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After a long and unnoticeable time away from Destructoid, I have returned to blog once again. Now, to lay down the law.

This is my blog. I don't care if you agree with it or not. It's not for your benefit. It's for mine. It's to express my ideas through a medium so they don't bottle up and result in me climbing a clock tower with some form of weaponry and begin hailing bullets down to the unsuspecting civilians below.

Now, down to the nitty gritty. Some of my earliest gaming memories are on the Sega, playing Sonic the Hedgehog and complaining when I got to the water level which required you to collect air bubbles to survive. I then got violently shoved into the world of Playstation and Nintendo64. I’ve always stood by the philosophy that The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (N64) is my mother, and either Crash Team Racing (PS1) or Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace (PS1) is my father. I could never quite tell. Firstly, Ocarina of Time is undoubtedly, in my mind, the greatest game that has ever spawned from the hands of man. It kept me warm on cold nights, taught me almost everything I know, and still keeps an eye on me today. It is my mother. Secondly, Crash Team Racing and The Phantom Menace were both amazing games that I played for hours non-stop, and I’m not really sure which contributed more into creating me. One of them is my father, but it remains a mystery. I had some good times with Pokemon Red on my Gameboy before and around this time, which entertained me for years. I moved onto PS2 (the days of GTA: San Andreas were truly amazing), Xbox, and then to Xbox360 which I enjoyed some good years on, and then I finally became primarily a PC gamer. I’ve got nothing against any console or platform, PC just works better for me.

Honestly though, I'll be using this blog as my "must try and write about something everyday so I don't become rusty" thing. I write for a gaming website that will be launching soon, and it's almost necessary to have a personal blog in which you can keep up your writing skillz, so bare with me while I ramble.

Cheers.

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Daily bloggings, just so you remember that I'm still here... Picklemick | 8:41 AM on 04.23.2009 4 comments

I finally got around to spending some quality time on Left 4 Dead. After many hours of slaving away over school assignments and other meaningless things, it was time to party... And so I partied the best damn way i know how. I Played a good solid 4 hours of Left 4 Dead before I realised that i may have been on my way to appearing like a zombie as well. And just as I remember it, the game is absolutely hilarious. It seems that when in a time of crisis and suffering, hilarity is multiplied by 10. It's good to see that people also see it from my perspective. Instead of stereotypical serious gamer who screams into their mic when being shot by a team mate, I was always paired with light-hearted, funny individuals. It got to the point when we'd get to a Witch, and we'd all agree, "Why not? ;D" and spook it in delightfully creative ways, then taking it down for the enjoyment instead of bypassing it stealthily like a good little gamer should. A good amount of time was spent on survival mode, and most of the time on the Gas Station level. My first experience of survival mode was being spawned, then instantly being blown across the map by one of my team mates shooting at the gas station in the opening seconds of the round. It made my day. We messed around for a while, and as i was Zoe, i decided to dance around on top of a flaming barrel, and make sub-standard puns about how hot i was. Many lols were had, but eventually we got down to business and gave the mode a good crack. Pretty odd to be blogging about a random couple hours of gaming, but it's probably the only nerd time i will get to myself for the next 3 or 4 weeks. In conclusion; lighten up serious gamers. Go eat dirt. Attached photos: