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Current Contributors
Lisa Konigkramer - Editor
I suppose you could say I was pulled, albeit somewhat reluctantly, into the world that is gaming thanks to the influence of my many gaming friends. My Duke Nukem adventures aside, what started out as dabbling soon turned into a reputation as a solid shot with a double barrel shotgun in Quake and holding my own in Towers Defence and Star Craft. I left the PC gaming arena after experiencing Mario Kart: Double Dash on the GameCube and have not looked back since. Games that have earned a treasured spot on my shelf include The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Super Mario Galaxy, Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Resistance: Fall of Man, Rock Band, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Shadow of the Colossus, God of War and PixelJunk Monsters.
Wayne Trollip
Gaming began for me on the Sinclair ZX Spectrum back in the day when you were at the mercy of the cassette recorder for loading programs. Countless hours were spent battling through R-Type in my quest to save the galaxy. In the coming years my frustrations with stretched tapes were replaced with the ever reliable "stiffy disk" on my uber fast XT 4.77MHz personal computer. My PC gaming days centered around lanning to the wee hours slaying nasty Orcs. Notable PC experiences involved the ever popular Doom, Castle Wolfenstein , Quake I & II, Half-life, Warcraft II and Starcraft. Towards the end I loved playing Couterstrike to the dismay of my mates, however, the endless virus outbreaks, software updates and graphics cards purchases made me switch to consoles. Some of my favorite console gaming experiences have been Mario Kart Double Dash, Super Mario Galaxy, Trauma Center: Second Opinion, Shadow of the Collosus, Gears of War, Pixel Junk Monsters, God of War I and II and Lost Planet. There really are too many fantastic titles to mention so these are just a few that have enriched my life.
Peter Wiles
I have been gaming since my dad bought home an Apple ][ back in '84. In between writing out Apple BASIC listings from Nibble magazine I was playing Lode Runner, Castle Wolfenstein, Hard Hat Mack, Aztec and bumming on my friends' Family Computer console (NES for non-third-world countries) and PC's. After scraping together a PC in the early nineties, I moved on to Civilization and loads of arcade ports like Bubble Bobble and Ironman Offroad. Slowly but surely the games on PC got more complicated until I enjoyed playing Excel rather than the latest 4X Space game, and PC gaming lost me. Fortunately, console gaming came to the rescue, and what I used to see in my unenlightened days as "games for the masses," are actually superior to those thinly disguised accounting packages I once enjoyed. My favourite games are Heroes of Might and Magic 3, Civilisation 2, Alpha Centauri, Railroad Tycoon 3, Warcraft 2, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Resident Evil 4, F-Zero GX, Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan!, New Super Mario Bros, The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, Guitar Hero. Please don't take me too seriously...
Dawid Venter
Game and Watch handhelds back in primary school is where my love for gaming bloomed to what it is today. Unfortunately my single mother could not afford it so I just played on my mates; hence I had this urge to be part of the industry that was out of my grasp. Once I earned money I invested in the Atari 2600, NES, SEGA Master System, SNES, Mega Drive, 3DO, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, Nintendo 64, SEGA Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Nintendo GameCube, Xbox, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 over the years. My best game of all time is Super Mario Brothers 3 and with the current generation I would have to say Metal Gear Solid 4 would be at the helm, with Mario Galaxy being a close second. Basically gaming defines me as a person – I’d rather play games than go to the beach for a weekend, and if I had to go to the beach, my consoles would tag along. It’s also no secret that I’m a massive retro fan and find that this generation is proving to be the best in the history of this industry yet with a combination of new and old titles. Who says you can’t have the best of both worlds?
Past Contributors
Justin Boyd
