MyNameIsVince wrote:Oh where do I begin here....
As my username says, my name is Vince. I'm 28 years old (well, not for long, I turn 29 on Tuesday), and I hail from Southern California. No, not from LA, or OC or SD. From the IE!
I found this website initially because I was bored and was looking up Nintendo 64 stuff (tech info or something like that), started perusing the guides here, liked them enough to buy some games based on recommendations from said guides (Iridion II anyone???), and then lurked around in the forums enough to be like "hey, maybe I should join in!" so I did.
I've been a gamer for most of my life, starting with the NES in the late 80s (I was one of those who got the Action Set on a lovely Christmas morning in 1988 if I'm not mistaken). 3 years later I got myself a Super Nintendo and went from being a regular gamer to a hardcore gamer. Got an N64 years after that, then Gamecube, got somewhat disinterested, started doing some PC gaming late highschool/early college. Brought my SNES out of retirement, discovered emulators, then went a few years without much gaming at all, then ironically it was the Angry Video Game Nerd that got me back into retro gaming. Couple that with a buddy of mine who was also into retro gaming, and now I'm here. That's the short story. I'll post a longer version in the forum topic about "your console history" (I think that's what it's called).
PS - I don't have an profile pic/avatar/icon yet because I don't have any pictures that small and trying to find one online reminded me of those horrible early days of when I first used AOL Instant Messenger in college and trying to find a cool buddy icon to show the world "Hey, I'm cool!".
Great to have a new member like you.
If I were you I would look at the Together Retro threads. After reading a few pages you'll get a good idea of what retro genres everyone loves and likes to discuss.
