Have you the brain worms?

Greetings Earth dwellers.

Reckon I'll sign up to be an Ally for now, but hear this you are all doomed, DOOMED I tell thee.

Turned 39 exactly a week ago.

History:
Texas Instruments TI-99/4;
BBC Micro B;
Atari STe 1040;
Amiga 1200;
Various incarnations of PC;
Various Nintendo hand-held dual screen old school thingies;
Sega GameGear;
Sony Playstations 1, 2 & PSP.

Currently:
Sony PS3s;
Apple MBP 17" 2.66 i7 (2010).

Gaming History:
Prefer things like E L I T E, Freelancer, X-Wing vs TIE Fighter but sadly these are lacking on the PS3.
So currently flitting between titles such as Dishonored, Borderlands 2, The Unfinished Swan, 4AM, Battlefield 3, Ridge Racer Unbounded, Mass Effect 3, Kingdoms of Amalur & Skyrim, amongst others.

Heard via Linkie McLinkie on TSA (which should give a clue to current location).

Been programming & creating digital stuff since tender age of 7 or so, experimenting ever since (Atari for music, Amiga for graphics), shame it has little bearing on current employment. I do do various audio-visual things in my spare time, which is becoming ever more endangered, and try to squeeze a bit of gaming in whenever I can. It does generally keep me out of trouble and the pub! Which is a good thing, I think?

Feel free to poke but don't expect answers soon (sorry) - I'm tied up in a few different projects at present, definitely more of a casualist. Hmmm, anyway - live music at the local beckons so must make a move, hopefully they won't call last orders too soon!

PS Is that 150 words yet?

 

Many thanks for the welcome all.

Acegadgets: Absolutely! Closest I can think are titles like SW:Battlefront, which really aren't the same at all. Perhaps an updated Colony Wars would scratch that particular itch. Shame though - sadly neglected genre this gen.

Spruijt: /me wipes feet. Nabs your comfy leather armchair in corner & settles down

Slaine: Top comic (your title) - is it still going? I haven't touched since the late 80s/early 90s when my pal was doing a bit of irregular freelance work for 2000AD. I'm sure I still have an early poster of Slaine by him in a tub somewhere...
Really enjoyed The Unfinished Swan, very atmospheric & great concept although there's no denying it's short. On my 2nd playthrough now, trying to find all the balloons.
Look forward to joining you for a game some time - I'll need to busy myself with the Friends Adding!

Martok: Apologies, IRMSUA! (I really must stop using acrnyms)
Details are what makes the stories for me, although tend to cause others to glaze over...
re: full membership, perhaps!
I tend to drift around a lot (in life as well as forums) so if there's no dire need to be regular then definitely up for consideration!
And yes, I'll definitely catch you for Borderlands - picked up v2 on day -1 (pre-order) did a bit of levelling but not had time to touch it since. The regular mob I play with are all waaaaay ahead now (lvl 29/30s) whereas I'm still early teens...

Oh & yes, I sport the headset. (TurtleBeach thingiemabobbit) Tend not to use it that much due to being the only one muttering away to himself but they're invaluable for proper team games - MAG springing to mind...

 

Thanks Chriss & happy birthday on Tuesday.

Martok: Of course - The Ballad Of! Was too distracted by the lovely lady from Borderlands to make the conneciton.

We'll get a few games & if you can handle my guttural Scots accent then we've got a deal!
I'll get you added next time I'm online, possibly tomorrow if I'm too hungover to work.

Agreed re: headsets and thanks for the access!

Right, 5 minutes left stuck in the orifice, best look busy, then off to source some silver face paint & foil.
Tonight Matthew, I shall be either an evil robot invader (GIR!) or the Tin Man from Oz - heartless...

 

Wasn't too taken with Datura TBH but the rest are good, solid titles.

Yet to see that although a few of mates have a few good if bloody things to say about it!

Back to the 2000AD connection! Nemesis was another favourite. Great comic, may have to pick up a copy again then!

That's a real shame, sounded promising.

I've downloaded the beta/demo but haven't actually given it a blast yet. The premise sounds interesting but it's really not flying around in spaceships! Multi-crewed spaceships would be awesome, with gunners and the like.

Freelancer would have been the most obvious choice but it's Microsoft published, so was never going to come to PS3. I think the only real contender, and it's dubious at best, would be a potential new E L I T E title from Frontier - and that has a pretty gloomy future from the sounds of things. Shame.

 

Bad robot! I'll see your Mission Impossible & raise you a Gir!

 

Cheers Col & JK, was a hoot and yes, I do rather admire a nice rear!

Can't say I have any qualms about signing up with you guys, just feel a little like I'm being unfaithful at the moment.
Give it another few goes & like in life, I'm sure I'll forget all about the others...

 

I'm guess that's a reference but it fell on my deaf side I'm afraid as I never made it past S1E1!
More of a Breaking Bad than a Bad Robot fellah...