With those opening words from Max Payne‚ voiced by James McCaffrey‚ who passed away yesterday aged 65 following a battle with cancer‚ a little bit more of my soul opened up to the power of gaming as a storytelling medium. Console-wise‚ I was predominantly an N64 kid back in 2001‚ so largely sheltered from the great voiced stories that were emerging on the PS1—the Final Fantasy VIIs and the Metal Gear Solids. Yes‚ on PC there had already been Half-Life‚ but the genius of that was in how it told its story largely through its environment‚ rather than the voicework.