Over the years I've played more than a few games. I eventually put a lot of information on some of my gaming online in the form of a website devoted to the Diseased Sons, my Nurgle Chaos Space Marine chapter. In addition to Warhammer 40,000 over the last few years I've played the following games with friends:
I put online a gallery of miniatures
I painted nominally for some of the games listed above. My miniature painting exploits and the use of
said painted miniatures has now warranted it's own blog. Indeed miniature painting and keeping up on the hobby takes up a lot of my time online. Although
it isn't my favourite hobby website, you can see some of my work at CoolMiniOrNot.com where
I'm ranked:
I've spent a lot of time playing video games in the past, from stand up arcade games to consoles but especially PC games. During my undergrad studies I lived without my own personal computer for a number of years but after I bought my G4 I started gaming again. I played too much Diablo II but my favourite series of games are the Civilization ones, including Alpha Centauri which might have been the best. I now have a Wii and an iPhone which is rapidly becoming the world's most popular gaming platform. Some of the games listed above have an iPhone version or a game made with the IP or similar game mechanics and concepts.
There are a lot of annoying immature people in online gaming forums and in blog comment threads. Occaisionally I take it upon myself to respond to their vile, hateful, and unproductive posts. I don't get sucked it, I try to take the high road, and of late I've been more successful at humiliating them in front of their peers through a combination of wit, screenshots, and Googlejuice. Nothing says loser like having to change your online handle because it has become an embarassment. This website has been online for over a decade now, not that I should need to prove my gamer cred to anyone after all these years. My first console was a Collecovision. I still have it. I made Doom wads before moding or level design was a career. People liked them, they put them online from local BBSes and they ended up in the official Doom Wad repository. They're still there. I pretty much went undefeated and rained for an entire year in Victoria and UVIC at Doom II but it just becomes too stressful, I stopped accepting 1 on 1 challenges and just made levels. I've also played Street Fighter 2 all over the world. People were lining up to try and defeat me in Beijing. I lost eventually, but it was all in good fun. Too many people forget that the reason we play games is for fun, to escape from the real world for a while, to bond over a common interest, not to be an asshole online.