Who blogs here:
Erik spends his night and weekends saving worlds, slaying beasts and organizing mismatch shapes into straight lines. While First-person shooters (FPS),
survival horror and platformers are some of his favorite, there are no genre of game he won't play. From PC to PSP, Xbox to Wii. Erik is just as passionate
with playing games as he is talking about them.
J.R. is the sorta-completionist gamer. He almost always completes the main story arc in all games he plays, but seldom plays the "gamer's game" to complete everything. He'll never get all 120 stars or fight Emerald Weapon, but he will save the day. His favorite genres are RPG, Action/Adventure, Platformer, and MMO. He doesn't like fighting games and is rather picky about FPSs.
Ted has been hooked on gaming since the birth of the Atari 2600, when high fantasy adventure consisted of maneuvering a colored square through a castle maze while dodging pesky dragons that looked like 2D seahorses with beaks and wacky bats that took great pleasure in stealing your keys. To this day, while he enjoys platformers, first-person shooters and puzzlers, he is most passionate about RPGs and any other games which weave great stories into the overall experience.
Amethyst, a gamer that giggles at calling herself a gamer because she fits none of the glamorous stereotypes of female gamers, has been gaming since her father brought home the sparkly new Nintendo Entertainment System back in '89. Up until then she had dabbled with the Atari at a cousin's, but it was Super Mario Brothers, Duck Hunt and pounding with her hands on the Power Pad in World Class Track Meet that sealed her fate. Despite a three year stint that she doesn't talk about, she has been playing video games and other nerdly activities with enthusiasm. She enjoys puzzlers, RPGs, MMORPGs, certain shooters/fighters, platformers, magic carpet rides and um, mechanical pencil sharpeners. She hates, despite a couple of exceptions, racing games and sports games. Amethyst is married to Erik and is friends with J.R. and Ted.
Entries from the past two weeks
7/03/2008 7:03 am | chillzilla
Castlevania Combat
What usually follows an announcement of a new Castlevania game is my anticipation for the soon-to-be released game. Last week, there was an announcement of a new Castlevania game and I was getting ready to anticipate it but... >>>
7/02/2008 7:40 am | jr.gameon
The Draw of Diablo
Unless you've been hiding under a rock for the last week, a rock that doesn't get wireless internet, you know that "Diablo III" was announced. "Diablo III" is obviously the third major release... >>>
7/01/2008 10:38 am | Spyderbyte
My Mountainous Molehills
My imagination often gets the better of me.
Present me with a simple puzzle (or in my limited defense, perhaps, a challenging puzzle with a simple solution) and if I fail to solve it quickly, I'm soon leading myself down... >>>
6/30/2008 10:08 am | Amethyst
8 Letters in Search of a Word
Here's an easy game to pick up and play online. "8 Letters in Search of a Word" The name says it all. Think back to one of those petered-out games of... >>>
6/27/2008 9:00 am | Spyderbyte
A First Time For Everything
It was bound to happen eventually, but you may question why it took so long. Still, I've done it. Mark your calendars, ladies and germs - I finished my very first PS3 game.
I know, I know - I've owned my PS3 for how... >>>
6/26/2008 7:19 am | chillzilla
I've always said that football needs more orcs.
It could be debated that my frequent childhood play time on the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) was higher on the "total loser" scale then my obsession with ... >>>
6/25/2008 7:41 am | jr.gameon
Worthy of Every Minute
I'm still playing through "Persona 3: FES". I started the game shortly after it's release at the end of April. It's not unusual for me to spend months working my way through an RPG. Even when I'm really into... >>>
6/24/2008 9:42 am | Spyderbyte
My Cure for Gamer Fatigue
Criticize me all you wish, but there are days in my life when I don't want to play video games.
Before you burn me at the stake for my heretical statement, please allow me to clarify. I don't mean all video... >>>
6/23/2008 2:32 am | Amethyst
Tragically, Erik found "Puzzle Farter" on his own.
When I first saw "Puzzle Farter" (yes- you read that right. Puzzle. Farter.) it was a race to see how quickly I could get the game up on Game On before Erik did. This was a... >>>