Hey everyone.
I am ‘new’ here, but have been reading Deetoid for about a year. I join to read, comment, *occasionally* post in the forums, and to have fun. I love this website. Contests would be nice to win too.
About me:
-Recent graduate from a double honours BA in History of science and technology and History. School again in future, once I have a plan.
-Now working as a bicycle mechanic, because bikes are fun. Repairing and building them was a good idea, but nowhere near as fun as riding cross country or road.
-Planning on heading over to Korea with the g/f in about 2 months to learn how to teach, earn some cash, and gain some XP. Hopefully I will up my language, international adaptation, and my ruthless young Asian conformist zombie slaying SP.
-I like coffee, reading sci fi/fantasy, and frisbees, and flying kites. I wish money wasn't the core feature of my existence, but by virtue of the culture we live in, I have no choice.
I loves me the video games. Not all, but many, and very specific types. Here are some of my all time faves by platform, organized in a non-organized sort of way. many are retros, many are not. the list is long, apparently... Deal with it.
PC
Quest for Glory one, three, and four
King's quest, generally speaking
day of the tentacle
Fallout II, never played I - HYPED about Bethesdas threequel (I said it, threequel, yeah. fna)
Planescape Torment
System shock 2
Diablo I and II
Doom II
Hunter Hunted
Starcraft
Descent II
Everquest (i know)
WoW - unplayable, anymore, to me. Much too good. May as well smoke crack cocaine.
Ragnarok Online betas
Lode Runner
Lemmings
All super solvers, like treasure mountain and shady vale, or whatever.
Sim City 2000
Giants Citizen Kabuto
Quake 3
Farenheit (sp?)
Half life 1 and 2, CS:S, but not Episodes 1 or 2
Incredible Machine, The
SNES
Super Mario World
Starfox
LoZ Link to the past
Earthbound
Chrono Trigger
Ecco the Dolphin
Mario Kart
Robotrek
Secret of Mana
Donkey Kong Country
E.V.O.
N64
Goldeneye, of course
starfox 64
Ocarina of Time
Diddy Kong Racing - one of the few racing games to capture my attention
Majora’s Mask
Smash Bros.
Star wars shadows of the Empire
Mario Party
*note* My memory isn’t perfect. If one or two of these games are in the wrong platform category, please crucify me. *end note*
XBOX
ninja gaiden black
Soul Calibur 2 - best fighter I've yet played
halo 1&2
prince of persia
SW KOTOR
XBOX 360
viva pinata
COD4
Mass Effect (I bought it with high expectations, and it DELIVERED)
Orange Box
Anyways, I could go on and on. Games are fun. Right now I'm trying to figure out what to play next. My brother just sent me Assassins creed in the mail, and I've yet to receive it. Viva Pinata is almost done for me, because I've almost got the Roario as a resident. COD4 is no longer a reliable option, as fun as it is, because I’ve disconnected from XBLA in preparation for my round-the-world move. I was thinking of ordering up Ninja gaiden black online before my subscription runs out. Also, Bully scholarship edition for the 360 looks BOMB.
^^TOO LONG INTRODUCTORY POST^^
Sincerely,
T
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Welcome! In case you didn't know, I'm pretty much the most popular person on destructoid and the guy everyone looks up to. Good luck trying to impress me and don't suck.
Earthbound, KOTOR and and Majora's Mask make me happy! Did you ever play the sequal to KOTOR, the Sith Lords?
Good intro, Majora's Mask wasn't nearly as great as OoT for me though.
Crusher: zomg don't show me up to be the noob I fear I am! please, NO! My fragile online self perception! Its just so ...fragile... *sob*
mask: I played only the first one, and I never got around to the sith lords.
Justice, (which by the way is the name of a bombfunk awesome electro band on ed banger recs, if you don't already know) majoras mask was definetly a let down after OoT. I think its biggest problem was that the time mechanic just didnt work. It had you restarting the same damn thing in the sam damn place over an over again until you could figure out, and the omnipresent time-running-out thing made it really hard to keep up with. OoT FTW!
Don't worry, you impressed me by liking justice. 5 Nadcrusher bucks for you!
wow youre on internets right now?
OMG can I gets a autographz for 5 nad bonerz?
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*bonez* (not bonerz)
@Tromboned
You should play it when you get the chance. It's really good! Especially the new influence system.
Welcome. Shadows of the Empire was a childhood fav of mine. Same with every game on the N64 list. Jolly good show, chap.
Also, HK-47 from KOTOR is, like, the best character ever.
bonerz?
That was your honest mind unconsciously writing the TRUTH! :P
Also... FRISBEES! WOO!
Not gonna mention any specific names but that is a good list!
Any reason why Halo 1-2 is up there but no Halo 3?
Good point. Halo one - unalterably the most fun lan-party game of my youth. Halo 2 was an extension of that fun into my undergrad years.
Halo 3, as great as it was, had no clear plot, or none that I cared to pay attention to. The gameplay was essentially unaltered, and the multiplayer online was almost instantly eclipsed by COD4. The game was a wonderful piece of work by Bungie, but I'd grown out of it; the timing was all wrong for it to be a favourite for the 360.
That said, I did buy a halo3 edition 360. So who is the hypocrite? Me. I am.
Also, the plot in halo 1 was interesting. remember that first time you open up the door to the flood room? Halo 2 and 3 campaigns both paled in comparison.
Hello...again!
@ Trombone
I don't know about that. While I do love the first Halo, 2 was much deeper. It introduced you to the Covenant hierarchy, had all that backstabbing with the "exchange of hats," and it gave you more insight into how the flood worked. Plus, the multiplayer wasn't broken like it was in the first. At least not as broken.
I'm not saying Halo 2 was better than Halo, but to say it paled in comparison is stretching it too much.
nad bonerz
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