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There was a HOLE here.
It's gone now.

犬も歩けば棒に当たる







Random gaming facts about Shinryu108:

Learned to play Street Fighter II on a PC keyboard.

Can recite the walkthrough to classic LucasArts adventures such as The Secret of Monkey Island and Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis by heart.

Lost a PS2 due to laser issues. As a result, he is obsessively wary of optical media, which is a mild problem in this day and age. Passing of beloved console also made him pathologically mistrustful of allegedly poor hardware.

Spent way too many hours in Vagrant Story, partly due to mourning aforementioned PS2. During those hours, he forged ten perfect damascus weapons (one for each category), a full set of ultimate damascus Dread Armour, and an ultimate damascus Dread Shield. Experience taught him to never whine about drop rates in other games.

Most wanted games as a kid (and therefore, all-time) were Monkey Island 2 and Super Street Fighter II Turbo. Eventually obtained both, still plays them to this day.

Never owned a SNES, or any other 16-bit console for that matter.

Enjoys cold beer with his games.

Is eagerly waiting for a Legacy of Kain sequel.

Occasionally misses the days when a game could be played with two buttons, no tutorials, no manual and most of all, no loading times.

Used to think MMORPGs would be the Holy Grail of games, until he played one.

Managed to land that damn plane in Top Gun. Once.

Thinks Ocarina of Time and Metroid Prime are great games that get way too much praise.

Dislikes racing games, possibly because he sucks at them.

Used to beat Bionic Commando weekly as a kid.

Is a compulsive completist.

Will take good writing over good graphics any time.

Favourite games, in no particular order:
• Metal Gear Solid
• FFV-VI-VII-X-XII
• Street Fighter anything
• Resident Evil 2-4
• Legacy of Kain series
• Anything by LucasArts from last century
• Vagrant Story
• Persona 3
• Portal
• Zelda series
• Devil May Cry 3
• God of War I-II
• Silent Hill 1-2
• ISS/PES series
• Shadow of the Colossus
• Super Metroid
• Bionic Commando
• GTA series

Gamer Profile

3DS friend code:
Steam: http://steamcommunity.com/id/shi
Battle:
PSN: Shinryu108
Mii: 6924 6708 6017 7005
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Following (31)

Like a Hadoken to the face: The Big Leap shinryu | 3:17 AM on 03.02.2009 9 comments

It happened. I'd been preparing for this for a while, saving up and planning exactly how it would go. I still have a crapload of older titles that I really want to play, but I figured at this rate I'd still be playing 16-bit Zelda in my 40's. Which is a good thing and is still gonna happen regardless, so I decided to just get on with it. So I went for a drive, brought a pal along to stop me from chickening out at the last second, and by the time I got back home I was carrying a big-ass slab of Bravia, a shiny new PS3 and a copy of the Collector's Edition of Street Fighter IV (somewhat related note: not worth it). I hooked everything up and gave it a spin. My initial reaction was something like this: Guess that backlog will have to wait. If games are digital highs, I am OD'ing right now. I still suck at fighting Ken, err, playing online, mostly because I need to get used to lag and the fresh blisters on my thumbs - but if you want to engage in a good ol' fashioned high-def fisticuffs, I'm your man (PSN: Shinryu108). Oh, and I'm on HD Remix too.