Amber Cook

Welcome! I'm Amber. I've worked in gaming for the last 15 years in brand strategy as well as licensing, business development, marketing & sales. I'm passionate about beautiful design, and helping independent games find their way onto more tables. I’m also very passionate about supporting inclusive practices in the game industry because play matters for everyone. This blog started as a personal project about my gaming experiences.

I've been playing games since my parents bought me the Strawberry Shortcake game for my dad's Atari when I was a toddler. I attended Mike Selinker's "100 Games You Absolutely, Positively Must Play" panel at PAX East in 2015 and counted 33 of his list of 100 games as ones I had played- it made me curious about the games I hadn't yet played but heard the audience cheer on. I spend a lot of time working around games but I'm always wanting to play more so I'm here working my way through the list as a way to try new things and blog about my experiences in gaming. At the start of the blog, I had never played an RPG nor had I played any video games since the original Nintendo. I mostly post on Instagram now, but I’m fond of this little home on the internet so keeping it alive with my game list & national park list. Thanks for stopping by!

The 100 Games Project logo is the work of the very talented Other Studio.