How did you become the gamer you are today?
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One of my dad's work friends let him borrow his PS1 because my brother and I were always wanting to play video games but didn't have our own consoles. We used to sit and play Crash Bandicoot for hours, taking turns switching when one of us died. Then when we got our own PS2 and PS2 I got right into Spyro and Ratchet and Clank. I always liked the more adventure/RPG style games.
When I got into high school I met a bunch of guys who played Counter-Strike Source and Team Fortress online, and they dragged me into PC gaming. Now I'm really into strategy games like Warcraft 3, Dawn of War and Starcraft, but I also enjoy the occasional RPG.
Ah, I miss the old days of Crash Bandicoot...
When I got into high school I met a bunch of guys who played Counter-Strike Source and Team Fortress online, and they dragged me into PC gaming. Now I'm really into strategy games like Warcraft 3, Dawn of War and Starcraft, but I also enjoy the occasional RPG.
Ah, I miss the old days of Crash Bandicoot...
i started off playing nes and dos games when i was 4 XD thats my ealriest memory of video games. i've got memories of board games from that age too, i've always played both 
some sort of "game" pretty much
some sort of "game" pretty much I have been a gamer ever since I was old enough to walk. I was raised by parents who loved to play video games, from the Vic-20 and the Intellivison to the games that are released today. Back when EA's greatest game was M.U.L.E. and first person shooters were only available in your mind. Days when I could go out to school to learn and play, returning to try and conquer Japan in a single night against the computer and my entire family in Nobunaga's Ambition. On the brink of great achievements, my character would die - falling prey to the 99 assassins sent against him by my bastard brother. So yeah, I've had a lot of good experiences playing video games and I could never see myself living without it... unless things continue as they do and horrible games are released over and over.
I started off with Super Mario Land for the Gameboy. Then I moved on to playing a bit of Tomb Raider, Rayman 2 and Half Life for the PC. Then my mom bought me a PS1 for Christmas along with Spyro: Year of the Dragon, Crash Bandicoot and Quake 2. Upon spending too much time on my PS1 I was given a PS2 and Quake 4 for the PC on another Christmas morning (unfortunately my computer was unable to handle it back then). Eventually we got a new computer and I was able to run Quake 4, which then lead me to Doom 3, Left 4 Dead and Painkiller. My love of Doom 3 drew me towards Doom 2, Wolfenstein 3D and eventually Duke Nukem 3D. I was then given a PS3 after my third year exams (this year) where I played God of War 3 and Saw: The Game and then I got Assassin's Creed and Prototype.
My dad got me into games. I remember when me and my brothers would lie on the bed watching him play on the PC and would help him solve puzzles and stuff. Those were good times.
My mum had an N64 with zelda, goldeneye, starfox and some other games. My brother is also a gamer so whenever he got games and consoles I played them. It went like this until I was old enough to pick games for myself.
When I first got my Gameboy Colour from my dad at a young age Pokemon and Mario did it for me. I also had a PC to play really old Strategy games and The Sims.
I moved on to consoles like the PS1 and N64, then PS2 and Gamecube. I eventually got my xbox 360, and started playing online on Turok and Call of Duty. Now I have a PS3.
And this is where I am now
Pokemon and Mario did it for me. I also had a PC to play really old Strategy games and The Sims.I moved on to consoles like the PS1 and N64, then PS2 and Gamecube. I eventually got my xbox 360, and started playing online on Turok and Call of Duty. Now I have a PS3.
And this is where I am now
Why friend had a psx and FFVII...Yea. Later so did I. It expanded on buying more FF games and when I got PS2 as a christmas present I realized there are other genres. PS2 era I pretty much lived with GTA. Played a lot of PC games until I got a PS3 (first console I bought myself). Until then I hadn't read any gaming forums. Only checking cheat codes once in a while. Now I'm an elitist who thinks he knows what games are the greatest ever and what should not even exists. I'm a bit ashamed of myself.
Now I'm an elitist who thinks he knows what games are the greatest ever and what should not even exists. I'm a bit ashamed of myself. 
MY parents bought me a snes. I actually asked for a ps because of tekken 3. BUT I got better memorys from super mario world
As a kid I had a Sega Genesis but wasn't interested in it at all. Got most of my entertainment from novels at the time (Redwall, fuck yeah!).
Then, when I was in fourth grade, a family friend who was an entertainment journalist gave me an advance press copy of Westwood's epic Command and Conquer: Red Alert. At school, we would 'play' Red Alert on large pieces of paper, basically you could do whatever you could draw. Want troops? Draw a barracks, then draw troops. Want a nuke? Draw a silo, but you have to have a Tech Center first. Around the same time, I stayed with a friend who got me into Starcraft. For three or four years after that, I was all about the RTSs.
Then, early on in high school, the event that changed my gaming life forever struck. At the time, I lived in a country where there were no gaming stores (except for copied versions) and at the time there was no Steam. My friends and I would browse Kazaa and eDonkey looking for pirated ripped copies of games to play. We really didn't know better and got a shitload of viruses for our troubles. While my friends were all obsessing over the Myth release of Warcraft 3 or GTA 3, I got carried away with TES3: Morrowind. I played that game for four years all the way up to my high school exams (mostly because I had the same crappy desktop for that entire time). Then, when I graduated from high school, I went out and bought a GOTY version of it, whereupon I learned for the first time that it actually had cutscenes
Ever since then, I've played mostly computer WRPGs. Still can't get to grips with console controllers, I sweat absurdly when I use them and do that frustrated-head-turning thing still.
Then, when I was in fourth grade, a family friend who was an entertainment journalist gave me an advance press copy of Westwood's epic Command and Conquer: Red Alert. At school, we would 'play' Red Alert on large pieces of paper, basically you could do whatever you could draw. Want troops? Draw a barracks, then draw troops. Want a nuke? Draw a silo, but you have to have a Tech Center first. Around the same time, I stayed with a friend who got me into Starcraft. For three or four years after that, I was all about the RTSs.
Then, early on in high school, the event that changed my gaming life forever struck. At the time, I lived in a country where there were no gaming stores (except for copied versions) and at the time there was no Steam. My friends and I would browse Kazaa and eDonkey looking for pirated ripped copies of games to play. We really didn't know better and got a shitload of viruses for our troubles. While my friends were all obsessing over the Myth release of Warcraft 3 or GTA 3, I got carried away with TES3: Morrowind. I played that game for four years all the way up to my high school exams (mostly because I had the same crappy desktop for that entire time). Then, when I graduated from high school, I went out and bought a GOTY version of it, whereupon I learned for the first time that it actually had cutscenes
Ever since then, I've played mostly computer WRPGs. Still can't get to grips with console controllers, I sweat absurdly when I use them and do that frustrated-head-turning thing still.
When the xbox came out, Halo CE turned me from the PS1 platformers of yester year. Now I was all about action. At this point I had played action games before, but not alot.
Since I was an xbox owner, I came across a little gem called Morrowind. I was able to over look the graphics and gameplay for such a great story. Took me 5 years to finish.
Now my basic principles as a gamer where set down:
-I play Action games more than anything.
-Graphics and game play are second to story.
Then the Xbox 360 came along, being a great fan of Halo ce/2 and Morrowind. I soon bought Halo 3 and Oblivion. Halo Was good, but the story was a little short and not well written. Oblivion was alright while it lasted, but I managed to complete that in 2 weeks as I rushed through it.
Got COD4 aswell.
Then I got Xbox live.
COD has a much better story than Halo, but its fictional universe is not very fleshed out in comparison. Halo takes the gold in multiplayer
Some new principles:
-In multiplayer, Fun is more important than realism.
-Take time when playing open worlds. Take in the air.
-Not every one on Xbox live is a dick, there are also cunts.
Thats it. Not much has changed since then.
[Edit]
NO thats false.
I played portal then one thing changed dramatically that had never struck me.
The brilliantly created masterpeice that was portal convinced me that:
-Games are an art form, just as much as paintings, photography, films.
Since I was an xbox owner, I came across a little gem called Morrowind. I was able to over look the graphics and gameplay for such a great story. Took me 5 years to finish.
Now my basic principles as a gamer where set down:
-I play Action games more than anything.
-Graphics and game play are second to story.
Then the Xbox 360 came along, being a great fan of Halo ce/2 and Morrowind. I soon bought Halo 3 and Oblivion. Halo Was good, but the story was a little short and not well written. Oblivion was alright while it lasted, but I managed to complete that in 2 weeks as I rushed through it.
Got COD4 aswell.
Then I got Xbox live.
COD has a much better story than Halo, but its fictional universe is not very fleshed out in comparison. Halo takes the gold in multiplayer
Some new principles:
-In multiplayer, Fun is more important than realism.
-Take time when playing open worlds. Take in the air.
-Not every one on Xbox live is a dick, there are also cunts.
Thats it. Not much has changed since then.
[Edit]
NO thats false.
I played portal then one thing changed dramatically that had never struck me.
The brilliantly created masterpeice that was portal convinced me that:
-Games are an art form, just as much as paintings, photography, films.
My dad bought a megadrive when I was born so that he weren?t completely bored at home (sounds terrible doesn't it?) So for pretty much all my life I?ve had a connection to video games.
among the games i played
sonic 1
chakan
kid chameleon
golden axe
bubsy
among the games i played
sonic 1
chakan
kid chameleon
golden axe
bubsy