About This is an image of myself at about the time I first used the internet. I have been playing videogames at least since the original arcade debut of Donkey Kong, Pac Man and Galaga, when I was a very young child. I have since only become more serious and thoughtful as a videogamer. I believe at their best, videogames can be an art form and as meaningful as any other human creation. If I did not believe that I would have a difficult time justifying playing videogames at all (as opposed to, say, just spending more of my free time reading), let alone playing them for over 25 years. I now live with my girlfriend, who is a videogame collector and maintains her own videogame related website. (Her domain also hosts my site, though our sites are otherwise unrelated) Here's a picture of the two of us together: Between the two of us, we own over a thousand games for dozens of systems. We at least have -NES -Super NES -Genesis (with Sega CD) -Saturn (American and Japanese) -Playstation -Dreamcast -Turbo Duo -Game Boy Color -Game Boy Advance -Nintendo 64 -Nintendo DS -Game Cube -Xbox -Playstation 2 -Atari 2600 -Atari 5200 -Atari 7800 -Panasonic 3D0 -Sega Master System -Game Gear -Commodore VIC 20 Additionally, we have doubles of several of those systems, since our collections have combined, and to allow us to each independently play a game on the same system if we're so inclined. Neither of us have ever sold any game (or even gaming accessory), though we lost some of our collection due to a fire. My gaming philosophy is centered on the notion that challenge is the most important aspect of a game. I have felt that to be axiomatic since I was a child (isn't the concept of attempting to overcome challenges central to the very definition of a game?) and have since only been more convinced of it. I now believe that the highest achievement of ANY art form is to challenge its creator, and to challenge its audience. Concordantly, I am not very impressed with the notion of videogames as a timekiller. My favorite system is the NES. A sampling of my favorite games includes R-Types (Playstation) Castlevania III (NES) Final Fantasy IV (Super NES) Super Mario All Stars (NES/Super NES) Vagrant Story (Playstation) Goldeneye (Nintendo 64) Crystalis (NES) R-Type Delta (Playstation) Punch-Out!!! (NES) Final Fantasy (NES) Final Fantasy Tactics (Playstation) MDK 2 (Dreamcast) Super Mario Kart (Super NES)