How did you become the gamer you are today?
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A lot of games shaped the gamer I am now. Some games I specifically remember playing a lot were Crazy Taxi, Halo, Sonic, Crash Bandicoot, and TES:Morrowind.
My father's been a programmer since the days when they were big as washing machines and ran on reels of tape, my brother's always been a stereotypical pc gamer buff. I got my start on the pc coming from them, often played consoles like the playstation and N64 at friend's houses, received my first handheld in the form of a gameboy colour in Kindergarten and my family's first console was an original xbox later that year. All in all I'd say I got my start around the age of three, being fifteen now that adds up to only about twelve (glorious) years.
That's concerning how I got my start, as to the specific kinds of milestones...I got into online play with xbox live, first RPG was KOTOR, first game to make me cry was Red Dead Redemption and this is the first gaming website that I've gotten into. Oh, not to mention xbox magazine (every issue was like a God-send back in the day).
That's concerning how I got my start, as to the specific kinds of milestones...I got into online play with xbox live, first RPG was KOTOR, first game to make me cry was Red Dead Redemption and this is the first gaming website that I've gotten into. Oh, not to mention xbox magazine (every issue was like a God-send back in the day).
I can't remember if I played on a PC or a console first; I don't even remember what console I had, I just remember playing some random Lion King game on it.
But I do remember that I started playing Everquest when I was 4.
I continued playing on the PC even when I got a PS1 (Or rather, my family did) for Christmas. Although, I never really was into consoles, as I am now. Eh, I still like the Sony consoles the most.
But I do remember that I started playing Everquest when I was 4.
I continued playing on the PC even when I got a PS1 (Or rather, my family did) for Christmas. Although, I never really was into consoles, as I am now. Eh, I still like the Sony consoles the most.
I've played the super mario 64 on the 64, the classic sonic on the sega genesis and sonic adventure on the dreamcast and playing ff9 as one of my first rpg , also playing crash bandacoot on the ps1 I've played all soft of games that even go back to the old nes and super nes in which i used to love playing over at my grandmother house
I got a SNES for my 7th birthday ad I played Super Mario Bros. and Star Fox everyday, they are still some of my favorite games. I played the first Megaman X and all the donkey knogs on snes over and over as well. and I played Zombies Ate My Neighbors everytime I hung out with my cusions as a child. I just kept playing games after that, it was fun. I played FF8 and 9 alot as well and crash bandiacoot on PSone and Tons of N64 games
I played a bit of Mario when I was younger. Later, I got a Genesis and played a lot of Sonic games (Sonic 3 connected into Sonic & Knuckles was one of the best) and a few others games like ComixZone were great.
However, Final Fantasy 7 was the game that made me a gamer. It blew my mind with it's amazing graphics, story, and battle system. Limits and summons were always fun! After that I became a RPG player and Final Fantasy fan. Yes, it has not aged well, but at the time it was an amazing experience.
I'm more balanced in my games now, but without FF7, I may not have become the gamer I am today.
However, Final Fantasy 7 was the game that made me a gamer. It blew my mind with it's amazing graphics, story, and battle system. Limits and summons were always fun! After that I became a RPG player and Final Fantasy fan. Yes, it has not aged well, but at the time it was an amazing experience.
I'm more balanced in my games now, but without FF7, I may not have become the gamer I am today.
I went from hardcore Lego player, to hardcore Nintendo fanboy, to Xbox 360 player, and now to PC gamer.
And now I'm taking computing science in University because I want to make games!
And now I'm taking computing science in University because I want to make games!
I've been playing since I could push the button on the Sega Genesis' controller. Eventually, my family moved up to a PS1 where I fell in love with Tekken 3, Need for Speed: High Stakes, Test Drive 4, and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Some point later, my dad got my mom a PS2 for her birthday (both my parents used to be gamers) and I moved up to that.
Then I got to the Gamecube and spent way too many hours playing Super Smash Bros Melee before moving up (or down) to a Wii but finally settling on the PS3.
At some point in there I got a Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. Along with some awesome games that I still love.
Then I got to the Gamecube and spent way too many hours playing Super Smash Bros Melee before moving up (or down) to a Wii but finally settling on the PS3.
At some point in there I got a Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. Along with some awesome games that I still love.
Games were all I had.
I grew up in a neighborhood where there were no other children, save my brothers. Since my brothers were abusive both physically and mentally, I grew very accustomed to being locked up for hours on end; so that they could enjoy themselves and have friends over without being interrupted by "Lil' Brudder".
Around the time I turned 6, I started to notice that no matter what my brothers did, either outside the home or TO me, they were very much so the favored children.
Forget my achievements. Forget how exceptional everyone ELSE said I was. All I ever was to my family was the annoying child that never should have happened to them.
I was an accident. They said it to my face.
Every day since I was 6, I've come home to my computer, and gone to another world. A whole different place where I was the hero. The one people loved.
Back then, I would flip the big power switch on my IBM PS/2, put in the diskette, and feel like a different person for those few, wondrous hours; before going to sleep and waking to another droning day.
I grew up in a neighborhood where there were no other children, save my brothers. Since my brothers were abusive both physically and mentally, I grew very accustomed to being locked up for hours on end; so that they could enjoy themselves and have friends over without being interrupted by "Lil' Brudder".
Around the time I turned 6, I started to notice that no matter what my brothers did, either outside the home or TO me, they were very much so the favored children.
Forget my achievements. Forget how exceptional everyone ELSE said I was. All I ever was to my family was the annoying child that never should have happened to them.
I was an accident. They said it to my face.
Every day since I was 6, I've come home to my computer, and gone to another world. A whole different place where I was the hero. The one people loved.
Back then, I would flip the big power switch on my IBM PS/2, put in the diskette, and feel like a different person for those few, wondrous hours; before going to sleep and waking to another droning day.
