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It was my first day and I was quite nervous. I hit the road early, ready for my first night shift at the police department, I wasn't sure what I was in for as I past the Racoon City sign. I certainly wasn't expecting to come across a limp body lying on the middle...

Wait, isn't that Leon's introduction in Resident Evil 2?

I started gaming way back in the day, Commodore 64, Sega, Super Nintendo, Playstation, Dreamcast, Gameboy, boy, those were the days. My first PC game was Quake and probably what brang on my addiction to First Person Shooter games. I wasn't much of a console fan back then, I played the odd game here or there but nothing that appealed to me like PC gaming has (or Console gaming as of the last five years). I remember Alex the Kid on Sega as being incredibly addicting and somewhat difficult, in-fact I don't even remember getting to the end. I also remember a couple of racing games on the ole' Sega. Then Nintendo came out with the Brick console and Super Mario, wow, hours and hours spent playing Super Mario Bro's. Probably the only console game that I actually spent a lot of time playing.

Then Playstation came out. I remember actually going to a video store and renting the Playstation to see if it was worth buying. The first games I [rented] were Gran Turismo & Resident Evil / Resident Evil 2 and I also picked up the first issue of some Playstation magazine that now has slipped my mind. The graphics were amazing, Gran Turismo was so realistic, the Resident Evils were simply the most awesome games ever. I believe that overnight, I was able to get to the last area in Resident Evil 2 [playing Leon's story] and the final boss which I eventually gave up on and returned the Playstation to the video store. The next day I went and bought one [Which came with Gran Turismo]. Soon after Grand Theft Auto (and it's sequels) came out and for that I'm grateful to Rockstar [Who would have thought this franchise would have been as successful as it is].

Then the release of the Playstation 2, I didn't run out and get a Playstation 2 straight away. The $1000 odd price attached to it was far too much. I was one of those 'Wait for it to go down in price because I was too poor to afford one'. However, my Uncle was able to get one, and lying on top of his shiny new 'beast of a gaming machine' was "Grand Theft Auto III". As [we] loaded the Playstation up, I remember the character just standing there, baseball bat in hand. I turned to my uncle and said 'I think the introduction is glitched', and his reply, 'No, no, This game isn't Birds Eye view anymore, 3rd person now'. [Insert head esploshun]

I feel so nostalgic writing this. Back then those games were simply amazing, the other day I found my orginal Gran Turismo disc, loaded into my [now dated] Playstation 2 and laughed as I watched the pixelated gameplay. I couldn't even tell the difference between the 4 door sedans, they all looked the same. Now looking at Gran Turismo 5, it's amazing just what technology has done for gaming.

PC gaming has evolved even faster. Quake was unreal when I played it. The graphics were so much better then console and the gameplay as fast paced as it was, kept me gaming for hours. I played pretty much everything worth playing from Quake onwards - Too many titles to list.

Which brings me to current day. I'm deffinetely more of a PC gamer then Console, but I still do play console games here and there (Stuff as recent as Halo, Grand Theft Auto IV, Bioshock etc) but PC is where I'm at. Right now on PC, I have been hammering games like Armed:Assault, Battlefield:2 & BF:2142, Enemy Territory:QUAKE WARS, Supreme Commander, Quake 4, F.E.A.R and many more.

That isn't totally my gaming history, just a little summary I guess.

Who the hell and what the hell is a "Zombie Affair"?

I'm a guy, I live in a house, with a letterbox, in Australia. I love to play games, eat pizza (in-fact, I'm ordering a Pizza as i write this nom nom nom) and I game with a passion. I also really enjoy writing, I'm not sure why, but I do. This blog is more a less a place for me to just write about things I find passionate - Gaming. Somewhere I can post my views on gaming and the industry, talk about games I'm playing, games coming out, reviews, vent about newbs strapping C4 to my brand new aquired J10 and detonating. Just my little place on the, rather large, internet.

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Welcome to 'The Zombie Affair' ZombieAffair | 8:47 AM on 06.05.2008 14 comments

Welcome to "The Zombie Affair", a blog dedicated to gaming. This isn't your usual blog, I will be a critic, maybe at times a douchebag, but I will rant, rate & discuss games, gaming news, upcomming releases and anything I feel relevant to talking about. That okay with you punk? Hopefully I can keep you entertained!