...Or, my official Intro Post.

When I was a wee lass my dad informed my family that he was getting a mouse for our home computer. I was practically vibrating in anticipation. Fuzzy things were kind of my jam. I had no idea how the rodent was going to interface with our IBM, but that was up to the geniuses to figure out, wasn’t it? I just couldn’t wait to meet him and maybe squish him a little, ever so gently.

Turns out he was made of mostly plastic, and only mouse-shaped in a rough, abstracted sense. The tail was even on the wrong end. Frankly, the whole thing was shaping up to be a little less exciting than I’d expected. The day we met I ignored him completely and used the trusty keyboard to play Landing Party. I had no idea that we’d grow to be quite fond of each other, the mouse and I, through the boundary-crossing magic of gaming. Well, not that particular mouse; he’s off in a landfill somewhere. Shows what you get for disappointing me.



Hey, playful people. I’m Carrie, short for Carolyn, which is why I couldn’t resist the pun in my username and neither could you if you’re honest about it. I’m a human female living in Michigan and trying to decide which preposterous color to dye my hair next. I still have an inexplicable weakness for cute things, and I like games. I once got busy in a Burger King bathroom.

When I say I like games, the sense here is broad. I love riddles. Sometimes I like to pretend I’m Indiana Jones just for kicks; it seems to make life just a little more fun. Once in a while my fingers start itching in a very special way that can only be relieved by opening a Magic: The Gathering booster pack. I used to spend hours creating my own convoluted board games and then playing them with my (admittedly imaginary) friends. My video gaming experience is mostly on the PC. My first console was a Dreamcast that I bought for the arcade titles, but from my very tender years I was rocking the shareware. I consider Wolfenstein 3D to be a revelation (this is how the mouse and I really warmed up to each other, and we’ve had plenty of crazy, madcap hilarity ever since). I still play nethack although I still suck at it so impressively that my dog Digit recently obliterated my high score whilst scampering across the keyboard. On a slightly more contemporary note (but not much), Disciples II is one of my favorite games of all time, although Soul Calibur is up there as well. It probably goes without saying that my most crush-worthy genres include FPS, strategy, and fighting (in any number or dimensions, really). RPGs and puzzle games also get me all stammery and pink-cheeked.



Console gaming is one of those things I aspire to be great at someday. I’m saving up for a PS2. Yes, I’m dreaming of a last-generation console of my very own because I aim high and believe that I truly can achieve anything that everyone else has already had for years, if I only trust my inner voice and have faith in myself. I also have access to a wii (and own a Nintendo DS Lite, if you’re keeping track of these things on a spreadsheet or something), and someday I will be able to get past one bloody level of the Megaman 9 that sits on that wii’s main menu, all shiny and glorious there, taunting my lack of platform skills. Again you may notice that I have big damn dreams.

My first clue that Destructoid was the hip place to be was when Haxan (who is awesome and has a long and storied history of liking awesome things) wouldn’t shut up about it. The second clue was when I accompanied him to Grand Rapids to hang out with Colette, Niero, NihonTiger, and Dale North. These people were so fun, so cool, so friendly and easy to like, and so awesome at karaoke that I had to check out the site they were all so devoted to. So I did; I read, and I realized that they were kind of the flagships in a fleet of like-minded and totally rad people.

So yeah. I like you. I think you’re neat. Do you, like, wanna be friends?


I brought a tiki cup.