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It started when I was handed a busted megadrive by an uncle that didn't appreciate gaming to the extent I would, he still had a ton of games, most of which he'd collected of mates, but the only real one he "recommended" to me was sonic. I could never get past the third level, being seven at the time, but I'd be damned if it wasn't the most enthralling experience of my life. While I've come to groan every time a new sonic game is announced now, my passion for gaming never died down, I still buy the latest releases, read about 10 sites a day sometimes to find all the latest news, and have to admit that I've become something of the go to guy in my school for game recommendation. While I'm not sure whether or not this is a title I'm actually proud to have, It's fair enough to say that I'm a bit of a geek.
After the megadrive I picked up a Snes and discovered my parents owned a NES which they stopped playing a couple of months after I was born, although they had a passion for mario, completing it several times over and wasting many an hour getting to world 8. From there I began to make my own choices about what games i bought, and what games i wanted to play, instead of just taking the games that were given to me by my parents.
For my 10th birthday I got a PS1 and since then have pretty much followed the Sony path, picking up a PS2 a year after it's release date and a PS3 the a couple of months after it came out. While I'm happy to admit I do love my Playstations, I would never deliberately act like the Fanboys you come across all too often in the blogs, each console has it's different perks and I've come to realise this. I also own a Wii and a DS, both of which get regular game time as well and possibly one of the best games I've ever played are the Super Mario Galaxy Series.
I'm a writer for a Website called Robot Geek, Check them out sometime :)it's a fledgling site at the moment, and we're still recruiting, so feel free to drop us a line if you are interested!
http://robotgeek.co.uk
After the megadrive I picked up a Snes and discovered my parents owned a NES which they stopped playing a couple of months after I was born, although they had a passion for mario, completing it several times over and wasting many an hour getting to world 8. From there I began to make my own choices about what games i bought, and what games i wanted to play, instead of just taking the games that were given to me by my parents.
For my 10th birthday I got a PS1 and since then have pretty much followed the Sony path, picking up a PS2 a year after it's release date and a PS3 the a couple of months after it came out. While I'm happy to admit I do love my Playstations, I would never deliberately act like the Fanboys you come across all too often in the blogs, each console has it's different perks and I've come to realise this. I also own a Wii and a DS, both of which get regular game time as well and possibly one of the best games I've ever played are the Super Mario Galaxy Series.
I'm a writer for a Website called Robot Geek, Check them out sometime :)it's a fledgling site at the moment, and we're still recruiting, so feel free to drop us a line if you are interested!
http://robotgeek.co.uk
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I'll occasionally browse the community pages on Destructoid and came across Camseyeview, he'd just made a blog (well copied a pasted it from another of his blogs) about Gungrave and some of the D'toiders let rip into him, and I quickly realised that although I use this website for news, if I ever wanted to become part of the community properly I was going to have to introduce myself. (thanks Magnalon, it was your blunt views about Camseyeview that made me realise this :D )
So Yeah here goes nothing, I'll try and get the boring stuff out the way and over and done with so from now on i'll contribute a more interesting read ( I Hope) My Name is Dan O'Connor, I'm 16 and live in London. I want to be a doctor when i'm older, however I'm currently in the process of coding a games news/Reviews website that hopefully won't be an epic fail. In my spare time i usually end up playing Basketball with Lewisham Thunder (my coach there is Steve Bucknall, He played for the Lakers alongside Magic Johnson) or Boxing ( if any of you care i'm a Lightweight at the moment, however I Started off just heavier than a Featherweight and put on a few pounds.) I play in a Pop Punk Band with a few mates, we've played a few gigs but nothing major (by major i mean paid ) :P Gaming related stuff : I own a Playstation 3 and a Wii, as well as a fairly average computer ( as far as playing games are concerned). My favourite Game at the moment is Killzone 2, and First Person shooters tend to be the games i play the most. My favourite haunts apart from destructoid tend to be Giantbomb, Sarcastic Gamer, Gamespot (mainly for the community) and Citizen game ( irish website with a bunch of irish dudes funnily enough) Anyway that's a little bit about me, if any of you are interested about any aspect of what you just read (stalker) leave a question etc, i'm here all night... Oh and by the way, does anyone else feel like when they make an introduction on a new website it starts feeling like you've filled out a dating website? (cept the gamer part, hate to admit it but telling girls i'm a gamer has not got me anywhere, even when i claim i've got great dexterity (oh dear...) due to Killzone and MGS4. Dan
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
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Just to let you know, we have two different Killzone 2 Clans, which compete against each other in lan battles every Friday night at 11PM. We are always looking for new members in either of the two clans. If you are interested in joining up and playing with us ping Yojimbo, Shipero, or Takeshi.
DanOConnor
(funnily enough)
Oh and one thing i forgot to mention, the website i'm coding , we need a few writers if anyone is interested, i need to state now though that you wouldn't be paid, it's purely voluntary, what with me being sixteen and all and not even having a paper round... (what a sad unfufilled life i lead)
Welcome!
Just to clarify though, I generally only do that to people who just come in and blatantly shit on the community, or never bothered to read obvious rules. I try to comment on every intro every put up here, and yours is just plain awesome, and an example for all new members.
I think Pop Punk gets too much hate these days: I still occasionally hit up some PP playlists :-D
PS. We are MUCH better than them :p
He's the unofficial sheriff of DTOID.
Welcome to the club, son.
Haha thanks for the badge, deputy :-D
Really though, Artemus is good people, he knows what's up!
Ha ha! It's true, man! You excited for E3 or what?! You guys, at Gamer Limit, must be super excited. My team is ready!
When it takes ten days to release a list of top ten i've lost interest by the first one! it's annoying and if we're honest, no one really cares that much... All the usual contenders end up there anyway!
@ Magnalon : haha thanks for reaffirming my faith that there are good people out there... do you listen to four year strong ?
@ artemus : awesome badge man, but where is your deputy one?
@ celicacrazed: OUCH, some of them are well alright! well except the above mentioned list makers...
Damn, I wonder what Hideo has in store for us? The suspense is killing me, man.
I'm no deputy, just a happy community member. =)
Have you ever listened to A Wilhelm Scream?
Best way to describe them is punk, metal and melody.
Give them a listen sometime... They rock.
You want to be an MD? I dont know how it is in the UK but here in Latin America is depressive, I dont know what the fu** Im doing in my fifth year (probably writing Pharnacology for Gamers on my cblog).