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Much to my family's disappointment after I got my Psych degree I moved into journalism. At the moment I do games and anime reviews for a free magazine in Sydney which no one reads. I also work casually as a research assistant but that isn't interesting.
I've been gaming since I was a wee lad and as I recall the first console I had was the Atari 2600. Pitfall 2 on the C64 amazed me and at the time I thought it was the deepest games would ever get.

I'm a big SRPG/RPG fan but I also have an itchy trigger finger so FPSes are on the cards to.
I have a weak spot for survival horror but I suck at them. The newer survival horror action games (RE4) are right up my alley.
Also big fan of Clover studios and Capcom in general.

Right now I've got a 360, Ps2, Saturn, cube(for imports) and Wii set up and I've also got a PSP & DS.
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In an upcoming episode of FSA the staff and I are considering covering our Crowning Moments of Awesome in gaming.



These are basically moments that you play games for. The moments in games where something happens that just fills you with adrenaline, disbelief and makes the world around you disappear.

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/SugarWiki/CrowningMomentOfAwesome?from=Main.CrowningMomentOfAwesome

A really good one of the top of my head was the trailer (and opening) for Devil may cry 4.

While not my favorite in the series, how Nero yells 'Kyrie' over the logo of the game is epic, as is how Virgil murmurs Dante's name after he is defeated in 3.

Other moments I can think of off the top of my head are how whenever you beat a boss dies in Tales of Symphonia it freezes the screen at the final hit and you just hear the boss mutter their last words.

How you first see Samus emerge from her ship in Metroid Prime (for the first time in 3d) and then it plays the metroid theme.

Any of the final bosses from Zelda and of course the famous Aerith scene.
Who could forget the opening to Homeworld as the camera panned around the flagship as Samuel Barber's Adagio for strings filled the room.



Of course, i'm just being fairly general here and will get into more detail in the episode (expect Shadow Hearts Covenant, Okami and SOTC to make an appearance) but we wanted to know what other people's Crowning Moments of Awesome were so that we could transmit some favourites and read out a few on the air.
So what is your CMOA and why? Give a sentence or two if possible.
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Metal Gear Solid 3 When you pull the trigger at the end...

Even better was the fight between Snake and LiquidOcelot in MGS4 mainly the part where they inject each other so that they can keep fighting. Fucking brilliant

In FF7 the solo battle between cloud and sephiroth

The first timi I watched a trailer for Mirror's Edge

If i think of any more i will let you know
Burnout Takedown, on the level (Silver Lake) with the road winding through the mountains. If you hit the drift just right, you can drift all the way through one of the sweet, sweet wide turns. It fills your Boost meter almost all the way, which is good, because you should have it engaged throughout the drift for full effect.

It's a little moment in the grand scheme of the game, but I will never forget when I got it. It was one of the biggest rushes I ever got from a video game.
@Mentok. heh, I was going to do a good five minutes on the first one, glad to see it mentioned so early.
The first time i played metroid prime 3 on my Wii
The situation for the MGS 3 moment was funny as hell cause it took me a while to realize what was happening. I was just sitin there watchin and waiting "Any second now" and then i start to realize what was going on. My eyes slowly widen as my heart begins to race and my tear ducts swell up. Then i pull the trigger.... "F@CK YES!" I screamed so incredibly loud, startling the people i live with.
First Goomba I stomped in Super Mario Bros..
That was epic.

The first pokemon I caught in Pokemon Red
Knowing the difference between a C-Blog and a Forum post.

Being of the opinion that "Your crowning..." suggests moments directly derived form your game playing skill such as THEPLANMAN's Burnout 3 drift. These moments of yours may be awesome but there is nothing "crowning" about them. You experienced them as opposed to achieved them.

Hmmpf I appear to have come of as a bit of a dick. Oh well, here is a minor moment of awesome I achieved a couple of days ago. I bought Golden Axe:Beast Rider cheap and within five minutes of play realized the camera set to Tyris' arse wasn't helpful. I set the camera maximum distance away (the view felt more old school) and actually enjoyed the game. Minor awesome moment indeed.
When Bionic Commando told me to fuck a giant enemy worm.

Yes... yes it did.
I'll never forget the first time I got Boomed.
My First 25 Point hunter pounce. I had my arms in the air and screamed "FU*K YEAH"

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