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< TheSource
  • A 24 year old male gamer
  • United States
  • Joined on January 9th 2007, last online 6 hours ago.
  • Profile Views: 46,923
  • Forum posts: 3,573 times which averages 2 posts per day

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Making Progress Earned 50,000 gamrPoints
Watch Your Back! Received 10,000 profile views.
Open For Business Earned 10 badges.
A Badge Within A Badge Earned 20 badges.
Analyst 15 VGChartz articles published.
Professor 50 VGChartz articles published.
Pach-Man 200 VGChartz articles published.
First Rung Of The Ladder Earned 10,000 gamrPoints
Pon Received 100 wall post comments on gamrConnect.
Pata 100 wall post comments made on gamrConnect.
Completed Persona 100% completed profile.
One Small 'Splosion Author of 100 forum threads.
Littlest Genocide 1,000 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
Leaving Limbo 100 posts on the gamrConnect forums.
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Brotherhood 100 friends on gamrConnect.
Social Butterfly 50 friends on gamrConnect.

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< Edouble24 posted something on TheSource's wall:

I may take you up on that when I get some time off work. You should sign on AIM more so I can make fun of the Phillies while the Mets are still ahead of them.

< Edouble24 posted something on TheSource's wall:

Haven't seen you around on AIM, hiding cause the Phillies suck this year?

< benao87 posted something on TheSource's wall:

Hey mate, I just wanted to thank you for all those years doing the Japanese Preview. After reading a couple of things, I realise now you will not be continue writing those. Sad sad times.

< Smeags posted something on TheSource's wall:

You went out playing Epic Mickey. I respect that.

< yo_john117 posted something on TheSource's wall:

How come you have a writing tag on your profile if you can't write anymore?

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Don't forget Solar eclipse on Sunday May 20

in General Discussion 7 hours ago

Went to see it in Albuquerque today, since I live in the city. Was a nice communal experience, everyone cheered at the 7:35 PM apex. Lots of people from out of town brought their telescopes and equipment. The sky was very blue, darker than usual at the peak, and the temperature dropped noticeably...was also a bit surreal to see it get a bit brighter as the sun was setting because the moon was...

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April 2012 NPD 360 HW 236k, PS3 175k, Wii 91k

in Sales Discussion on 10 May 2012

It seems like 3DS this month may be under 150,000 this month based on how 3DS is tracking against DS through 14 months......

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April 2012 NPD 360 HW 236k, PS3 175k, Wii 91k

in Sales Discussion on 10 May 2012

Mr.Ashtear said: "Acclaimed Wii RPG Xenoblade Chronicles was a retailer exclusive, so is excluded from NPD's monthly report." http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-05-10-prototype-2-pips-kinect-star-wars-to-top-of-april-us-chart  The fuck? NPD is really for publishers / retailers to know how their competition is doing...why track a game only sold from outlet if you are...

Biography

Occupation: VGC

Education: College Graduate

University: Susquehanna Univsersity

Height: 6'3

Build: Other

Eye colour: Brown

Hair colour: Black

Zodiac sign: Virgo

Relationship status: Dating

Favourite Games: The Simpsons Arcade (Arcade)
World of Goo (WiiWare)
Cave Story (WiiWare)
Ikaruga (DC/GC)
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (Genesis)
Super Mario World 2: Yoshi's island (SNES)
Super Mario Galaxy (Wii)
Zack & Wiki (Wii)
Dominate the Game (PC - its online risk)
Nights (Saturn)
Professor Layton (DS)

Favourite Music: Other Lives, Buddha Bar, Hard Fi, Beatles, Celtic Thunder, Green Day, Oasis, The Verve, James Taylor, Don McLean, Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Eminem, Naughty by Nature, Everlast, The Roots, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Robeson, Goo Goo Dolls, Sting, Stevie Wonder, Micheal Jackson, Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye, Norah Jones, Chris Garneau, Beck, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Smash Mouth, Gnarls Barkley, Crash Test Dummies, Abba, Supertramp, Kid Rock, Johnny Cash, Scouting for Girls, Angels and Airwaves, Smashing Pumpkins, Creed, Etta James.

More generally:
Disco, 90s stuff, Folk, Folk Rock, inventive Rock, women with great voices.

Other random stuff:
Blue Grass, smooth jazz, Nights' theme song, music of Jet Grind Radio, American Beauty, Garden State and 25th hour.

Favourite Films: 25th Hour
Minority Report
American Beauty
Field of Dreams
Rat Race
Garden State
The Dark Knight

Favourite Books: The Ultimate History of Video games - Stephen Kent
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World - Weatherford
Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist - Chuck Jones
The Symposium - Plato
The Simpsons & Philosophy - multiple authors
The US Constitution & Amendments (heh guys like me need to know our rights)

Favourite Food: Carne Asada (!), hummus (!), Falaffel (!), lamb Kebabs (!), pizza (!), cheese fries (!), chili, cheese steak, steak, cheese burger (!), root beer (!!), grape juice (!!) turkey, fried chicken, sushi, pastrami, fried chicken, apples, pickles, fresh Jersey corn, guacamole (!), queso dip, tacos, fajitas, hot & sour soup, hot fudge sundaes, popcorn, chicken wings, fresh Jersey seafood, and fresh salad. Greek & Mexican food generally is pretty amazing.

Hobbies: Watching the 08'-09' National League Champion Philadelphia Phillies
Watching Cartoons
Playing video games.
Writing articles.
Updating my massive documents to write said articles.
Travel.
Weather predicting/research.
Reading Philosophy.
Researching the great mysteries of history, humanity and life.
Keeping Brett sane / arguing with Michael Pachter.
Playing basketball.
Political Science.

About Me: Moved from New Jersey to New Mexico. According to Myers-Briggs personality testing I'm an ENTP (Google it).

About 80% of the time I'm incredibly lazy. But in the other 20% of the time my short spurts of intense work tend to produce good results.

"A talented team will lose to a determined team nine out of 10 times, because a determined team isn't going to give up. But a talented team with determination is what champions are made of."

- Jimmy Rollins

Currently Playing

Started on 11 March 2012

Game Stats

  • 125 total number of games
  • 0 games in common
  • 8.4 average game rating
  • Wii favourite console (42 games)
  • Platform favourite genre (38 games)
  • 8% of games completed