Aaron Clark: Personal Webspace

I haven't been an avid gamer for a number of years now. I'm afraid to estimate just how much money I spent on gaming during the height of the PS1 and PS2 life cycles. Suffice to say it was probably a lot. It was a good time for gaming. 3-D graphics changed everything, and the CD format made games far cheaper and more profitable. The hype the PlayStation 2 generated had me sold on it before it was even available for pre-order. It was the first system I saved for and bought for myself with money that I had earned. And being one of the few who had a PS2 for months after launch only sweetened the deal. From there, it was pretty much downhill. Struggle and strife in college and a severe lack of money led my gaming habits down a dark hallway and eventually disappeared. It didn't help when the next generation came around and the systems proved expensive and hard to come by. Sony pretty much killed the PlayStation brand with the PS3, and I wasn't sure whether I should get a Wii or an XBox 360.

With the development of the Spriggs machinima, and a degree of financial stability, I picked up a XBox 360 with money I got for Christmas. It's weird, owning an XBox after having doled out so much incredulity for the first system. Primarily, I got the system so I could pick up Halo 3 and have another system available for production of Spriggs, but doing a bit of gaming was also a big part of it. I got Beautiful Katamari from my sister for Christmas, and I also picked up Halo 3 and Armored Core 4. The system I got also came with Forza 2 and Marvel Ultimate Alliance. Most of these games I've not really had time to sit down and get engrossed in, but what time I have spent playing them has been very satisfying. I'm also really enthused with the 360's ability to function as a media center. And combined with the speakers I picked up from home, I have a nice little entertainment center going. I just wish I had a larger display or a projector, and some sort of video switcher to tie together all the game systems simultaneously.

It's been fun getting back into gaming. It's weird how little I've missed it over the past several years. It makes me question whether or not I should try and resurrect other interests, like anime, Evangelion, or hell, maybe even my interest in Magic: The Gathering, which I abandoned a good seven years ago. I am going to make it my mission to geek out as much as humanly possible. It is going to be glorious.