Snapshots of the Past

More pictures and old memories found on my hard drives. It's amazing how much has happened, and how much I've changed over the past few years. I have no regrets. I think everything that happened, good and bad, happened for a reason, and I've learned so much by trying things and meeting new people, even if those aspects of my life never worked out.

Back in the FFR days. "0 Members and growing!"

This is one of the only screen shots I have from before I got my own computer. There is very little in the way of pictures and documents that I transferred between the family computer and my laptop.

I loved this game back in high school and early university. It wasn't one I played constantly (that was saved for games like Age of Empires 2 and my consoles...and of course my multiplayer endeavours in Startcraft, DotA and Warcraft 3). Note the typo in "twelve"...which they still haven't noticed or fixed. It makes me lol.

And of course the good old YouTube days. Back when I did all my text LPs of Dungeon Keeper 2. To tell you the truth, I kind of miss the old YouTube layout. So nostalgic.

At least the uploader is somewhat functional now.

But...some things never change at all.

Back in high school I started to get an interest in LPs, video production and recording my games, but I never really got into it until I had my own personal computer in University. I learned a lot about video production and style from a friend of mine, which helped me to refine basic skills I was teaching myself. Looking back on it, my videos and productions now, while they are still on the crude side, are much more sophisticated than when I first started out (especially since the very first video I produced for YouTube was done with my VIDEO CAMERA).

Incidentally, that video was of Oblivion, a game which I had been interested in for a long, long time. These screen shots also gave me a short history of a lot of the games I've played in the past few years. For instance...

..."panting, gets off next to the wall."

NUMBERS.

And of course so many awkward Fire Emblem moments...oh Fire Emblem...

2007-2013

The search, the experience and the game continues.

Diablo 3

Well...I have a lot of mixed feelings on this one.

Sitting here waiting for it to install, and I honestly don't know what to think about this game. On one hand, it's super nostalgic for me. Diablo 1 and Warcraft 2 were two games I was extremely addicted to when I was about 7 or 8 years old. I played these games A LOT. I've always had access to video games (my parents were gamers themselves on all the old systems), but these were the first "grown up" games I played along with Dungeon Siege, Dungeon Keeper 2 and Myst. I never really got into Starcraft until Jr. High when I made some new friends. I also played a lot of Diablo 2 when it first came out.

On the other hand, I've had a lot of issues with Blizzard games. They have irritated me beyond all reason, have made some decisions that I have not agreed with, and made it extremely difficult for me to play even if I had 100% legitimate copies and accounts (long story behind a lot of those). I've also had a lot of major life events revolve around these games that have effected me both in positive and negative ways. Recently, they have been rather negative. Sounds strange, but it's all been normal to me. Regardless, I can't play Starcraft without immediately becoming frustrated, nervous or angry, I have no desire to play Warcraft 3 (and DotA and all its clones) for the same reasons and haven't touched Diablo 2 in three years.

So in the end, Diablo 3 is a game I feel I need to play to come to terms with some past issues and I hope to have a little fun along the way. Problem is that I can't begin playing with a clean slate. It's impossible. This game's got a lot of baggage and weight to it, but I'm hoping that it'll be fun. Different people worked on this one, which concerns me, but I have no opinion thus far as I've only watched someone else play the beta.

I'm planning on playing a wizard first (the magic classes in these games have a special place in my heart). I'm also kind of playing that class out of spite (long story there that I'm not going to get into here) I'm really interested in Monk and Demon Hunter, but those will have to wait. Anyway, here's to a new chapter and a lot of fun times.

It is extremely unlikely that I will play any multiplayer games with anyone, but I may change my mind.