Welcome, D-Toid, to a history of me (with pictures!). A history of trials and tribulations! Pixels, and polygons! Also, I am happy to have finally made a profile so I can share my opinions and stories with you guys after lurking for a very, very long time. I have seen D-Toid losses and lulz, and hope for many more of the latter. Anyway, here is a not-so-brief history of my gaming ways and days….

Some of my first games were those early Macintosh games (Cannons, that one vector tank game.), Star Fox 64, Mario kart, and Duke Nukem 3D. Looking back, I am surprised I was allowed to play Duke Nukem, but the more I think about it, the more I realize that it made an amazing impact on my life as a bonding tool for my father, brother and I as we would share strategies to beating a level, hilarious stories and the like. This also helped form my stance on violent video games, seeing as how I have yet to stab anyone or pay hookers for any form of service.

What began it all were games that came as free software in early Mac computers. Cannons and a vector game where you were in a tank and would fight other ugly looking shapes. I would control the tank and my brother would control the tank's weaponry a la the old cartoon "Razorcats".



Later in life, my father would sneak home an N64 from the rental store he worked at whenever he could so we could play games. I played Starfox 64 often and was a beast in the multiplayer, constantly beating my brother and older neighbor friend. I was also somewhat good at the game Daytona 500, a racing game with superb hood destruction effects. AMAAAAZING.

Despite growing up on Nintendo, I slowly switched over to Sega as time led on simply because I played whatever was available to me when I was young. I hardly understood a “bad” game from a “good” game which probably led to my love of horrible NES games I played with friends. In fact, I only grew up on the N64 because it was all we had to play at the time. I didn't choose consoles or keep up with the latest gaming news back in the day. However, I wouldn't have had it any other way. The N64 holds some of my fondest gaming memories.

I segwayed onto the Sega Saturn (How is that for a paragraph transition? There must have been at least three puns there!) when my Dad switched jobs and a console was finally bought. This brought with it the horrid game "POW" (perhaps the only game I hated as a child), the delicious Duke Nukem, and a demo CD which included a level of Nights (which gave me extreme nightmares), and this equally scary toy game (that I could never beat), among other things. I can’t stress enough how much time I put into Duke Nukem. I spent hours upon hours finding every nook and cranny within that game with my brother, Jason. What is it that made a game with little replay value playable a hundred times over when we were young? A blog for a different time, perhaps. Duke Nukem was also a possible beginning to my love of reading because of the “wall of text” strategy guide we had for it that I still hold to this very day. Strategy guides have come a looooong way indeed, heh.



After the Saturn, I took a return to the N64 when we finally decided to purchase one instead of covertly (and most likely illegally) slipping it into our home every night. This brought me into the world of Goldeneye, Vigilante 8, “Hey You, Pikachu!” (I lied to myself, telling myself it was good for a longtime), Ocarina of Time, Pokemon Snap and Super Smash Brothers. The N64 ownership is really a pivotal time in my life of gaming where I begin researching games, looking at what I play and not just accepting all games as “good”. During this time, I also went over to a friend’s house and played his Genesis and N64 with him which introduced me to Sonic (Wasn’t fond of Sonic in his 2d days, actually.).



This is all I shall leave you with for now. Later on, I will chronicle my life in the Dreamcast era all the way up, to present day. Hope you enjoyed my first post everyone. I look forward to many more with you cool cats. Also, I’ll try not to suck. :P Until next tiiiime!