definition of cult classic - and boy, do we have a treat for you to celebrate this magnificent 80's movie!

As if we didn't spoil you enough with our huge range of exclusive Labyrinth merchandise all available exclusively at TruffleShuffle (sneak peek below!), it's time to listen up you precious things because we're giving away some aMAZEing prices.

The Prize

Up for grabs we have a whopping FIVE copies of the Labyrinth 30th Anniversary 2 Disc Steelbook worth a cool £29.99 each!

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Well....we're stunned! This doesn't happen very often, but every once in a while we learn a cheeky fact or stat that leaves our eyes wide and our mouths open. Today is one of those days.

Yes indeediedodie, as hard and possibly scary as it might be, the humble PlayStation (or magic grey box of awesomeness as we like to think of it) turns a whopping 20 years old today! Yep all those years ago, kids and big kids all over Europe first got their eager hands on this little CD playing moment in gaming history and well.... things were never the same again.

Bringing us some of the best game ever including the likes of Crash Bandicoot, Spyro, Tomb Raider, Final Fantasy, Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil, Tekken, MediEvil, Gran Theft Auto, Gran Turismo, Tony Hawks, and soooooo many more, this console has played such a huge part of many of our lives which countless hours spent and many amazing moments with friends.

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Put simply, along with others we simply cannot imagine growing up without these little bundles of cool around and would also like to say a huge thank you to our and all the parents out there who went out and made our dreams come true all those years ago. You rock!

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Calling all you gamers! With the iconic PlayStation celebrating it's 21 years of existence later this year (now we feel old!), this 90s legend has really been a part of all of our lives (probably) and has certainly given us more hours than we'd like to publicly admit worth of fun.

Hitting scene back in December 1994, barely a week after Sega’s rival Saturn console, PlayStation was born and has been leading the way for gaming ever since!

With some of the coolest games to its name and with a whole army of die-hard fans, we thought we would bust out another of our '10 Things You (Probably) Didn’t Know About..' posts and dedicate it to this console giant.

Check out some of the awesome things we've pick up about this amazing brand...

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1- The controller symbols have meanings! Yep each symbol has its unique meaning and reflects what it's often used for. The green triangle refers to a viewpoint, ahead of the player's head, pointing the direction. The square refers to a piece of paper; which refers to a menu or a document and is, therefore, pink. The red circle and blue X mean yes or no for decision making.

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