My Life in Video Games

Growing up, I was a PC gamer. There's a picture of me when I was two playing on a computer. My dad took me to work with him, where I would play Putt Putt and Sesame Street games on the computers. Yes, I was a quite nerdy child.

When I was six, my sister and I got two Nintendo Gameboy Advance's and a Nintendo GameCube for Christmas. We each got one game with our Gameboys, mine being Rayman Advance and hers being Lady Sia. Since I liked the indigo Gameboy and Lady Sia, and she liked the fuchsia Gameboy and Rayman, we switched our games and Gameboys. We still both have the games and the Gameboys. We got two games with our GameCube, Luigi's Mansion and Wave Race Blue Storm. My dad sold Luigi's Mansion, but I still have Wave Race Blue Storm. (Which is a great game. If you can find it, check it out.) I have bought and traded probably at least 30 GameCube games since I got the GameCube for Christmas when I was six.

When I was seven, I got my own computer. I was probably jumping around screaming in joy. I remember coming home from my grandparents for two weeks, and seeing a desk and PC in my room. I've had PC's ever since, but now since my last PC crashed, I've been leaning more towards netbooks and laptops.

Then in 2002, Kingdom Hearts was released. And I wanted it SO badly. I begged my parents for years, which led to them buying Chain of Memories for me before getting Kingdom Hearts. I didn't get Kingdom Hearts until 2006, when I got a PlayStation 2 with my Christmas money. That year, I bought Shamu's Deep Sea Adventure (I was eleven, give me a break), Kingdom Hearts and Need For Speed Underground 2. Later on, I bought Kingdom Hearts II, Midnight Club 3 DUB Edition, The Sims Castaway, Tomb Raider Legend and Tomb Raider Anniversary. (Yes, I bought, played and finished two Tomb Raider games. And not because of Lara Croft's severely disproportional body. They're good games.) I still have these games, and several more that I have lost over the years.

Then a few years ago, I got a Wii. I got Wii Games and Wii Sports with it. I haven't used it much, but I still use it for GameCube games since my GameCube died. (My sister spilled something on it and it hasn't worked since.)

I'm still a huge PC gamer, look at my cabinets and shelves of video games if you don't believe me. I have hundreds of PC games, about 20 PS2 games, around 20 Wii games and over 30 GameCube games. When you add these all together, I'm a pretty huge video game nerd. Quite a few of the PC games are actually my dad's from as long ago as Windows 95 (and maybe earlier), and quite a few are mine, mainly mystery games, The Sims and any MMORPG, or most RPG's for that matter. I think the only games I don't have are first-person-shooters (FPS), and that's because I'm saving up for an Xbox 360 so I can play on Xbox Live with my friends.

Ever since I've had more guy friends, I've become more geeky. This is either a good thing or a bad thing.