I'm always posting something about my life, what games I'm playing, or what's irritating me at any given moment. I've had conversations about the history of video games, unexplained phenomena, personal victories, and personal tragedies. But I realized, when all is said and done, I don'treally KNOW any of you. So this will be the first part of a series of blogs to get to know my friends on GameSpot. I'll post a new segment every couple of days with a couple of questionsI'll answer first and you can either reply here or send me a message with your answers if you don't want it posted where everyone can see. It won't be anything super personal...just a way for me to learn a little more about who I talk to on a regular basis. So, let's begin...

Today's questions:

1.) What irritates you more than anything in a video game? This can be anything from bad controls to poor text translationto even something console-specific like the DS touch screen or PS3six-axis sensitivity issues. Feel free to give specific examples.

2.) What games in your collection would you never trade and why? (Let's keep it to a maximum of 3 games or series of games)

3.) What games have you traded in the past that you most regretted and why? (Again, maximum of 3)

My answers:

1.) I hate not being able to fully customize controls. There were many games Icould have loved IF I were able to find a comfortable control set-up. There are some games that I struggle through, but ultimately I want to be able to find what works for me. Example: Call Of Duty: Roads To Victory (PSP). I picked this one up after I completed Medal Of Honor: Heroes (PSP) and I'm having a hard time playing through it because I loved the MOH control set-up and COD had nothing close to it. I still haven't finished more than 3 or 4 missions...

2.) James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing - fantastic use of the James Bond license, and quite a decent story to boot.

Second Sight - talk about story line! This was so good I sat down one day and played it from beginning to end again just to enjoy it like a movie. Not to mention I love Free Radical games. (Time Splitters is an awesome series too)

Mega Man Anniversary Collection - I love Mega Man. You can't beat the classic series. The X titles are good but they don't compare to the original.

3.) I kick myself all the time for trading Goldeneye (N64) and Marvel Vs. Capcom 2(Dreamcast), but the systems didn't survive so all I can do is hope that they'll be ported to a next-gen system (or the price of a PS2 copy of MVC2 drops significantly).