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I figured a little introduction was in order in case people were curious. My name is Chris (Magnalon) and I have been enjoying Destructoid avidly since 2008. I finally decided to make an account and start blogging in January of 2009.
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 and 360, and in the winter of 2009, we bought a Wii simply so we could play New Super Mario Brothers Wii. As far as contemporary systems go, I also own an iPhone 4 (which I game on very heavily - check out HookChamp), a DS, a 3DS, the Kinect, the PS Move, and a PSP-2000. 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, and Resident Evil game ever released in the US, so it's a close call!
There are too many good games out to count now, but recently I've been 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.
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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 (too hard to decide)
World of Warcraft: All Expansions
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Bayonetta
Tenchu 2
Devil May Cry 3
Phantasy Star Online
Ape Escape 1
Rockman and Forte (Megaman and Bass)
God Hand
Jet Set Radio Future
Ikaruga
Donkey Kong Country
Final Fantasy Tactics
Bonus:
Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls IV: Skyrim
Metal Gear Solid 4
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Bastion
Mass Effect
Super Mario Galaxy
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
Mass Effect 2
Disgaea 3
Final Fantasy X
Okami
Bujingai: The Forsaken City
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Odin Sphere
Donkey Kong Country 2: Diddy Kong's Quest
Super Mario 64
Metal Gear Solid 3: Subsistence
Call of Duty: World at War
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Jeanne d'Arc
Half Minute Hero
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
Shadows of the Damned
Knights of the Old Republic (KOTOR)
Star Wars: The Old Republic
Rayman: Origins
Pushmo
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Playing with Others: Phantasy Star Offline
Magnalon's quest to beat every Zelda in 2011
Tips for Securing Your Xbox Live Account
Magnalon's Quests:
2011 - Zelda
2012 - Resident Evil
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.
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Well, the contest is at a close, and a few hours are still left for us to make our final comments.
The 100% comment competition between C-Prince Garison and I starts with: http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/retroman/happy-b-day-gameboy-day-3-personal-jukebox-episode-6-129769.phtml and ends with: http://www.destructoid.com/blogs/skull13666/comictube-countdown-to-salvation-promo-129874.phtml If anyone missed it, I challenged Garison to a comment-off, with Funktastic as the Judge (may the best man win!). We commented in 100% of the c-blogs today, and Funk will tally up who had the most pertinent/funny things to say. I found it to be a rather rewarding experience. I've never actually sat down and read every single blog for the day, and now I realize, I probably should do it more often. From Mitchb611's touching first post, to Yukai's frustrations, to xenoaroe's first awesome post/tech review, it was a pretty fun day (SilverDragon's probably saying: I do this shit everyday peon!). Also, my username contest: Well, Ballistic was half right! My name comes from Magna Centipede from Mega Man X2 Shenlong from Gundam Wing (I'm oddly enough not a huge fan of the mech itself, but I loved it in Endless Duel for the SNES).
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I think we should continue this, winner takes another Dtoider :)
Maybe one day we can pool together a bunch of interested people, contribute a buck to a pool, and have another non-partisan judge ALL of them! Community involvement boosting for the win.
Keep it real <3
Nah man, I actually liked your blog, haha, as well as your choice header. My friend wrote an article about that same topic a week ago, and we had a nice long discussion on how gaming will be timeless.
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MAGNALON!!!
Twas an EPIC battle, but I found that MAGNALON'S posts were a bit more relevant than GARISON'S. That being said, GARISON was the funnier one though, but overall, it was a close call with MAGNALON scraping by with the win by a few "points" that I counted up in my head! No hard feelings hopefully, but if there is to be another event, I shall volunteer to judge again! If either of you have inquiries to my decision, feel free to post here and I shall answer! =D
We really should organize this again, with more people, and figure out some sort of prize.
That said:
Thanks to Funktastic for judging
Thanks to Garison for participating (and agreeing in like 5 minutes!)
Thanks to Ballistic for having my etymology on the tip of his tongue.
And Funktastic, your emoticons are the definition of amazing.