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Who am I? That's a good question. I'm a 26 year old gamer from Canada who's been playing video games for 22 years - I live and breathe games, and by extension, the industry. When I'm not gaming, reading about gaming or the industry, talking about games with friends or on forums or thinking about them, I enjoy reading, writing, sleeping, music, hockey, or hanging out with my girlfriend, though not necessarily in that order. I've recently finished my BA in linguistics, and I already have a half-BA in journalism that I'll probably never get done, considering I have enough experience to write news stories. Right now, I own a PS2, 360, gaming PC, DS, and PSP, and in the past, I have owned almost every console since the NES, at some point or another. I hope to expand to a PS3 as soon as I can.
I've actually written about the industry before, including an unsuccessful stint with RPGamer in my pre-university days. I was sadly forced to give it up because of a lack of time. I also wrote a gaming editorial column for my university paper, which my editor always wanted to make a "what's a cool game this week" column. Needless to say, they didn't renew me for another semester. Ah well.
I can usually be found playing RPGs or MMORPGs, though recently, I've started playing a lot of games from other genres, including some (incredibly unrealistic) racing games. Although I said I like hockey, I wouldn't be caught dead playing sports games; I just never really liked them.
I suppose if there's anything else you could possibly want to know about me, you can ask, though I can't imagine what you-
Oh, right, I forgot.
Cake or pie?
Definitely cake.
I've actually written about the industry before, including an unsuccessful stint with RPGamer in my pre-university days. I was sadly forced to give it up because of a lack of time. I also wrote a gaming editorial column for my university paper, which my editor always wanted to make a "what's a cool game this week" column. Needless to say, they didn't renew me for another semester. Ah well.
I can usually be found playing RPGs or MMORPGs, though recently, I've started playing a lot of games from other genres, including some (incredibly unrealistic) racing games. Although I said I like hockey, I wouldn't be caught dead playing sports games; I just never really liked them.
I suppose if there's anything else you could possibly want to know about me, you can ask, though I can't imagine what you-
Oh, right, I forgot.
Cake or pie?
Definitely cake.
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Old internet saying: "Not this shit again..." After I picked up Imagine's retro DS dungeon crawler The Dark Spire near the end of last week, I've been on a bit of a first person dungeon crawler binge, even going so far as to carry around DOSbox on a memory stick, and playing the Eye of the Beholder series inbetween making calls and looking for jobs. That's when I had this idea: I don't think I'm alone in wanting to play the classics either; given the success of classic gaming recently, both on Xbox Live, or on the recently launched website, http://www.GOG.com. GOG, (which by the way, is an ancronym for "good old games") specializes on the games of yesterday and yesteryear, packaged neatly to run in XP and Vista. It is also doing well, adding piles of classic and not-so-classic games nearly every week. (No, this isn't an ad. I really love the site.) In fact, 2008 has seen a multitude of series revivals, genre revival games (LikeEtrian Odyssey or Dark Spire pushing the forefront for dungeon crawler revival), and games with elements that combine the old gameplay with a new coat of paint, and added bells and whistles. What's even more unexpected is that remakes lately seem to be better received than modern games. I hope someone is paying attention: This is what gamers want! Not new innovations, or gimmicks, or anything of the sort. No, we just want something familliar; something that we identify with. Elements we know, and love. Then again, this trend isn't always a good thing. Without naming names, or games for that matter, some companies believe that a "remake" consists of a few new lines of translated dialog, and not much else. I know I said I wouldn't name names, but damn you Chrono Trigger DS, and all you other half assed ports to modern consoles. If I've bought the game once or even twice, chances are I won't buy it again to see the 10 minutes of new content. I wish developers would read something like this and realize that "rehash" does not equal "remake". And looking at the majority of games at E3, I don't think they read too much. -Musai
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
That was my case in Chrono Trigger. I never had the chance to try clearing it until the DS.
And yeah I know about emulation but it's not the same.