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Hi Everyone!  If you'd like, post a little about yourself here so we can get to know each other.

I've became a gamespot member this year, I used to post in another forum website, but this one's much better.  I'm glad there's a union for adults.  Many of my friends don't play games cuz they're under the impression that they're just for kids.  I've been playing games all my life (my brother always bought videogame systems).  I currently own a Gamecube and a Nintendo DS.

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...I'm apparently not allowed to create a thread on the board (not trusted already!) but I'd like to know what games you guys play with your kids as well. "Burnout", "Katamari Damacy" and "Lego Star Wars" are some of the good ones of the bunch that we play.kiwidust

Hi, 26 year old guy from South West England. Been playing video games since i was about 3, i used to write basic game codes on a ZX81 and had different systems since then, although now i'm a sony fanboy and own a PS2 & PSP.

Been at Gamespot for almost a year now. I have a more 'adult' off-topic UCB but i think a more adult union is a fantastic idea. I have a Rockstar Union too and most of those games are rated M but for some reason it seems users of all ages play them :?

Anyway good idea for union so i thought i'd join :)

...can't stand some of the boards because of inmature kids.
Lonzac

Jeeze... all you twenty somethings are making me feel old. ;^) Little hunched 34 year-old hobbling down the street while all you young kids eat Mento's and "Do the Dew". Well... I suppose I should accept it so... "GET THE HELL OF MY LAWN". (Feelin' crotchity today.) ;^)kiwidust

Weird, I won't let me edit my message....anyways, I forgot to say my age, I'm 23.  Don't feel bad, we're all in the same boat.  Most people at gamespot are teengaers, for some reason everyone is 15, and when I say my age, I'm they're all shocked.  I admire you, my sister is 33 and I beg her to play, but she thinks they're too complicated.  I wish everyone was like you....I might buy DDR just to make her play something :wink:

What's up all.... I'm 26 and I'm a gaming junkie..... currently own NeoGeo Pocket, GBA SP, DS, PSP, PS2, GameCube.... Been gaming since I was 5 years old.... Currently am in college and pursuing my Masters in Mathmematics..... When not gaming or studying, I'll usually hang with my firends and smoke cigars.... other than that I'm constantly behind an LCD screen of some sort......RacerSVT

Ok, so I'm waiting to get a DS until the new "slimmer" version comes out and I can see if I like that one better. I recall getting the GBA and now I love the "new" GBA with the brighter screen. So I'm thinking the same might be true of the "new" DS. Nintendo, those dogs ........

- dc
dcgames

I like the brighter screen too, the DS Lite is supposed to have brightness control like the Micro.  I don't know if I'll upgrade.  Lol, there's a DS Lite papercraft....care to see what it feels like in your hands?  http://playeradvance.org/forum/showpost.php?p=17829&postcount=103

Welcome aboard, Coding :) Good to have you here with us. I'm 45 and I love the old games and consoles, too. I cut my teeth on the Sega Genisis playing Sonic till the cartridge wore down, lol. I also loved their handheld model. It had a beautiful color screen. That was long before PSP and GBAs. I see on your blog you get your DS wi-fi working. Did you get the Nintendo wi-fi adapter? I'm going to be getting a DS and Mario Kart so we'll have to hook up and play some time soon.

- dc

Hi there. My name's Brian and I'm from Cleveland, OH. I'll try not to get too long-winded here, but I get pretty excited when I finally come across a union I like here on GameSpot.

I'm 22, and I've been a fan of video games ever since I got my NES with the Super Mario Bros./Duck Hunt/World Class Track Meet combo cart on my 5th birthday. Nintendo has always been my favorite developer/publisher, although I consider myself a pretty serious collector and own just about every system from the 2600 on up (still trying to find a Virtual Boy). My favorite genres include platformers, fighting games, puzzle games, and anything new and innovative (Killer7, Trauma Center, Katamari, Ico....).

I graduated from an unbearably boring college last May with BAs in Biology and Psychology, and I'm going for a Masters before heading off to medical school. In my spare time, I volunteer as a staff writer for Gamer Within, an Australian-based gaming site. I've also been trying to get my girlfriend of 5 years, also a first-year medical student, to appreciate games the way I do (which is why some of you may recognize me from CodingGenius's Women Who Game union).

I found GameSpot about a year ago and have had a relatively positive experience with it, although I've found it more and more difficult to find intelligent conversations. I created Community Contributions, a union where GS members can give and get feedback for anything they write (player reviews, editorials, blog entries, poetry, artwork, whatever). We also put out the weekly issues of ReviewSpotting you may have seen in GGD, and we do our best to keep a running tally of player reviews that blatantly violate the ToS so that GameSpot can find and remove them faster. We're really dedicated to making the GameSpot community a better place. 

Anyway, I should probably stop there. I hope my links weren't too spammy. I don't mean to advertise. I look forward to getting to know you guys.

Welcome Canada. I'm a graphic designer, too (and I also love FFX). I've also been writing since I was fifteen, so yes, complete sentences .... like "bye for now" (as opposed to B4N).

- dc

Greetings Mortals

I´m a 34 year old gamer from Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I have been playing games since the mid seventies. When one of my grand parents gave us one of those first consoles, which had various forms of pong on it. To bad the batteries in those days were of poor quality. One of them eventualy leaked its content into the console and destroyed it. If it had survived, it would probably be worth a fortune these days.

Until today I didn´t have much faith in unions. Besides being to bussy playing games, I had lost interest in the GS forums. because of the juvenile majority there. But I wondered if this union already existed, else I might have started it myself, and it did. I´ll be visiting here more often. Hastur

Welcome to the union!  I do like this union because it doesn't have much of the annoyances of other unions too.  Feel free to post your experiences.  And tell us a little bit about Amsterdam!  I always like to hear the gaming situation around the world.

Welcome to the union! And tell us a little bit about Amsterdam! I always like to hear the gaming situation around the world.Angelbabe531

What's it like living in the Netherlands?dcgames

The name's Kiel (it's germanic; pronounced as "Kyle" in english), but I also go by the nickname "Wolf." Um, I'm 19 (going to be 20 in April). I started on video games when I was about seven, with an used, or at least I think it was used, NES my parents got me. I can't remember if it was for Christmas or my birthday, though. But, I've been a gamer ever since. Uh, as it says in my profile: "I, and my friend, Vince, have plans to start up our own business, EternalWolf Studios, in Tokyo, Japan (where he currently lives) and I hope to move down there by the end of the year. We will start of slow, producing manga, then set up another branch to go into anime, and finally, a third branch for video game projects. I also, later on when I have the proper amount of money and financal support, want to start up the Games and Anime Protection Organization (GAPO) which would be a non-profit organization of activist gamers and otaku, and represent both against frivolous criticism and lawsuits. Along with just being something to show your a fan, and that you support what you love." And that's about all I can think on what to say. Except maybe, I think the Super NES probably the best system ever made. It's classic; it's a system god. And it had some excellent games.

Tarnsyn, welcome to AGU. I just read an article on GameSpot called So You Want to be an Artist?. They have a link in that article to their feature story foums where member josh7485 writes...

"I see alot of you are artist here anime/magna and my advice to you is, well dont be. At least dont make that a big focus as if you goto apply to any company with a bunch of top notch anime/magna drawings I can garuntee you that WILL NOT get you a job. Sure some games have a magna style (though not many) but the companies that make them do other things too! Goto a concept site like Conceptart.org which is hands down the greatest art site on the web and you'll see that magna is highly frowned upon.

In the article while they said focus on the fundamentals Im dissapointed no one pointed out the absolute most important thing to focus on if you want to make it into the industry and that is human ANATOMY, learn it to the degree were you can draw a human from any angle and have it dead on right. learn all the bones ligaments muscles and how they all work together move together and so on."

Josh is correct. Magna style is getting old, just like Pokemon. It had its day but that day is fading. There are plenty of other areas where young aspiring artists should concentrate their talents. He's also correct about human anatomy. Even though I am mainly a cartoonist, I spent many years studying and drawing the human form. Charles Schultz and Johnny Hart both did the same. It helps in so many ways in developing your talent, no matter what you're going to draw.

I also want to add that Conceptart.org is indeed hands down the greatest art site on the web. I am a member there and have learned a great deal from the great talents that post there (they also frown upon Magna style art, which is like I said getting old and used).

[quote="Angelbabe531"]Welcome to the union! And tell us a little bit about Amsterdam! I always like to hear the gaming situation around the world.Hastur

But with the highest broadband penetration, beside South Korea, of the world. Almost everybody´s online. And with the hub that connects mainland Europe with the UK & US less than three miles from here, I´m not complaining.

:wink: Hastur

Wow, it sounds like a cool place.  It's nice how so many people embrace technology!  Most of my friends don't play games.  If they do they're really casual and have only a handful of the biggest titles.