Untold ages ago, I was first swept into the magical World of the Console Video Game by a strange and wondrous device called the Atari 2600. While most other children of my age enjoyed frequenting pastimes such as bicycling and roller-skating, I preferred spending time refining my button-mashing technique in the virtual arenas of
Kangaroo,
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial,
Pitfall!, and a dozen others. The inevitable arrival of the 8-bit Era years later further cemented my geekery via the immeasurable coolness of fireball-wielding plumbers, beefed-up anthropomorphic frogs from another world, and, of course,
Deadly Towers. I'm proud to say that I've since experienced hundreds of titles across numerous platforms. Today, still wanted by the outdoorsy youngsters I shunned over two decades ago, I survive as closet nerd of fortune primarily concerned with keeping his collectables in mint condition.
When not occupied with game-related concerns, I enjoy literature, philosophy, science fiction, music, comic books, and anime. In addition, I'm a huge fan of Hironobu Sakaguchi, his work, and Final Fantasy.