History of Gaming

For my first post ever on this blog, I thought I would start off by talking about games in general, and my gaming history. When I was just a wee little lass I got my first game system: the Super Nintendo. I remember playing Aladdin and Super Mario just about every day. We had other things like Mario Paint, which I found out not too long ago you can find the composer from Mario Paint online. It's pretty awesome and you can find youtube videos like "Still Alive"(from Portal) or "What is Love" where people have made real songs on Mario Paint Composer and it actually sounds really good. I think the best I ever did on Composer when I was a kid was make it sound like a possessed child or a demented cat being hit against the wall Monty Python style.

So after the greatness of the Super NES, I got a Nintendo 64. I didn't have quite as many games, but the quality was definitely improving. Super Mario 64 and Gauntlet stick in my mind most. However, I do recall playing Jeopardy on the 64, and yes it was also hosted by Alec Trebeck. After that I got the Gamecube for Christmas one year. Gamecube was probably the one system where most of the games didn't have a real point. I had Animal Crossing, which never ended, and I tried games like Harvest Moon and Pikmin. Some of my favorite games of all time were on the Gamecube: Tales of Symphonia and the Legend of Zelda games. I had a brief stint with the PS2 and fell in love with Sora and Kairi, and I re-fell in love with Disney Princesses on Kingdom Hearts I & II.


Eventually, I got my Xbox 360 and now it is my main system as well as my main source of entertainment. I'm on the 360 almost all the time, and while on Xbox live, I am MissApril18. I own about 20 games at the moment and have 4 games I am planning to get before the end of the year. I mostly play Call of Duty 4, Command & Conquer 3, Guitar Hero 3, Grand Theft Auto IV, Forza Motorsport 2, and Tales of Vesperia. I can't wait for: Fable 2, Fallout 3, Farcry 2, and Gears of War 2.

See you on the Xbox!