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Sky Render

A 30 year old male gamer
United States
Joined on December 15th 2007, last online 4 days ago.
Profile Views: 5,644
Forum posts: 2,254 times which averages 1 posts per day

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Recent Wall Posts

vic_viper posted something on Sky Render's wall:

Sky Render, where are you??

on 12 April 2012 | 2 comments

Busy doing other things, for the most part. I forgot for some time that I even had an account here.

on 26 April 2012

Well, welcome back. Your thought provoking comments have been missed.

on 30 April 2012

noname2200 posted something on Sky Render's wall:

Hello! You are formally invited to join us for the 3rd annual Wii Secret Santa event. Please join us before December 15th! http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=120261

on 27 November 2010 | 0 comments

deathcape posted something on Sky Render's wall:

so wassup Sky render? How do you view the future of gaming after this E3?

on 19 June 2010 | 0 comments

adsl posted something on Sky Render's wall:

Hi Sky Render! Great signature, I just loved it.

on 20 March 2010 | 0 comments

noname2200 posted something on Sky Render's wall:

You are cordially invited to join us for the 2nd annual Wii Secret Santa event. Please come share some holiday spirit with your favorite forum community!

http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93532

on 26 November 2009 | 0 comments

Recent Activity

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Recent Forum Posts

How sales numbers can lie: the Pac-Man Fallacy

in Sales Discussion on 28 July 2010

Even if the original context has changed, the behaviors of humans have not. You are all correct in stating that there is a lot more information out there, but the majority of consumers are doing the same thing they've done for years: ignore that information and buy on impulse, past experience, or word-of-mouth. Why? Because it's easier and less time-consuming. More...

How sales numbers can lie: the Pac-Man Fallacy

in Sales Discussion on 28 July 2010

This is a little lesson for those of you who want to do analysis on sales numbers. What is the best-selling Atari 2600 game ever? Pac-Man, weighing in at a very impressive 7 million copies sold (unprecedented for the time; the attach rate of Pac-Man was well over 50% during its peak). It also moved an impressive number of systems, resulting in one of the best years for...

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The Malstrom thread

in Nintendo Discussion on 22 July 2010

I've been saying for ages that we've had a blatant repeat of the late 80s with this current wave of "hardcore vs. casual" mentality, so it's hardly surprising to me that someone has unearthed Usenet posts verifying it. The so-called "console wars" were nothing more than an exploiting of that divide, and ultimately culminated in Sony using their marketing muscle to create the PlayStation...

Biography

Occupation: Freelance translator

Education: Currently in Junior year of college

University: Portland State University

Height: 6'0

Build: Other

Eye colour: Blue

Hair colour: Brown

Zodiac sign: Cancer

Relationship status: Single

Website: www.skyrender.net

Favourite Games: Most pre-PS1 FF games (and FFX), a great deal of Squenix titles, most of the big Nintendo franchise games (Mario, Zelda, Metroid, etc.), Castlevania games, Suikoden games, Harvest Moon games... the list is lengthy, to be sure.

Favourite Music: Alternative rock circa 1990s, classical, and of course video game music

Favourite Films: Comedy, adventure, sometimes action; also, anything by Hayao Miyazaki (especially Ponyo)

Favourite Books: Pretty much everything by Terry Brooks

Favourite Food: Bagel sandwich w/cheese and turkey

Hobbies: Gaming, reading, writing, translating, film-watching, game designing, LP authoring

About Me: A life-long gamer and gaming enthusiast. My personal life is really nobody's beeswax and would probably bore most, so I'll not be describing it here.