Well, been hanging around Dtoid for ages (like six months or more) and finally got my lazy
ass signed up.
This blog thing is pretty cool - something I'd only been peripherally aware of before.
So, a bit about me then....
I'm Rob, early-thirties longtime gamer from sunny Jersey. I'll play just about anything if it's
any good, and my games-collection will bear that out. Right now I'm playing through NFS:
Pro-Street (decent enough, looks pretty and handles well), Kane & Lynch (not as bad as
people make out, shocking controls and camera), Braid (what's all the fuss about, eh?) and
Geometry Wars Evolved 2 (pure awesomeness in every way). These are all on 360 BTW - my
PS3 makes a great BluRay player but not much else, sadly. Looking forward to Wipeout next
week though, and Super Stardust HD keeps my DualShock3 busy!
I've owned or own just about every system as far back as the C64 (represent!), and have
played pretty much everything of worth on all of them. To my likely discredit though, I just
don't get Nintendo. Never have and probably never will (I have a Wii which gathers dust and a
DS Lite which my missus has stolen). I was a Sega fanboy back in the day, to the point where
I sold my beloved Amiga 500+ to import a Megadrive from Japan. Spendy but worth it - I
have three of the bloody things now (one boxed as new, one on display and one which gets
played every so often) and still look back on those days as the best time of my gaming life.
All-nighters on SFII, Gunstar Heroes, Dynamite Headdy, Earthworm Jim and
Gauntlet.....*sigh*
I was drawn to Dtoid by the rantings of Sir Jim of Sterling - Metacritic pointed to a few of his
reviews as outliers in the scale of things, and the RE5 "controversy" brought me to the site.
Since then I've checked-in every day for my gaming news and thought it was time to become
a member of the community. Cheers to you all!
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Hola.
My name is Rom. I'm a single Hispanic male who loves long walks on the beach, and the occasional horror movie filled with either gratuitous violence or nudity or maybe both.
Welcome to Destructoid, I love you.
welcome to dtoid, how can you not see what all the fuss is about on braid???? FTW
http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/Ron++NSFWorkman/soujaboy-explains-braid-in-an-intelligent-way-video--103943.phtml
MRSADISTIC: Wanna go for a walk? I think I may love you too......
NINOOG3: I thought after the frantic masturbating everyone was doing over Braid that it would be some kind of revelatory experience (like Portal was, really). It turned out to be a bit weak, IMO. Nice graphics, kudos to the guy for doing it all on his own, interesting play mechanic......all added-up to MEH from me. Just didn't get on with it in the same way as (apparently) the rest of the civilised world.
@BeardoCI its a game you play through once....that's why its 10 bucks. i enjoyed it because the puzzles.
Great intro! Get a blog banner and an avatar and much love will be yours.
I realise that it's cheap. Portal was effectively free and stands up to repeated replays - I appreciate that there's an order of magnitude of difference in the effort levels involved, but I just didn't think that Braid deserved all of the praise it received. My loss, I guess.
Thanks, notazombie :) Those items are underway - it's like 2.30am here though!
Burn the witch!
Welcome to Destructoid. Don't suck.
I have Private set on XBL? Dayum. brb
Hmm, apparently not.
I challenge your credibility!!!
1) You call yourself a former Sega-fanboy but don't own a Dreamcast.
2) You don't own a Dreamcast!!!
I demand answers!! ahaha
Hola.
My name is Francisco. I'm a married Hispanic male who loves long walks on the beach, and the occasional horror movie filled with either gratuitous violence or nudity or maybe both.
Welcome to Destructoid, I love you.
Dammit! I DO own a Dreamcast, TWO in fact. Posting when sleepy is bad, kids...../updates
BTW celica - I have other systems that I haven't yet updated. I won't until I know that they work - otherwise they're just a box, knowhatimean?
welcome welcome
Welcome to the best video game site ever!!
You own two Dreamcasts and you forgot to list them?? I...I don't think we can be friends :P.
That's a shame celica, as I thought that we really could have been something special :(
Oh well, cue the Incredible Hulk end-theme.....
/walks slowly into the sunset
whats your PSN?
PSN is Beardo_CI. Not much happening there though.
Well hello. I just did my first blog yesterday too, although I lurked longer than you did, then signed up and just commented for like four months and instead of introducing myself I just drew attention to a dream-casting of a Half-Life movie...so yeah, hi.
Welcome aboard the good ship Destructoid.
There's a lake of stew, and whiskey too, you can paddle all around it in a big canoe.
If you duct tape those Dreamcasts together, you might just come up with something special.
I might just, maxvest, I might just......
It worked for Nintendo, did it not?
Welcome aboard. We love lurkers who decide to join our ranks... Dtoid Army
Jersey US or Jersey UK? I'm going to assume UK cuz of the time difference.
I got all excited, thinking there might be another NJ D-toider. Oops.
Welcome to the site, dude.
welcome and don't sux
I know i did at first
but look at me now DX
Hello person of the world.
Welcome to a microcosm of it. :)
Hey man, welcome.
Nintendoll: Jersey UK - I said 'sunny' didn't I?
Everyone else: thanks for the welcome. I will try not to suck.