In the early 90’s I chose my side on the console divide and went with Sonic the Hedgehog on the Sega Megadrive. I could of went with Mario, but Sonic seemed newer, faster and more edgy than an overweight, slow, mustached Italian. I’ve never looked back. My first experience with Sonic was Sonic the Hedgehog 2. That game was a turning point for me as it was the first time I liked a video game more than the toys I had in the real world. From there I went back and played through Sonic the Hedgehog, the first one. I then got Sonic 3, a great game except for that damn barrel (if you’ve played it you’ll know what I’m talking about) and I remember actually having lucid dreams of playing Sonic & Knuckles shortly before its release. I used to wake up, run over to my Megadrive and suddenly remember that I didn’t actually have it yet. Read the rest of this entry »

Hi, my nick is Leimrod and I’m a gamer. There I said it. I’ve been wanting to blog about gaming and my love of it for a while now (probably why this blog has gone so long without an update) but I haven’t due to the stereotype that comes along with it. You know, the one where I say “gamer” and you either see a skinny, frail, greasy faced asian kid or a fat, sweaty, unkempt caucasian loner sitting in his room with the curtains drawn having not seen the outside world for days.

It is also commonly held that the only people who actually play games are children and teenagers, therefore (much like the same stereotype that gets applied to you if you like anime) if you are an adult playing video games you are obviously being immature and should grow up and watch some TV.

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With a capital “A”. Seriously, since Web 2.0 started to really roll out and more and more sites started to adopt its philosophy I’ve noticed a complete paradigm shift in what the Internet means to me. I literally love the internet now whereas maybe 2 years ago I was becoming increasingly disillusioned as to its real world merits. It was becoming like TV, I was merely flicking through my favorite sites on a daily basis, reading my usual RSS feeds and then switching it off.

However things started to change a while back when a friend pointed me in the direction of this new toolbar called “Stumbleupon”. My whole life I have hated additional toolbars in browsers, all to often I’ve had to clean out a friends PC only to see the myriad of toolbars they have installed that are there due to a virus or are slowing down their computer because they are bloated and poorly coded. So when I was told about this “must have” toolbar, I took the advice with a pinch of salt.

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