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[Train wreck]

Hello my name is Train Wreck and I used to be a videogame fanatic but have since moved on (to a certain extent). I am 30 years old and have been gaming since 1987. Our NES arrived on Valentines Day 1988 and the first game was Tiger Heli.

Like Euphoria I never settled on having only one system by one sole manufacturer. I have owned and currently own:

Atari 7800, NES, SNES, Genesis with SegaCD, Saturn, Dreamcast, PS1, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Gamecube, Wii, Sega Nomad, GB micro, DS lite, PSP 1000, 3DS and Vita.

One of my first jobs was working at a Funcoland (circa ~2000, currently gamestop) where I was able to stock rare games/systems, get items from videogame reps (Nintendo, Sony and Microsoft and many stuff I still have). Many friends who I met there are still good friends of mine today, it was fun times.

I love LOVE fighting games, have been since the days of playing Street Fighter 2 at my local arcade putting quarters on the cabinet for playing next. From Ranma 1/2 to Street Fighter Vs Tekken with Clayfighter in between, there is really no fighting game I have not touch. Virginia has a pretty good fighting game scene, so even though the arcade has come and gone (still around though), I still get to play some of the best people the genre has to offer.

I also love RPGs (W/J/Strategy/MMO) and especially the music. My first encounter in the genre was Final Fantasy 2 which was given to me by a friend who did like it because he called it a "Reading Game" and thought it was boring. I like Nobuo Uematsu and his work, got the chance to see him in concert at magfest in DC.

I loved the age of discovery for both genres back in the early 90s, there was no internet back in the day so you learn moves by word of mouth or by just pressing stuff (I used to sell copies of Mortal Kombat 2 finishing moves to kids in middle school). Or dying to Ultima by the Magic Master in Final Fantasy 3 after you spent the time going up the tower of fanatics and not saving. We also used to trade systems among friends in the neighborhood to expand peoples gaming reach. You dont see many of that today.

Now a days I dont spend too much time playing, the time I do is soaked up mostly by the 360 and PC.