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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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November: Month of the Gamer
Atlas | 12:52 AM on 10.18.2007 8 comments


November packs alot of games for us. Some would say too much. These aren't just games I talk about mind you, but good games! Pre-Christmas always needs AAA games for rich corporations to reap the seasons bounty! November will truly be a month to remember.

To note the more prolific titles, we start in the first days of November. Call of Duty 4 will see action then. But soon even greener prospects approach us with Assassins Creed and Army of Two, slated for November 13.

Unfortunately for me, I will only have a week to try these two promising games, for on November 20, the world rejoices. Mass Effect, the single most desirable game in my existance is coming out. Every cell in my body is quivering in anticipation. Forget about Halo. Forget about all those other games. I bought my Xbox 360 solely with the promise that Mass Effect would soon come, and come it will. I have myself primed to believe that this is the most excited I have ever gotten about a game. I have never wanted a game this much. It looks so awesome. As an insatiable, consumer whore I can only hope it does not disappoint. I might have to curl up into a ball and die if it achieves anything less than greatness.

And that about rounds November, a month we should remember as a bountiful month, not just for quantity, but for quality. This year especially.



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GIGANTOR's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 01:18
GIGANTOR
woo november is indeed going to rock. I cant wait for mass effect either, the everything about the game intrigues me...... everything
Variable Gear's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 01:22
Variable Gear
Have fun with Mass Effect, until you get the RROD!

I kid. But I do envy very much because Mass Effect looks nice - oh and because I don't have a 360. I'm hoping that I'll have a PS3 (or a decent PC) when EA ports it.

You just know it's going to happen!
Atlas's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 01:27
Atlas
Yeah, I don't care too much if it's ported, because whatever way you put it Xbox 360 has better games. I hate how people get all defensive and get angry when a game loses exclusivity (Metal Gear 4 for example). Why would you really want one console to monopolise itself, destroy competetion, and grow stagnant?

But still, having Mass Effect as an exclusive would justify my 360 purchase so much more. And i'm not sure if Mass Effect can port to PS3 because of some contract issues or some shit, ala Gears of War.
Knivy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 01:29
Knivy
I'm not thinking about november, i know i won't get all the games i want, but i'll get the most i can.
Carbot's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 01:42
Carbot
Bioware, Based in Canada. Wooo, /cheer. Canada indeed.
PantyNinja's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 02:02
PantyNinja
I didn't realize that MGS4 had lost exclusivity
Variable Gear's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/18/2007 09:36
Variable Gear
@ Atlas:

EA bought the Mass Effect IP when they acquired Bioware. So now EA can port it to any other console. One problem I see here is that Bioware was focusing solely on the Xbox 360 platform, and they may by doing things in the code that will not transfer over well to PS3. It will take longer to port because of this, but it will still be ported.

And don't you mean the rumors about MGS4 losing exclusivity? It is still exclusive to PS3.
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