It started about 21 years ago when my brother was the first kid on the block to have an Atari or Ninetendo.
Being from the south and having part of my life rasied in a trailer (single wide), when the family started to grow the trailer grew also. When my brother turned 16 mom and pops built an addition to our trailer or better known as "Big Toes' Dome". A room that my brother created into his great "Game Room".
In da "Dome" we had all types of kids that lived around the block to come in and have a challange on a system or just to get a glimpse of the near future.
I can remember it clearly. In the middle of Georgia's hottest month (July). A room full of guys and a couple of girls baking like canned biscuits in an oven. You have some folks on the floor, a few peeping through the window, you got this guy squeezing to get a better view, and this one breaking through and finding him a front row seat.
"Punch Out", "Zelda", "Megaman", "Mario Brothers", "Pac-MaN" and a list of other games that my mind can not think of at the moment. We had it all. Late night gaming to early morning playing...we were gamers.
That is how I came about with the gaming genre and I have been hooked every since. I recently, became more advent with gaming guru's when I noticed how much the market has expanded for gamers. From the additions of gaming saloons (Rhino, EB Games, GameStop) that can be your one stop shop for anything gaming. The never ending world of new and improved systems (Xbox, Dreamcast, N64...). A new job market for producing your own games, journalism, and testing, and even a little betting can be placed on a "Madden" disc...I had no choice to jump into the band wagon :tommy:
Ahhh yes gaming...what a wonderful hobby. Anything that can keep me out of the summer heat is something that is for me.
Being from the south and having part of my life rasied in a trailer (single wide), when the family started to grow the trailer grew also. When my brother turned 16 mom and pops built an addition to our trailer or better known as "Big Toes' Dome". A room that my brother created into his great "Game Room".
In da "Dome" we had all types of kids that lived around the block to come in and have a challange on a system or just to get a glimpse of the near future.
I can remember it clearly. In the middle of Georgia's hottest month (July). A room full of guys and a couple of girls baking like canned biscuits in an oven. You have some folks on the floor, a few peeping through the window, you got this guy squeezing to get a better view, and this one breaking through and finding him a front row seat.
"Punch Out", "Zelda", "Megaman", "Mario Brothers", "Pac-MaN" and a list of other games that my mind can not think of at the moment. We had it all. Late night gaming to early morning playing...we were gamers.
That is how I came about with the gaming genre and I have been hooked every since. I recently, became more advent with gaming guru's when I noticed how much the market has expanded for gamers. From the additions of gaming saloons (Rhino, EB Games, GameStop) that can be your one stop shop for anything gaming. The never ending world of new and improved systems (Xbox, Dreamcast, N64...). A new job market for producing your own games, journalism, and testing, and even a little betting can be placed on a "Madden" disc...I had no choice to jump into the band wagon :tommy:
Ahhh yes gaming...what a wonderful hobby. Anything that can keep me out of the summer heat is something that is for me.