Post Zero (Introduction)

The following will be a brief overview regarding my personal history with games, particularly video games. I have been playing video games for nearly as long as I can recall. My earliest memories of video games include 

                         Chip's Challenge

And this gem right here

                                                            SkiFree

That damn abominable snowman was inescapable! I would have kept skiing for eternity if he didn't stop me. 

The first gaming console I ever owned was a Super Nintendo, upon which I enjoyed playing the Super Mario games. Around this time, I also recall an Atari console which was stored in an old boot box, which belonged to my parents. There where only a few games that we owned for it, but I remember it distinctly because it was so different from the Nintendo. I was intrigued by its strange qualities, from the feel of it's joystick controller, to the aesthetics of both the games and the console itself.

From then on, I collected a whole slew of gaming consoles. There was the Nintendo 64, a hand-me-down Sega Genesis, the Playstation, the PS2 and PS3, the XBOX 360. Of course, who can forget the various portable, hand-held systems like the Nintendo GameBoy and all its iterations throughout the years. And all this supplemented with a steady stream of desktop computer games when needed.

If I where to estimate the time I've spent playing games, I would guess that at least a third of my life has been spent doing so. I think it's safe to say that gaming has been a large part of my life, and always will be.