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About Me
First off is my highest honour -- my shit on the front page of Destructoid.


I was born back in the days of yore, when 3-D graphics were only a dream.

I like games.

Super Nintendo had to be one of the best consoles. Mario, Metroid, Link, Kirby, Donkey Kong and everyone else came to the party. Good times.

I own a Super Nintendo, N64, Gamecube, Wii, PS1, PS2, PSP, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gameboy Pocket, Gameboy Color, Gameboy Advance, and a DS.

I regret missing some of the good old days, back in the early 90's, because I was too young to appreciate a good game when it smacked me in the face. Such is the folly of youth.

Somedays I wish I could have lived through such tumultuous times, what with the advent of Spandex tights and Rap, but then I think that it is much better to live longer and be younger than all of you people who did enjoy Super Metroid and Mario Kart in it's heyday and just be content with an emulator and a Xbox 360 controller.


Favorite Games: Mario series, Donkey Kong Country/64, Metroid series, Legend of Zelda series, Fable, Halo series, Shadow of the Colossus, GTA series, God of War 1 and 2, Morrowind, Oblivion, Tales of Symphonia, Final Fantasy X, Banjo Kazooie/Tooie and more that I can't recall.


Send me a friends request if you dare, just send a message telling me you're from Destructoid so I don't think you're a 63 year old pedophile masquerading as a teenage girl to lure gullible, young boys to your basement. And if that description both fits you and you are from Destructoid then expect to recieve my home phone number and address.

Update: One year later

New games I would add to my favorites are Gears of Wars series, Fallout 3, Mass Effect, Bioshock (hey, I was playing it when I joined!), and other games I cannot recall. Some games I have loved for a long time but forgot to list over a year ago are Rome: Total War, the top Mario games, and the main Pokemon GB games. The rest escape me at this time.



So these days God no longer compels you to blog, Atlas is Fontaine, and generally speaking I am pretty well known around these parts. (I hope) I regret not joining Destructoid sooner, when I first had the chance with a link from Chad Concelmo's IGN blog. Even he was born in the primordial soup IGN was, or so it would seem. I no longer frequent there or other gaming sites except from time to time because Destructoid is hopefully my internet home from here on out. A great place to be, cheers to another year at Destructoid!

Update: Another year later

Okay, so year three isn't going that great. I haven't blogged for six months and have barely visited the site. In fact, it is nearly November and my 2 years happened almost 2 months ago in early September. Damn life, going outside into the real world is time consuming! I haven't even turned on a videogame since April... (until just recently!) But of course I haven't forgotten about Dtoid; THE GREATEST SITE ON THE WEB! Sorry Dtoid, I will try to live less and Dtoid more.

Update: Another few years later

So life hit me... I still visit this site when I can... to think I started visiting this site when I was 15, and made an account two weeks after I turned 16... I'm 20 now, Destructoid is practically part of my life story at this point, even if I disappear for years at a time. Still, I remember the good old days, the days when Dtoid was like the Wild West, when I was at my most active, and when we would open the gates of Hell in our mischief, always walking on the edge of the banhammer. Now I'm just an ancient, obscure memory to the last surviving cowboys, a group even to this day I feel I'm a part of. Still, I raise my glass to you. Good times Destructoid, good times!

Oh, and to a few of us oldsters, Atlas is Fontaine.

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Atlas | 4:12 AM on 12.02.2007 10 comments


I was reading through some bloggitty clogs, and I couldn't help but notice that Nex said that number scores were neccessary for sites like Metacritic and Gamerankings. Last time I checked, Destructoid had never graced Metacritic, had never been on Gamerankings. In fact, they really have no influence on any games average score.

So why is there a need to cater to a site that doesn't want you?

So what's the deal Mr. Destructoid? Why not screw the generic review system, and rate them with the craziness of a titanium moon? I bet someone you hold dear to your heart (like that Electro Lemon boy who sang in Chocolate Rain) would agree with me. Or not. In any case, let go of your number scores, and replace them with the love and caring you have for David Caruso.



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JJ Rage's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 04:17
JJ Rage
Another good reason why the number scale should be dropped 'round these parts.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 04:21
Aaron Mxy Yost
Because they're trying to get on metacritic and gamerankings (they drive a huge amount of traffic to the sites listed, plus more notice from the publishers), and without a clear numeric scoring system they can't. Sucks, but more readers lead to the site to becoming bigger and better.
Atlas's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 04:29
Atlas
I doubt they will actually get on those sites, so they oughta give up and put 2girls1cup on the front page, maybe pull a Rob Summa by putting an embargo on it until December 25, tell people that this news will end the world, etc.
Aaron Mxy Yost's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 04:56
Aaron Mxy Yost
You apparently haven't checked out some of the other gaming sites already listed in metacritic & gamerankings then.
xper's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 05:02
xper
destructoid "deserves" to be on metacritic. don't give up the numbers
ToxicPrince's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 05:07
ToxicPrince
Because if Destructoid can GET noticed by the scores of ignorant gamers who view games purely on the score they get at the end and not the content of a review (People I personally loathe with a passion), then maybe we can change them.

Or at least stand as a bastion for truth, honesty and journalistic integrity.

-cough-.
Eschatos's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 08:49
Eschatos
Fuck them, Dtoid should stay the way it is. If they want us to change to get on Metacritic, then fuck them.
Aaron Linde's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 13:03
Aaron Linde
Tell Niero. It's out of my hands.
ZekeThePlumber's Avatar - Comment posted on 12/02/2007 13:45
ZekeThePlumber
Wait so If people are so insistent on getting Metacritic and gamerankings, why aren't we using the same ranking system of 7-10 where anything under 7 is fail?

Granted I do like that Dtoid is doing things differently to an extent, I'd rather not see games misrepresented by our score of 5 where as elsewhere it would be a 7.
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