Intro & Games Chat!

Hi all! Not sure who will be reading this, but making a little post to introduce myself, and talk a bit about what I’ve been playing recently. (Not at all…

Hi all! Not sure who will be reading this, but making a little post to introduce myself, and talk a bit about what I’ve been playing recently. (Not at all encouraged by a potential profile badge, nope…) I go by Zig or El. :wave: I’m based in the UK, am in my late 20’s, and have a huge soft spot for games I used to play when I was younger. (But keen to branch out!) The first console I was introduced to was the PlayStation 1, on which my younger brother and I would sit side by side and play our favourite platformers; Spyro, Crash, Gex, Croc to name a few. In comes the Gameboy advance, GameCube and DS, and the rest in history! Pokemon, Animal Crossing, Digimon, Mario Kart… These were in the top spots for me. Interesting fact about our GBA- My older brother actually found it while out trekking in the middle of nowhere. It had Pokemon Ruby inside. I always felt bad knowing some kid somewhere lost their game, but it definitely got lots of love with us <3 I think all our early games definitely grew my love for characters that are cute little creatures. :laugh: I don’t spend as much time gaming as I’d like to honestly, but between work, travel and my other hobbies, I fit in what I can. So what am I playing at the moment? I have recently finish playing Psychonauts 2 , it had been sat in backlog for a while as I wanted to replay the original beforehand (which I completed through RA!). I loved immersing myself in the world again, it felt faithful to the original with the small details in particular - being able to interact with the characters in different ways through items or clairvoyance is so fun. Ongoing, I continue to play Genshin Impact . Not sure this will have many fans here, but it’s a game I picked up when it first launched, and have been following the story ever since. My friends and I play through the quests at the same time, and get to talk about events and characters as they release! I love open world exploration so this scratches that itch. And if I need something to play that I can finish in one sitting, I’ve been picking up Everdell (little critters again…) I picked this one up in a Humble Bundle a while back, and after playing the board game with some friends on a rainy afternoon, I wanted to give the digital version a go. It’s not as easy to play as the table-top version, limited by what they can achieve on screen (although perhaps that’s me playing on Deck and not PC…) but I enjoy it nonetheless! Some of the challenges are quite tricky. None of these are considered ‘Retro’ I know, but I’m sure I’ll jump back into something older soon enough. What’s on the table? (Perhaps making this list will encourage me to return to these sooner…) - Ape Escape - Banjo-Kazooie - MediEvil - Pokemon Emerald (Mudkip vs the World) - Pokémon Yellow - A bit stuck on some of the last pesky achievements, haven’t had the time to commit yet unfortunately! - Digimon World DS - Lost my save for this one, so need to restart. Luckily wasn’t too far through! - Gex 3 - Quite a way through this already, just need to finish it off :) Anyway; I think that’s enough rambling for now. If you made it this far I salute you 🫡 - Zig :cheerdoge:

Zig