This was it, the time to rescue my very precious Zelda, yes the time to strike was now! As Ganondorf floated in front of me sending vicious spheres of deadly magic to me I became nervous and started to sweat. No fear though as I deflected them with the legendary Master Sword and to his knees he came crashing. An arrow of light flashed before his eyes, then a hookshot to the body just a few swipes now, and yes he is defeated!!
But wait, what's this?! The castle is starting to crumble!
This scenario was from the Legend of Zelda:Ocarina of Time for the N64. After beating Ganondorf came the most gut wrenching time for me as a 6 year old kid, to escape the crumbling tower. I just don't know why but as I was trying to flee from the tower my teeth use to chatter like crazy as if somebody turned the air conditioner up enough to make Hell freeze over. My arms would tremble in fear and I could barley hold the controller straight but I knew that I had to finish this epic quest.
Since one of the traps reactivated Zelda was held captive once again, I just had to defeat the Redead. When that part came I just had to bite the bullet and if I may quote Nike "Just Do It". Then after all that running around (unbenounced to me) I had to fight Ganon, which scared the shit out of me. But alas I defeated the treacherous monster and saved the princess. Now a truly great cinematic appears, one to remember for the ages.
Now this next game (in my opinion) is one of the greatest games for the Xbox 360, BioShock. Now in Rapture practically every damn near twist and turn a splicer comes up and scares you or attacks you, usually both. But one splicer stood out from all the rest. It happened in the Medical Pavilion, in a room filled with frost. "Oh look" I said to myself "a table with a plasmid and diary, might as well take 'em both". As the ice covered my screen I just stood there stunned wondering "WTF just happened?"
I turn around and see the splicer standing dead in front of me. I screamed then shot him in the face with the shotgun after checking my undergarments for traces of fecal matter and it was all good in there on out. But that experience made me love Rapture even more.
Last one is Gears of War online, when you are the last person alive going one on one with the other opposing member and you make one small move that can either win or lose you the match. Usually my heart is beating like I just drank 10 cans of Cocaine, but that's usually all in good fun, unless you lose then, not so much.
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about me
Son of a "WoW" player, and a Collicovision and Atari addict. Started playing video games when I was about 3 or 4. The very first game that I remember was MK for the Sega Genesis. Until one day i came home from kindergarten or pre-k and saw my beloved Sega was gone. My mother told me she gave it to charity, and that was when I got a Playstation. Now I am an accomplished gamer on the consoles and teh internets... I have a lvl 62 Night Elf Hunter. That is all.
I'm into shooters and other stuff, right now I'm playing Gears of War (P.C./Xbox360) Halo 3, Rock Band, Madden 08(not sure if I should get 09), NBA 08, Castle Crashers, Metal Slug, Tetris
I listen to Hip-Hop, Juke, Alt Rock, Pop Rock, Pop, Club, & RnB
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