What defines a "Gamer?" For me its someone that works a 4 hour shift, 4 days a week, and happily comes home to immediately get on the computer and spend over 5 hours on it. Because that's basically me. There is just something about being submerged in a world, sometimes completely unlike our own, where you can act however you choose, that appeals to me. Having tasks that push the limits of logic and creativity give a sense of accomplishment accompanied by extreme fun.
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Wondering what kind of a game Minecraft is? Not sure what APM means?
I made a few pages for just such the occasion. Now this is not wikipidia so don't expect a detailed history of the games making or anything. Just some basic knowledge and possibly some strategy.
On the sidebar click the topic you would like to read or learn more about.
Goal
Well... I feel like alot of people are confused about what makes gamers tick and why they devote so much time to games. They are often looked down upon as leeches in society or fat guys living in their mother basement. While I can't argue that I am the best contributor to my society, I just want to let people have the option to peer into the daily life of today's married gamer.
Gaming History
The first video-esk game I remember playing is some kind of weird mushroom person learning game on a floppy disk. I played other games such as Treasure Mountain on the windows 98 when I was around 8. The next leap in gaming for me wasn't until I was 11ish when my parents bought me my first gaming console, The Nintendo 64. I was immediately hooked on Goldeneye and the fact you could play with your friends (a new concept for me) really pulled me in. After a myriad of other N64 games I started playing more PC games. Even though I never actually got it, my favorite game of the time was Battlefield 1942. Again the fact you could play with other humans was amazing! And not only 3 other but 15 or more! Unfortunately my parents not only wouldnt let me use the internet for gaming, but they also wouldn't let me get a computer or and Mature games. I was always jealous that my friends loved playing Halo but because if its rating I couldn't. From there it was Gamecube, Playstation 2 and PC where I played alot of Age of Empires 2 and StarCraft Brood War. Then Xbox 360, and current day, PC.
Personal History
Most of it was in the last paragraph except that I recetly got married :)
Now living on my (our) own in an apartment. Got a nice TV recently so that was cool. And finally got internet a few days ago (idk how I lived those few month without it!).
Contrary to what it says it under the title I never actually lived in a basement
My first blog post is a longer version of this intro.
Wondering what kind of a game Minecraft is? Not sure what APM means?
I made a few pages for just such the occasion. Now this is not wikipidia so don't expect a detailed history of the games making or anything. Just some basic knowledge and possibly some strategy.
On the sidebar click the topic you would like to read or learn more about.
Goal
Well... I feel like alot of people are confused about what makes gamers tick and why they devote so much time to games. They are often looked down upon as leeches in society or fat guys living in their mother basement. While I can't argue that I am the best contributor to my society, I just want to let people have the option to peer into the daily life of today's married gamer.
Gaming History
The first video-esk game I remember playing is some kind of weird mushroom person learning game on a floppy disk. I played other games such as Treasure Mountain on the windows 98 when I was around 8. The next leap in gaming for me wasn't until I was 11ish when my parents bought me my first gaming console, The Nintendo 64. I was immediately hooked on Goldeneye and the fact you could play with your friends (a new concept for me) really pulled me in. After a myriad of other N64 games I started playing more PC games. Even though I never actually got it, my favorite game of the time was Battlefield 1942. Again the fact you could play with other humans was amazing! And not only 3 other but 15 or more! Unfortunately my parents not only wouldnt let me use the internet for gaming, but they also wouldn't let me get a computer or and Mature games. I was always jealous that my friends loved playing Halo but because if its rating I couldn't. From there it was Gamecube, Playstation 2 and PC where I played alot of Age of Empires 2 and StarCraft Brood War. Then Xbox 360, and current day, PC.
Personal History
Most of it was in the last paragraph except that I recetly got married :)
Now living on my (our) own in an apartment. Got a nice TV recently so that was cool. And finally got internet a few days ago (idk how I lived those few month without it!).
Contrary to what it says it under the title I never actually lived in a basement
My first blog post is a longer version of this intro.
