When Did You Discover You Enjoyed Video Games?

Seil · 02-17-2010, 02:33 AM

When I was young, I lived in Hagersville, Ontario. It was a farming community that was pretty small. It was a big area, but there was more acres of plants than there was people, and those people were separated by acres and acres of plants. Thankfully, next door there was a boy named Michael Michaelson, and a few acres over there were two brothers, Burns and Waylan. My older brother fell in with a kid named John, and we all fell in with Sam and Jim.

(I changed their names.)

Anyway, all of these guys used to have a video game system - this was about 15 years ago, so these were ranging from Atari to Super Nintendoes, to Sega Genisis', and when we hung out with our friends, we got a kick out of playing with the games. As I grew older, my parents were slightly condescending about games, "We don't really need those." Likely due to my dad's school costs. But I did game a bit on the school computers, stuff like SimAnt, and this great pizza delivery game. I mostly kicked around on the family computer with stuff like Metal Gear Solid and the Legacy of Kain series, and a decent SNES emulator got me into a lot of JRPGs.

After a few years, I earned some money from staining a fence for a lady we knew from church, and got a hold of $70. The first time having so much money, I didn't quite know what to do with it, I bought a GBA SP at a pawn shop. I was so nervous that I was going to get chewed out by my folks for it that I tried to take it back, but the clerk wouldn't let me. I did get a game with it, however - Link To The Past. I loved this game, and was excited for it.

Anyways, now that I'm older, I'm playing pretty much solely with Sony - I have a PSP and a PS3. I would like to pick up a cheap DS somewhere down the line, if my bill collectors let me.

What was your first, and what are you with now?

02-17-2010, 02:33 AM	#1
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	When Did You Discover You Enjoyed Video Games? When I was young, I lived in Hagersville, Ontario. It was a farming community that was pretty small. It was a big area, but there was more acres of plants than there was people, and those people were separated by acres and acres of plants. Thankfully, next door there was a boy named Michael Michaelson, and a few acres over there were two brothers, Burns and Waylan. My older brother fell in with a kid named John, and we all fell in with Sam and Jim. (I changed their names.) Anyway, all of these guys used to have a video game system - this was about 15 years ago, so these were ranging from Atari to Super Nintendoes, to Sega Genisis', and when we hung out with our friends, we got a kick out of playing with the games. As I grew older, my parents were slightly condescending about games, "We don't really need those." Likely due to my dad's school costs. But I did game a bit on the school computers, stuff like SimAnt, and this great pizza delivery game. I mostly kicked around on the family computer with stuff like Metal Gear Solid and the Legacy of Kain series, and a decent SNES emulator got me into a lot of JRPGs. After a few years, I earned some money from staining a fence for a lady we knew from church, and got a hold of $70. The first time having so much money, I didn't quite know what to do with it, I bought a GBA SP at a pawn shop. I was so nervous that I was going to get chewed out by my folks for it that I tried to take it back, but the clerk wouldn't let me. I did get a game with it, however - Link To The Past. I loved this game, and was excited for it. Anyways, now that I'm older, I'm playing pretty much solely with Sony - I have a PSP and a PS3. I would like to pick up a cheap DS somewhere down the line, if my bill collectors let me. What was your first, and what are you with now?