Being that I'm married to a non gamer, it's a little hard to get my video game fix on a regular basis. When we moved into our new place, it was my plan to use the spare bedroom as my dedicated gaming room where I could play uninterrupted for hours on end, but that didn't work out for a number of reasons which include, but are not limited to: a need for a nursery, my vanity and wanting to show off my video game "man bling," etc. So, it all sits out in the living room and we divide the TV time between me gaming, and her watching reality TV.

I play a wide variety of games that I consider to be interesting but for the most part, when my wife watches me play, she's completely uninterested. What's odd is that it's not because the game is "weird" or quirky like Katamari; she's actually in to that game; it's games like Ninja Gaiden or Crackdown. I know what you're thinking, she probably doesn't like them because they're overly confusing or too difficult. No, in fact those thoughts rarely cross her mind. It's the fact that the premise of the game doesn't make any sense to her.

For example, in Ninja Gaiden, you're a typical ninja as far as video games are concerned. You wear a black jumpsuit, you have a sword and other melee weapons, you run up and across walls, cut limbs off, throw ninja stars and shit like that. She gets that. Everybody gets that. What completely baffles her is that the character ends up fighting against people in body armor with sub machine guns and rocket launchers in a place that looks like Europe.


This shit makes sense to me...

Being that the wife isn't a total dork like I am, the aforementioned Crackdown makes even less sense to her. The whole jumping-from-rooftop-to-roof-top-while-jumpkicking-people-and-shooting-them-with-rockets really blows her mind. Well, yeah, I guess that doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but it's fun. Kinda. For like an hour. Maybe a half hour. Whatever... It's fun to pretend to be a badass.


I think this is badass!

She's obviously not opposed to video games; she doesn't bitch at me while I'm playing or anything. She's especially fond of the Wii, and she's been begging me for Mario Party 8 and Big Brain Academy, and likes to kick my ass in Wii Sport. Do I thinks she's off base about games making little to no sense? Nah, but I'm guessing she'll eventually understand and used to the weirdness... Thoughts, questions, comments? 'Til next time, Godspeed.

Long story short: Bought my first wo blu-ray titles and I'm pretty impressed, but I'm not blown away. Could be for a number of different reason, but for any other people out there that have blu-ray movies and HDTVs, do you feel the same way? I look forwad to the discussion that stems from this...

Um, not really... Yeah, I look it for the most part, but I'm white on the inside, yellow on the outside, like a Twinkie. I don't drive a rice rocket, don't speak the language (any of them), don't have an accent, generally don't associate with my "own kind," etc. etc. I do enjoy the food, the cultures (all of them) and appreciate the craftsmanship of the vehicles. It's not that I'm ashamed of my heritage, it's just that I'm an American and I don't mind being a Twinkie... Anybody else feel the same?

I think the title of this post is self-explanatory...

I fit the profile of a modern day gamer fairly well; grew up in the '80s, like all of that "retro" crap and had my first major gaming experience with the NES back in '86. I could get all sentimental and go into a detailed account of exactly how that went down, but I'll save that for my memoirs. Fast forward about 20 or so years, add a wife, a kid on the way and a military career and I'm still gaming to this day. Of course, it's not nearly as much as it was when I was a kid, but I still get in as much as I can and try to catch all of the major game releases.

I Currently own all major consoles and handhelds from the sixth and seventh generations of gaming. I'm ashamed to admit that yes, I owned not one but two N-Gages; an original and a QD. I swear that it was because they we decently priced smart phones and not because of their touted gaming features. I'll also admit that I sat outside of a Wal*Mart for about 12 hours waiting to buy a Wii. Was it worth it? Hell, I think so and if I would have known that they were going to be in such short supply, I would have bought two of them.

I look forward to posting actual articles about games and the industry. Til then, Godspeed.

Currently Playing: Ninja Gaiden Black, God of War 2, Resistance, MotorStorm, Crushed, Riddick: EFBB, Animal Crossing: Wild World and a couple of others that I can't seem to recall...