Hi, my name's Carl, and this is my first ever blog. Way to come late to the party, huh? I guess I never really felt a need to be published - until now!
Well, let's give this blog thing a whirl.
I'm 30 years old and from England but I've lived in Japan (Fukuoka area) for the last 8 years or so. My Japanese isn't perfect, but it's good enough to fool some Japanese on the phone and online into thinking I'm one of "The Natives"! (^_^) I'm married to a closet gamer. Well, toilet gamer. (^_^; My wife gets a lot of game time on DS Tetris, Zookeeper, Brain Age, those sorts of games. But you won't catch her playing Biohazard 4 (I hate the name Resident Evil - sounds like Evil is a guest in a hotel!) or Earth Defence Force 3 like I do.
I've been playing games ever since my Dad bought a BBC "B" Micro back in the early '80s. I have a lot of memories of typing in program listings for arcade game clones into that computer. I've had and still have a lot of old gaming systems since then including the Sega Megadrive, Saturn, PS1, PS2, PC Engine and loads more. I mostly play PS2 and Xbox 360 stuff nowadays.
My favourite games include:
- Sonic the Hedgehog 1-3 and Sonic CD,
The Legend of Zelda series,
Biohazard,
Playing 2P co op Earth Defence Force 1 and 2 with my good friend Evan (come back to Japan and let's team up on the 3rd game!),
Wipeout,
Ridge Racer,
Eternal Darkness,
Chrono Cross (sorry Trigger fans - I prefer Cross over Trigger!),
Most of the Final Fantasy games.
Ooh, God of War and Halo as well!
Not Halo 2 with its disappointing storyline - ptooie!
I'm not really sure what exactly I'll be writing about, but obviously there'll be games galore, especially ones that don't get covered so much by the press - I played a couple I liked recently; Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy and Kya - Dark Legacy.
Like Milky on the 1UP Editors' Blogs, I'll probably rant about stuff that has nothing to do with games, such as being a foreigner in Japan. Much as I love it here and wouldn't swap it for going back to live in England, there's a whole lot of weirdness and "Huh? Why are things like this?" in Japan. Look forward to it!
That's it for today;
Hope you have a great day wherever you are,
and Happy White Day to all of you out there in Interwebland!
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