Greetings Everyone!
Today I purchased the "Total Access" package on GameSpot and started downloading. When you have a massively slow Internet connection like me, having no ads really helps the process along. I also updated my profile and added most of my games to the updates section.
I joined a union relating to "The Sims." That game has had a nice relationship with me. Before it came out I was very much into Will Wright games, especially "Sim City." I was delighted to find out one could fairly accurately simulate humans. The game was better than my wildest dreams, and I have been playing it off and on since the initial release. I am really anxious to get my hands on the new Sim City that just came out ("Societies") and to see what The Sims 3 will be like.
Over the years my passion has been aviation and flight. That especially was true in the PC world, and have been a major Microsoft Flight Simulator fan. I still am to a minor degree, but I think my focus has shifted. You see, when you have flown thousands of hours in the sim (and in real life) the coolness wears off. My new passion is turning out to be railroads.
As a kid I remember my Dad and Brother working feverishly downstairs on the model railroad. I, too, was fascinated by the prospect of controlling miniature trains, and thus began my first experience of simulation. Model railroading really encompasses everything that I find good in the world: plastic scale modeling, American history, electronics, and of course simulation. When I am away from my model railroad (like I nearly always am) I contain myself by working on the PC railroad on my laptop. I have quite a few of the railroad related games, but my favorites tend to be the PopTop Railroad Tycoon games. Ten years after its initial release, I am still playing Railroad Tycoon 2. I also enjoy the Auran Trainz series, but am really looking forward to the new Microsoft Train Simulator which is supposed to be built on the FSX engine. The screen shots look wonderful.
It is my intension to start a Railroad Union. If you wish to participate, please contact me as I need the four initial members.