Quantcast
Community Discussion: Blog by Chris Carter | Why I love DestructoidDestructoid
LIGHTS:  ON | OFF
surf dtoid with arrow keys

HOT GAMES
REVIEWS VIDEOS COMMUNITY FORUM SHOP

pc PS4 PS3 NEXT XBOX XBOX 360 WII U 3DS PS vita ANDROID APPLE

REMOVE ALL ADS?
Guaranteed contest entry?
A new video show?
Something else?

Vote in our membership poll


Meet the destructoid Team >>   Chris Carter
Chris Carter's blog
★ destructoid | Associate Editor ★
click to hide banner header
About


Listen to this as you read my profile

Chris (Magnalon) has been enjoying Destructoid avidly since 2008. He finally decided to take the next step, make an account, and start blogging in January of 2009. Now, he's staff!

-------------------

Twitter - @DtoidChris

I'm in my 20s, I'm married, and I've been playing games since I was 4. I still remember buying my own NES system at Sears and going home and playing Mario/Duck Hunt. Fast forward to the present, my wife and I now own a PS3, 360, Wii, and Wii U.

As far as contemporary systems go, I also own an iPhone 4 (which I game on very heavily - check out HookChamp), a 3DS XL, the Kinect, the PS Move, a PSP-2000, and a Playstation Vita. If I had to choose a system I had the "best times" with, it would be a two way tie between the Sega Dreamcast and Sony Playstation 2. My favorite game series is Mega Man Classic, but I own every Metal Gear, Devil May Cry, Zelda, Kingdom Hearts, Wario, Tony Hawk, main series Final Fantasy, and Resident Evil game ever released in the US (and a lot more), so it's a close call!

There are too many good games out to count now, but I'm always itching to play my backlog of old PS2 action titles. I'll play anything and everything action-adventure, so if you have a game in mind, drop me a line! I have strong opinions regarding the financial decisions of many publishers, but at the end of the day, I'm willing to give anything a chance; especially if it comes recommended by a community member.

Oh; and in 2012 I started contributing to Destructoid.

-----------------------------------------------------------

Are you not satisfied?

Here is my story, from my humble beginnings as a c-blogger.

Here's an in-depth 10 things about me post that will enlighten you further.

Here's another in-depth 10 things about me post, when the community brought it back.

I was also interviewed.

-----------------------------------------------------------
Carter's Quests (previously Magnalon's Quest):

2011 - Zelda
2012 - Resident Evil
2012 - Tony Hawk
2012 - Kingdom Hearts
2012 - Wario
2013 - Mega Man Classic
2013 - Devil May Cry
2013 - Mega Man X
2013 - God of War
2013 - Metroid
2013 - Mega Man Spinoffs
2013 - Splinter Cell
2013 - The Elder Scrolls

Future - Mario
Future - Pokémon
Future - Platinum Games
Future - Kirby
Future - Clover
Future - Castlevania
Future - Metal Gear
Future - Tenchu
Future - Ninja Gaiden
Future - Onimusha
Future - Ape Escape
Future - Disgaea
Future - Twisted Metal
-----------------------------------------------------------

Destructoid Reviews:

Street Fighter x Tekken

Babel Rising

Steel Battalion: Heavy Armor

Tekken Tag Tournament 2

Guild Wars 2

Realms of Ancient War

New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC

Dance Central 3

New Little King's Story

Skylanders Giants

Dokuro

Punch Quest

Orgarhythm

New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC #2

Razer Kraken Pro Headset

Need for Speed: Most Wanted mobile

Assassin's Creed III: Liberation

WWE '13

Super Monkey Ball: Banana Splitz

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale

Mighty Switch Force! Hyper Drive Edition

Tekken Tag Tournament 2: Wii U Edition

New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC #3

Uncharted: Fight for Fortune

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD DLC

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim: Dragonborn

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (iOS)

Skylanders: Battlegrounds

Black Knight Sword

Crimson Shroud

New Super Mario Bros. 2 DLC #4

Anarchy Reigns

Joe Danger Touch

Might & Magic Clash of Heroes (iOS)

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Skulls of the Shogun

The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia

Puddle (Wii U)

Call of Duty: Black Ops II: Revolution

Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed (PC)

Omerta: City of Gangsters

Dungeonland

Razer Orbweaver Gaming Keypad

PlayStation All-Stars DLC

Bentley's Hack Pack

Urban Trial Freestyle

Assassin's Creed III: King Washington DLC: The Infamy

Halo 4: Majestic Map Pack

Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 Plus

Dollar Dash

DmC: Devil May Cry: Vergil's Downfall

Kersploosh!

ATV Wild Ride 3D

Darkstalkers Resurrection

Assassin's Creed III: King Washington DLC: The Infamy

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity

Ms. Splosion Man (iOS)

BattleBlock Theater

Toki Tori 2

Slayin' (iOS)

Halo 4: Castle Map Pack

Metal Gear Rising Revengeance: Jetstream

Tekken Card Tournament

Sonic Dash

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers

Call of Duty: Black Ops II: Uprising DLC

Injustice: Gods Among Us (iOS)

Fish Out of Water

Logitech G700s Rechargeable Gaming Mouse

LEGO City Undercover: The Chase Begins

Assassin's Creed III: King Washington DLC: The Redemption

Guilty Gear XX Accent Core Plus R

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

Witch and Hero

Haunted Hollow

Way of the Dogg

Jack Lumber

Star Command

Color Commando

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance: Blade Wolf
DLC

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

Plants vs. Zombies Adventures
-----------------------------------------------------------

Ranked

Fire Emblem

Clover Studios and Platinum Games

Castlevania

-----------------------------------------------------------

Guides:

Street Fighter X Mega Man

Anarchy Reigns

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

God of War: Ascension

Soul Sacrifice

Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon

Dragon's Dogma

Star Command

A guide to playing more games

Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D

-----------------------------------------------------------

Promoted (before I was staff):

Playing with Others: Phantasy Star Offline

Magnalon's quest to beat every Zelda in 2011

Tips for Securing Your Xbox Live Account

-----------------------------------------------------------

My top 20 games (in no particular order):

Resident Evil 5
Fallout: New Vegas
Dragon Age: Origins
Dark Souls
Demon's Souls
Skies of Arcadia
Lunar 1 and 2
World of Warcraft: All Expansions
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3
Tenchu 2
Devil May Cry 3
Phantasy Star Online
Ape Escape 1
Rockman and Forte (Megaman and Bass)
God Hand
Jet Set Radio Future
Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch
Donkey Kong Country
Final Fantasy Tactics

Bonus:

Gravity Rush
Dragon's Dogma
Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon
Pandora's Tower
Persona 4 Golden
Bioshock Infinite
Pokémon Silver
Tomb Raider (2013)
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Brave Fencer Musashi
Shenmue II
Dark Cloud
Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance
Ikaruga
Asura's Wrath
Halo 4
Mutant Mudds
Far Cry 3
Assassin's Creed III
Retro City Rampage
Guild Wars 2
Bayonetta
Binding of Isaac
Kingdoms Of Amalur: Reckoning
Fez
Zone of the Enders 2
Xenoblade Chronicles
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Batman: Arkham City
Skylanders Giants
Kingdom Hearts II
Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance
Diablo
Diablo II
Diablo III
Amplitude
Dust: An Elysian Tail
Tomb Raider II
Metal Gear Solid 4
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Bastion
Zombies At My Neighbors
Super Bomberman 2
Mass Effect
Mass Effect 2
Mass Effect 3
Spelunky
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2
Tony Hawk's Underground 2
Assassin's Creed II
Onimusha 3
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Ninja Gaiden Black (Xbox)
Power Stone 2
No More Heroes 2
Ultima Online
Aladdin SNES
Super Punch-Out!!
Demon's Crest
Disgaea
Secret of Mana
Sparkster
Borderlands 2
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy X
Super Mario RPG
Super Mario 64
Super Mario World
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's Island
Super Mario Galaxy
Super Mario 3D Land
Mega Man 8
Okami
The Lost Vikings
Actraiser
Bujingai: The Forsaken City
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Odin Sphere
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Call of Duty: World at War
Chrono Trigger
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Jeanne d'Arc
Half Minute Hero
Kirby Super Star
Super Meat Boy
Jamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony
L.A. Noire
VVVVVV
Outland (XBLA/PSN)
Shantae: Risky's Revenge
Mighty Flip Champs
Child of Eden
Kirby's Dream Course
Shadows of the Damned
Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR)
Rayman: Origins

-----------------------------------------------------------

The following are a few of my favorite fictional characters, compliments of SuitcoatAvenger

-My favorite video game character of all time: Magic Emperor Ghaleon.

-Legato Bluesummers from Trigun: classic villain.

-Although obscure, Zero Beat is among my favorites.

-My original avatar.
Player Profile
Follow me:
Twitter:@DtoidChris
Google+:Link
Chris Carter's sites
Badges
Following (182)  




As a recapper myself, I feel like shit for subjecting Qalamari to this, so I almost didn't make one of these.

But, Destructoid is such an amazing community through and through, it deserves something!

I suppose a substantial non-memey post is in order then if I don't want to make failtoid.

Destructoid is currently the best gaming website on the internet because:

-The Editors and top dogs bother to respond to comments of all shapes and sizes: Jim even feeds the trolls! On other regurgitative, news dumpy sites, all you'll get is "whelp...here's the post. Have at it, consumer whores" (oh, and it's probably written by someone who's first game was Halo). With Destructoid, you'll get a naturally flowing discourse when you attempt to pose questions to the editors. Want proof? I questioned Destructoid's review policy and won shit for it.

-The Community contains every type of person you can imagine: casual gamers, batshit insane OCD gamers, numerous trolls, religious folk, atheists, console fanboys, PC gamers: you name it. We get everything from "this game sucks" to "the entropic nature of villains in relation to Frederick Niche".

-Niero (the site owner) fucking responds to us. When I started off in my quest to build a reputable gaming site, I came to Niero for advice. You know what he did? Emailed me back a detailed biography on how he got to where he is today. All I can say is: I was speechless. His advice worked, and now we are on Metacritic, Gamerankings, and are about to strike a new ad deal. I was able to meet him in person at E3, as press, and give him a big 'ol hug for his kindness: that's the stuff of dreams.

-I get called out on shit all the time, and I love it (mostly by Blehman because he hates me). People care here when they comment: instead of just feeling like your post would be a "throwaway": click that submit button! No comment is worthless.

There are a myriad of other reasons I could list on why I make Destructoid a daily part of my routine. The meme posts below are another, for example. Long term members supporting the site is something you don't really see every day.

LONG LIVE DETRUCTOID.



Is this blog awesome? Vote it up!




Those who have come:



Did you know? You can now get daily or weekly email notifications when humans reply to your comments.

Legacy Comments (will be imported soon)


Magnalon!
That, sir, is awesome!
=)
Niero... Thank you.
I'm like this close to just calling you Niero 2.0, seriously.
legato Bluesummers, he'll fuck your shit up.
<3<3<3
Magnalon. That's a user name that I'm always happy to see.
Furst! Haha, throwaway commentz!111one




Really, though. Grats on your website - I've visited semi-regularly since I saw that you were running the show, and I'll make sure to up your page hits more frequently.

If there's one single thing for which to credit Destructoid, it has to be the ability to bring people together; it's more than an online community.
You spelled "Destructoid" wrong in the last line. :)
Actually, I agree on all fronts. I love this community, and I'm glad that it's got awesome people like you.
@TCG
You spelled "Destructoid" wrong in the last line. :)

I'm not sure if that was a joke, but it's a Garison reference :D
@Magnalon: Sorry, I didn't know, I've missed a few memes around here.
Also, I added you on PSN!
BLEHMAN HATES EVERYONE!
I'm coming for all of you at PAX. Especially you HAMAZAAAMMAAAZaaaa.
Honestly? I don't mind. I may growl and grumble a bit, but there's no denying this meme has its heart in the right place. It'll take a couple extra hours to get the recap done, but people are used to getting their recaps late from me. =)
you rock, you have way too much patience with the frontpage trolls :P
Couldn't have said it better. Destructoid rocks all types of socks.

So does Magnalon, for this blog.

So does Qalamari, for recaps.

So do you, because I love you.
WE RAWWK
I love Blehman.
Magnalon is incapable of posting a failblog, always ready to show the newbs how it's done!! ^_^
Absolutely sweet blog, dude. I completely agree with everything you said.

The only thing that Destructoid fails at is how freaking difficult it can be to post a blog...uploading of pictures...pictures are the wrong size...changing headings to be bold or other editing is a pain...why can't Destructoid make blogging a copy and past from Microsoft Word like other blogging websites I know?

And special props to Magnalon for having is own video game website but then being willing to write on someone else's site...that is a rare trait.

Back to Top
DLC   |   BEST Games of 2012   |   Best PC Games   |   Best PS3 Games   |   Best Xbox 360 Games   |   Best Wii U Games   |   Best 3DS Games




All content is yours to recycle through our Creative Commons License permitting non-commercial sharing requiring attribution. Our communities are obsessed with videoGames, movies, anime, and toys.

Living the dream since March 16, 2006

Advertising on destructoid is available: Please contact them to learn more