Greetings and Felicitations

If you are some lost soul who happened across my blog, you may be wondering to yourself, "why title a blog 'I don't know shit about video games'? I would much rather read a opinions about games from someone who did know shit." A good question and a good point. The title is a joke, but it's more than that too. It's more of a attitude that I don't know everything, and I'm open to new ideas. I find too many reviewers who seem to think their opinion is somehow superior to others. Not to say I don't have strong opinions and won't express them, just that I will try to keep an open mind.

On to my tastes and experiences. I've been a PC gamer all my life. My dad was an early adopter of this new consumer product called an IBM, and there has been at least one computer in my house since I was 2. I've always gravitated towards PC gaming initially because of this, but later as I learned the many added bonuses PCs give you over consoles. My first console was a PlayStation, so I was late to getting one relative to my peers. Although my stepbrother had a Super Nintendo. Currently, I do own a PS3 along with my PC. My roommates have an Xbox and and Wii, so I can play any game that comes out.

If I was forced to pick a favorite type of game I would say RPG. I really like to get into the game world, and RPGs have done the best job in general of making me feel like I was controlling an actual person in a real world. You can move around at your own pace, explore, talk to whoever you want and in many choose what you want to say. A good story does a great job of sucking me in too, which all my favorite RPGs have. Besides immersion, another aspect that I like is when I can advance the game in multiple ways. Which again great RPGs have done (ie, talking, fighting, stealing).

 I hope to post once a week. It will be a mix of retrospectives on older games, thoughts on new games, complaints about big companies stifling creativity, and spotlighting indie games that I think look interesting.