i was surprised to get the amount of comments that i did after my first blog post. usually when i write anything it never really gets any attention. isn't it ironic then that when i write about nothing, it gets recognized? thanks for the comments though. you are all great.

so what to write? my history or my history with games? what i ate for breakfast?

i should talk about games. i like games.

being 25 years old my first experience with gaming was the original Super Mario Bros when i was 4 years old. i had absolutely no idea about gaming at that point. i would learn later in life that my dad was kind of into ms. pac-man and various pinball games, but nothing you would call a hobby. we had nothing in the house game related back then. one day a girl who was the daughter of a friend of the family came over and brought a NES with a copy of the game. dad hooked it up and her and i sat down to play. needless to say i had literally no idea of what i was doing. hah, and come to think of it she really didn't either. but she showed me the basics and in a few minutes i was hooked, squashing goombas and getting all the coins a 4 year old could manage.

you did not want to be my parents in the immediate future following that. i would NOT stop pestering them about getting an NES. day after day. the sad part was that it didn't happen. well not for a few years. i believe i got one when i was 6 or 7 (i must have calmed down in that time). life began anew...

fast forward from this



to this



here i am. at my favorite gaming site. not much has changed since then. less hair on my head. more hair on my face. school? i originally went to study broadcasting, but to make a long story short i made a stupid decision and left college shortly after i arrived. haven't been back since and it haunts me everyday. i will go back though. i promise. so in the meantime i spend my time with work and gaming. i am the main bartender/bar manager/assistant banquet manager at the local country club. the pay is decent and the cost of living around here is ultra-cheap (some of the lowest in the country, if i remember correctly). i am saving for a trip to europe in the winter to visit family (my dad is from austria). i haven't been since i was 15 so it's been a while. i really miss it over there.

well enough of me for now. hope you all enjoyed this. i know i didn't.

jokes! i make them!

thanks for reading. i think i will write about my favorite games in my next post. see you then