HardwareMy Top 10 List
Hey folks! Ya know, I never really got a chance to introduce myself, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to do so and share with you my top ten favorite games. To begin, my name's Eddie. I am 35 years old and have been gaming in some form or another ever since my dad brought home the Pong console when I was a youngster. From there, I enjoyed many of the...
Hey folks! Ya know, I never really got a chance to introduce myself, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to do so and share with you my top ten favorite games. To begin, my name's Eddie. I am 35 years old and have been gaming in some form or another ever since my dad brought home the Pong console when I was a youngster. From there, I enjoyed many of the early game consoles, starting with the Atari 2600 and moving on up the ladder from there. Eventually I got into PC gaming as titles like Doom and Quake became popular. In those days, I played my FPS's with a flight stick controller, if you can imagine that. My favorite game back then was Rise of the Triad. Man, I loved that game. Anyway, as I got a little older, I found myself stepping away from the gaming scene and focusing on playing drums in various rock bands. A few years later, after my involvement in the music biz settled a bit, I found myself right back where I started and have been going strong ever since. I've even taken the strides to discover many of the games I missed out on. Today, I am a proud husband and a father of two little ones that I absolutely adore. While many of you might wonder how I find time to play, I believe that God knows my heart and has allowed me to successfully take on the roles of gamer and family man. While I do a good bit of PC gaming and try to keep my rig specs up to snuff, it's always been about the games for me. So I equally enjoy playing a lot of the cool stuff that comes... [ Read more on www.anandtech.com ]
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