Game On

My name is ayedee, and I'm a gamer.

("hello ayedee")

I'm part of "that generation." One of the first Christmas presents I can remember was a Nintendo Entertainment System. Even as a small child I remember blowing frantically into the ends of my cartriges for the few minutes of Duck Hunt that my parents would let me enjoy before dinner. I would dust out the tip of my grey and red stock Nintendo blaster and feel the power that came with pulling a trigger that made a satisfying 'clang.' Then I would sit about 2 inches from the screen and still miss.

I've never been able to let go of the gaming world. The elation that plowed through my whole body upon recieving a Sega Genesis swathed in gift-wrap still gives me chills. Sonic spun through hoops for me, Tails would fly that extra inch... and Knuckles ruined it all by being able to simply climb up any wall in any Sonic game. In hindsight, I consider the boundryless Knuckles extremely overpowered.

The Playstation 1 and the Internet hit me at around the same time. Being part of a divorcee family, I had to keep the Playstation at Dad's house while Mom's house served as the Internet/Computer Game base. They both hold different, but fond, memories of my past. Final Fantasy 7 was a wonderful, epic, EPIC saga that I could never bring myself to finish. Similarly, I began plunging myself into the world of MUD's (Multi-User Dungeon): text-based online multiplayer RPG's that, while they failed to deliver the graphics, delivered the godly feel associated with killing another real person.

I could go deeply into detail describing every single facet of my gaming life, but that's why I created this blog. I wanted to have a place where I could share the epic wins and losses that have made up my life. Sure I have a real life, but sometimes I just need to retreat. The gaming world is where I retreat to, and it has never turned me away.