Last post for today.
Just a little something before I call it a day.
Thanks huntherx17 for the message at your blog. Yes, I am finally playing Final Fantasy VII. Makes me think.. how did I get started with playing videogames, let alone RPGs(role playing games)?
Hmm.. let’s see.
When I was younger (and I mean lower school, aged 10 below), I did not have much patience to play videogames as did my brother. We did own an ATARI console during my “formative” years. What games did we have? There was… Asteroids, Defender, E.T., Raiders of the Lost Ark, Space Invaders, … I can’t recall the names of the other games. Then came Nintendo’s “family computer”. There I remember my favorite to be Kage, Contra, Super Mario Bros. and the Legend Of Zelda. I never finished Mario, mainly because it took so long to play, and I did not grow too fond of the princess being abducted over and over again. I remember my cousins playing it to the finish.. I lost interest. I think I finished Zelda, and I am sure I liked it better than Mario.
Time passed and I never played in another console. High school came and went, and all I had was a glimpse at a Donkey Kong game on SEGA in one of our first visits to Baguio at the AGnP company house with family. I enjoyed watching other people play, but not actually playing. It became a boy’s thing. And obviously I’m no boy.
After college, I was enticed to buy a sony playstation. I read about RPGs on the internet, being talked about by techies and enthusiasts. I wanted to know what the fuss was about. Some time before that, silverh got me into playing PC game slike Diablo and Battle Realms. He got me back into the gaming thing, one could say.
It wasn’t a big deal at first,… (wait there’s pizza.. brb) Ok back. The first games I was able to get were not so fun. Then I found a copy of FInal Fantasy VIII. That was it.. I got hooked. Now I bought myself a playstation 2. What games have I played as of today? Ok, in the past year since I started, Final Fantasy 1,2,3,4,5,6,8,9,10 ( I’m playing 7 right now.) Xenogears, Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, Saiyuki, … hmm.. I’ll see if I left out anything tomorrow. For now I gotta pack up. Ciao!