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I'm a college math professor for a technical trade school! 

So I'll be checking to see that you did your homework instead of playing your games.

How I Got into Gaming:

I cut my teeth on Pong and Atari 2600 games.  My dad would buy them at Goodwill for cheap when I was a kid.  I was always a system behind all my friends growing up, but I'm not complaining!  With that said, I didn't fall in love with gaming until I played Final Fantasy VI.  (The purple FFIII as it was sold to us back in the day for the SNES, and I'm still waiting for my retro re-make!)

I completely missed the Playstation 1 and 2 and all the awesome RPGs because I was in college and didn't play games b/c I was focused on my studies and working to pay for college.  After I was settled in my teaching career, I jumped back into gaming at the tail end of the original Xbox.  I was overwhelmed by the graphic jump from my old SNES to the Xbox!  I think my favorite game on the origianl Xbox was A Bard's Tale.  I had a blast playing that game; the goofy songs were the best!

I currently play Xbox 360 and have 28K+ achievements!   My plan is to get the Vita and go crazy downloading all the old-school RPGs that are on PSN that I missed out on while I was in college. 

What Games I Play:

I love RPGs and Third-person shooters!  I am terrible in any game that is FPS, although Borderlands is the exception.  I attempted Morrowind one time and my guy got stuck on a rock with the camera angle stuck twirling around up in the air.  That's when I pretty much called it quits for any game in the FP perspective.

I don't really care for MMOs; I just can't commit to one game and pay a monthly fee to play it after I've already bought it.  I recognize that free-to-play is very popular now, but they just want you to buy the special money to do anything fun. 

I subscribe to several game magazines, and I read Internet articles on GI and IGN everday!