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That's me. I really like zombie stuff, pretty much every type of video game, drawing things (It's been like six months), play music in a band, and am a geek. Very much so, in fact. Also, I drew the Maxx that I'm using in my header. It's going to stay there until I hit some inspiration for some video game artwork.
My job is to make the computers and electronics at my work rise again from the dead. It's alright, as jobs go. Of course, since I'm heavily into computers, I either have or have had every major type of personal computer known to man... so if you ever want to discuss computer things, I can probably have a lengthy conversation about it.
I live in the mostly sunny Central Florida, and have for about 16 years now. I'm pretty sure I'm too old to be playing games anymore, but I really don't see that ending any time soon and hope it never will.
I have a gaming PC (C2D E6550 2.33Ghz/8800GTS 512), PS2, Dreamcast, N64, DS, PSP, Xbox 360 and PS3, but I have owned an Odyssey2, Aquarius, ColecoVision, NES, SNES, Genesis, GameBoy (as well as Advance and SP), PS1, Xbox, and a Wii as well. They've all either been broken, sold, or have been grudgingly traded in for the "next best thing" due to lack of funds to buy them outright.
I read fanatically, and even though I have plenty of different books there are several that are read over and over again. Pretty much anything that William Gibson or Terry Pratchett have done are my favorites, but there are plenty of writers that still get my attention. To be certain, I'm happy Rhianna Pratchett is writing for videogames.
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Pic credit: Patrick Wagstrom Following the death of my Wii drive (it won't even take discs now), I was feeling kind of glum. Since it's outside of warranty (yes, I made the call to Nintendo) pretty much my options are to buy a new drive off eBay and install it myself, sell it on eBay, trade it in at Game Stop for a ridiculously low price (read: $65, or $100 with all the accessories), or be a real bastard and find one at a Wal-Mart and return the broken one (suggested by a devious friend). The first three are basically fine, but my scruples will not allow me to do the latter. In the meantime I was really wanting to play things like GTA IV, had some extra cash from selling an older laptop, and in the future I was seeing some really nice games on both systems (PS3 and 360). For the 360: Fable 2, GoW2, Velvet Assassin, Infinite Undiscovery and the fact that I never played Halo 3 other than at a friends house, didn't get to play Ninja Gaiden 2, and whatever the current RPG is (Lost Odyssey?). Of course, on the other side of the fence I had the PS3 looming in my vision. MGS 4 is definitely a game I've wanted to play, and of course there are going to be FF XIII, Gran Turismo 5, Resistance 2, and Ridge Racer 7. Plus, it doesn't help that there are going to be a ton of cross platform games coming soon, making the choice even harder. Bad Company, anyone? Damn I can't wait to play that. 
In the end, I really can only get one at the moment... and it ended up being the 360. I got a factory refurbished one basically meaning it's supposedly got the fix to combat the RROD problem, and even if it does happen the warranty is there as well as a multitude of fixes outside of warranty down the road that I will feel totally confident doing since I work on repairing computers ALL DAY. I also have some LIVE time left over from when I traded for the Wii, so that bumped me in that direction a bit... but really I couldn't spend the extra $150 for the PS3. There just aren't enough must have games for me on that system to tip the balance in that direction. I certainly want one, because I want every console. I game. I want to play everything. At least I feel happy again... there is a fully functional game console next to my television. I mean, the Wii still works minus the drive meaning I can still play My Life as a King, Lost Winds, and some VC games for now. But the 360 games look absolutely fucking brilliant in HD, and there are plenty of things that aren't coming out for PC on it for me to be satisfied with buying one again.
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Living the dream since March 16, 2006
Living the dream since March 16, 2006
That's all systems. But still, You'd think they would check but they don't. They don't actually check most times. I dunno. If I got paid that much, I doubt I'd give a crap either.
So, does anyone want to buy me a replacement drive? :) I also can't bring myself to get 1/3rd the credit for it at Game Stop.
Congrats on a real "Current Gen" system!
Also, your 1/3 credit could pay for a few games/accesories and they would fix it and sell it to a child in need. So you would be doing a good deed.