Rekindling an Old Love

Cast of the greatest Final Fantasy ever...'cause FFVII is so overrated...

Like most men, I grew up with a love for video games. Some of my favorite games growing up include Battletoads, Mario 3, Street Fighter II Turbo, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Chrono Trigger, Metal Gear Solid, and Final Fantasy VI.

However, I stopped playing for awhile when I graduated from college. The systems started getting ridiculously priced...and I had to decide between spending that money on rent and groceries, or a PS3 or Xbox 360. Needless to say which I chose!

God of War 3...don't mess with Kratos!

I still followed what was going on in the industry though, and read up on critically acclaimed games on next-gen consoles I wish I could play. I got a PS3 a few years ago (finally!) and I've been playing catch up on those very games I used to read about and dreamt about playing. The PS3 games I've managed to conquer include the Batman Arkham games, the God of War games, and the first Mass Effect. So before you say "Kyle, those games are old, you're soooo LATE," please believe you're not telling me anything I don't already know! Yes I'm late and I'm playing catch up...but so what! Don't judge me! :-)

Right now, I'm in the middle of playing Far Cry 3. Great game thus far! But the list of games on my hit list seems to never stop growing! Still have to get to the last two Mass Effect games, the BioShock trilogy, the last recent Metal Gear Solid games (including MGS4), and a few others. And that doesn't even include Far Cry 4 and a few games on the Wii that I never got to play (like the Skyward Sword Zelda, and a few Metroid and Star Fox games).

So yeah, in between writing, it looks like my PS3 and I will be spending a lot of time together soon! :-)

This guy....