Neil "Discarded Couch Sandwich" Somethingorother is a British videogame enthusiast slash student, currently studying a BA in Creative Writing at Staffordshire University. Originating from the insignificant, youth controlled town of Cannock, also known as Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarkson's "worst place I've ever driven through," he managed to break free from those constraints two years ago and land a student accomodation in the city of Stoke-on-Trent: prolific for its thriving industry fifty years ago, and for having the lowest literacy rates in the whole of the U.K.

After realizing that he seemed to be attracted to only the worst places in his home country, and wondering if he was influenced by some kind of ancient curse forcing him to never be happy, he began his venture into the noble proffession of writing in Destructoid's community. His motifs in the community include overlong introductive sequences which have no bearing on his actual piece, cramming as many Beatles or Pokémon references as he can, and mysteriously disappearing for long periods of time, sucessively promising himself to post again soon before failing to follow through with it.

Currently Discarded Couch Sandwich is locked between projects, including Dragon Quest VIII for PS2 (that counts as a project), a consice ten-thousand word piece of fiction for his final creative writing award, getting a job, and his own personal goal of consistently writing on this very website (I'd give him about a week). Its a difficult road ahead, but an ambition to someday break into the gaming industry meant that he signed a pact with the devil; reaching that goal as long as he continues to write in the Destructoid community until the day he dies, age 23, in a freak skydiving accident.

He also has Blue, Yellow, Silver, Crystal, Sapphire, Emerald, Pearl, and Platinum.




Here is what I like to do. The Games I Like feature takes an anecdotal look at my experiences with some past games, because really, gaming is all about the individuals' experience. Those I like to highlight are usually titles I either feel don't recieve much attention anymore, or are so fantastic that they deserve all the kudos they get and I just felt like writing about them. Check out the old ones if you're interested in any of the titles on display! It's my hope to tip you over the edge in buying some of these old games I like!


Games I Like
Daigasso: Band Brothers (DS)
Blast Corps.(N64)
Turok 2: Seeds of Evil (N64)
Castlevania 64 (N64)
Mystical Ninja Starring Goemon (N64)
Astro Boy: Omega Factor (GBA)
Kuru Kuru Kururin (GBA)
Freshly-Picked Tingle's Rosy Rupeeland (DS)
Pokemon Yellow (GB)
Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES)

Inspired by Chad's Memory Card. Sharing memories and moments that make gaming special to us is something I enjoy to read: this is where I'd like to make a contribution of my own!

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PSN ID: ReisenH

Feel completely free to add my PSN Tag to your console. I will likely make you feel better about playing Killzone 2 and Super Stardust HD. And most definitely Street Fighter IV.


Like many of you, I play videogames. I'm also a compulsive game buyer, and will pick up anything I'm interested in as long as it's hit the sub Ł20 mark. Its rare I go a week without picking up something new, which means I usually have a boatload of games on a shelf going unplayed all the time. Recently though, I've learned the "one at a time" approach to getting through my pile, as opposed to the "throw them all in the air so they land on me as a metaphor for being crushed under their weight" I used to take on. As such, my current playlist simply includes Dragon Quest VIII, Pokemon Platinum, and Madworld. Yay.




Also, I hate buying second hand games and getting no manual. Especially when there's two copies and they hand me the one without.