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-Who He Be-

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Name: Damon R. Nagy

a.k.a.: Sentry, Jigglypuff, Jam

Blurb:
Damon is a twenty-something year-old manthing what currently "manages" an independently-owned games shoppe ("Game On!") in Denver, CO. He's entertained delusions of intelligence and relevance his entire life, and hopes to someday be recognized as a pundit in several fields, though his insatiable, insufferable ego will likely forever demand more. As it stands, the store he works at cannot afford to pay him, and as such his current gaming experiences are limited to those used titles that come through the store itself, or those rare occasions when his friends should happen to purchase something that he'd also like to play.

This fellow is arrogant, egocentric, narcissistic, and riddled with insecurities, anxieties, and contradictions, but occasionally - just every so often - manages to be a pretty okay, kinda' nice guy. A bit off-putting at first, but if you give him a chance he might just grow on you.

Also, he's very pleased to meet you.

(This one by Antwhan.)
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-Where He At-

E-Mail: Sentri@Gmail.com
Facebook: DNagy
Twitter: @Sentry_
last.fm: Syncopaiua
YouTube: Syncopaiua
MySpace: Lemon Lyman

Xbox LIVE: Sentri
PSN: Syncopated

Store Site: Game On!
Store Twitter: @GameOnDenver
Store YouTube: GameOnDenver
Store Steam: GODenver
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-Front-Paged-

[Musing] E for Effort: In Good Faith

[Musing] I, the Author: I, the Metanarrative

-Other-

[Stereotoid guest review] "Stubbs the Zombie"
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-What He Play-
(as of February 25th, 2010)

At Current:
God of War III
Heavy Rain
Deadly Premonition
Uncharted 2
Mass Effect 2
Bit.Trip Core
Chulip
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Recently Completed:
Flower* (mmm~)
Bit.Trip Beat (jam~)
PixelJunk Shooter (jam~)
Beautiful Katamari (whee~)
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Hopes/Intends to Play/Purchase:
VVVVVV
Metroid: Other M
Noby Noby Boy
Fez
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
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-Favourite Mediastuffs-
(In alphabetical order, so as to avoid ranking.)

Videogames:

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Movies:
28 Days Later
Almost Famous
As Good As It Gets
Batman Begins
Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Battle Royale
Beautiful Girls
Benny & Joon
The Boondock Saints
Brick
Casino Royale
Chasing Amy
Clue
The Court Jester
The Darjeeling Limited
The Dark Knight
Empire Records
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Everything Is Illuminated
The Fifth Element
The Glenn Miller Story
A Goofy Movie
Grosse Point Blank
Hackers
Hard Candy
High Fidelity
Howl's Moving Castle
The Hudsucker Proxy
Interstella 5555 (Daft Punk)
The Iron Giant
It's A Wonderful Life
Keeping The Faith
Kill Bill Vol. 2
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Ladyhawk
Layer Cake
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Little Shop of Horrors
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Lost In Translation
Love Actually
Man on the Moon
Maverick
Meet Joe Black
Memento
Mirrormask
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
My Fair Lady
My Neighbor Totoro
Newsies
Oldboy
Playing By Heart
Pleasantville
Porco Rosso
The Prestige
The Road To El Dorado
Rushmore
The Science of Sleep
Serenity
Shaun of the Dead
Sin City
Singin' in the Rain
SLC Punk
Slither
South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut
Stay
Sunshine
Thank You For Smoking
Trainspotting
V For Vendetta
Vanilla Sky
What Dreams May Come
Whisper of the Heart
White Christmas
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

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Why Do We Care? - Introduction
Sentry \| 3:27 PM on 06.14.2009	16 comments

I've given the whole "write something interesting and relevant in an articulate and incisive manner" thing a shot on several occasions. All of my writings on Destructoid have yet to really strike me as anything more than mediocre and tepid at best, and I've very much wanted to change that unfortunate truth. At first, I had little idea how to go about the prospect, as I've spent the entirety of my life writing things personal in nature, never specifically intended to illustrate a perspective and share it with (or perhaps even change the mind of) my readers.

So I decided to try and locate my "strike zone". Metaphorical training wheels that would take me from the writer and mind that I am now to the writer/mind I'd like to be someday. Perhaps a theme, or a series of articles? But how to avoid cliche, and how to avoid writing on topics already over-saturated by commentary? How to institute any kind of consistent device or approach without falling prey to "gimmick"?

Well, it really all comes down to that I'm terribly insecure, vain, and think way too got-damned much and should instead just write about whatever the hell it occurs to me to write about. Sure enough, once I decided to do that, a few ideas popped into my head; ideas that serendipitously shared a common element:

Incongruous social/cultural response. That is to say.. why do we care?

From how the Super Mario Bros. stage music somehow became one of the most beloved pieces of video-game music (instead of simply iconic and recognizable) to the overwhelming scope and inanity of the majority console-war arguments. From "genre-campers" to entitlement issues.

No, this will not be hard-hitting journalism. Of course it won't. For the record, I'm just some guy that works in a store that lives in a town. A guy with delusions of intellect and relevance that has some things to say about some other things and wants to see where that goes. "Why Do We Care?" will be about re-investigating some of the perspectives from which many of our modern standards are based. It will hopefully inspire some folks to ask and re-evaluate how they truly arrive at their opinions.

That being said, my first topic will be about this whole Left 4 Dead (2) debacle. Judging from the sea of malcontents that decry any attempts at reason, I most certainly doubt I'll be changing any minds. Honestly, it just seems an appropriate, immediate starting point, and I find myself incapable of wanting to keep my mouth shut on this particular subject.

See you soon.

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13 comments | showing # 1 to 13

Kyousuke Nanbu

I wish you the best of luck but be careful, well written blogs seem to be ignored here unless you're a well known community member.

But again, good luck and don't be so hard on yourself, I'm sure you can write something great and I'll be right there to read it :)

Elsa

I like this blog! :)

It reflects the feelings of many bloggers I think... it takes awhile for people to find their "style". (me, I write what the voices in my head tell me to write! LOL!)

Your new slant on blogging sounds interesting!

Sentry

I appreciate the support. Thank you kindly.

Chris Carter

@Kyo
"I wish you the best of luck but be careful, well written blogs seem to be ignored here unless you're a well known community member."

That's absolute bullshit. Almost every day here we get tons of new members who are praised for writing here. Just today, look at Elsa's intro.

@Sentry
Welcome! Don't be turned off by Kyo's "the community sucks" speech. He does it without fail to every single new member, but really, people only scare off the morons/people who don't put any effort into their blogs: clearly, you're not the type.

Sentry

Oh, I wouldn't have necessarily intepreted Kyo's words as "the community sucks". More that he was insulating me from any potential negative comments, which certainly isn't a bad thing.

And thank you for the additional looking out. I am, indeed, NOT the type.

Chris Carter

@Sentry
It's his MO. He's been very vocal lately about how the community bashes new members who do stupid things, and is "the meanest & worst community ever". Also, your avatar speaks leaps and bounds of your character (aka it's amazing).

Kyousuke Nanbu

"That's absolute bullshit. Almost every day here we get tons of new members who are praised for writing here. Just today, look at Elsa's intro."

One person does not equal lots, I read Elsa's intro and she stays but you gotta admit more often than not new members get ignored or at worst, insulted.

If you can name me 5 new people that registered in the last several weeks that actually stayed and continue to contribute, I'll shut up.

I just want the site to prosper, that's all.

And who's mean? Me?

Chris Carter

@Kyo
I have nothing against 'ya, I just think this "be prepared to be shot down speech" is in fact, scaring some members as well. I'll admit, not a ton of new members stay, but you gotta also admit, the community only hassles the worst of the worst, like Hoborg.

New members who've stayed, or are very much likely to stay:
EdgyDude
Sentry (lol)
Elsa (lol)
mxs102
Slake
SRCisFriday and Hoborg will blog no matter how many people shout "fail", so I guess they don't count.
AngryEMOgirl looks like she's enjoying herself
Marioland
AlienLeaf had a warm intro

I could go on. But basically most people here do get a warm intro. The people who get shooed off are the posters who have a first time blog of "infamous is teh gay! it sucks! Woo! I'm Rodney I'm 14 and I love Xbox 360!"

Also, no, you're not mean <3

Kyousuke Nanbu

Awright I'll tone down the be prepared to be shot down thing.

Chris Carter

@Kyo
Despite our disagreements, don't let anyone tell you you're not awesome <3

Monodi

I have never done introspective blogs like this. So simple yet so effective.

Welcome aboard.

Sentry

Monodi - I happen to be one of my favourite subjects. So much so that I'm INCAPABLE of removing myself entirely from anything that I write.

Thanks for the warm welcome.

knutaf

Reading this reminds me a lot of myself for some reason. I'm gonna +friend you just for that. Well, and your other posts are quite good.

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