In 2010, on a borrowed computer in a college friend's bedroom in Boston, I fell for my first videogame character.

To get things started, Sharang Biswas revisits a youth of pining for Dragon Age: Origins' Alistair and explores the power of fan-creation. Hello! Once again Eurogamer is marking Pride Month - on this 50th anniversary of Pride in the UK - with a week of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming.