So here I am... standing on the precipice of something that could be long-lasting, or simply a fleeting notion my bored mind is entertaining because yet again I can't seem to sleep.
 
My name is Nathan Leung. I'm 21. I live in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. I've been visiting GB since its inception (in blog format) back in March of '08. What can I say? It's the best game site out there, I love it, it's my homepage (along with screened.com and fifa.com, temporarily. I catch football 
 fever [yes, there I go calling it 'football' even though I'm Canadian] every four years. Go Brasil!) blah blah blah that's my relationship with this establishment. It's simply the best. I don't really feel I need to explain, we're all here for a reason.
 
P.S. Look at me, my first blog post and I'm already using brackets within brackets. I swear my writing will get better the more I do it... P.P.S. Note to self: learn how to put hotlinks in a post.
 
You may notice that my account was only created tonight. Previously I have slunk along the dark corridors GiantBomb (I use the black layout, easier on the eyes, easier on the environment) as "Socks", sporting Calvin and Hobbes skanking in a prompt and timely manner as my avatar. Why the new account? I suppose it was initially for the name change. Lungford identifies more with my actual name (Leung = Lung, etc.), and it's also my Xbox Live username. I like it more. But it was also about starting fresh. I figure it'll help give me motivation to spend some more time on the site posting and writing. The only downside is that I have to redo almost seventeen levels worth of questing. Minus the limited edition ones that are no longer available. Ugh.
 
I guess it might be pertinent to mention that I am a musician. Music is the biggest part of my life. Video games are up there. I also have a girlfriend of a year and a half-ish (who usually takes priority over video games...). What else can I tell you about me? I own a PC, an Xbox 360, and everything Nintendo has released up until and including the Wii and first generation DS. I do most of my gaming on the 360, but I have quite a few games on the PC as well. Those Steam sales are irresistible...
 
I have an idea! To show you who I am as a (I almost typed "gamer") video game player, I'm gonna do my list of the top ten games that I have the strongest emotional or nostalgic connection to. These are the games that I have the fondest memories of. The games I play over and over. They may not be the best game, but they are the games that have shaped me as a video game lover today.
 
1. Ocarina of Time (N64)
2. Counter-Strike (PC, since 1.5, baby)
3. Freedom Fighters (GCN)
4. Super Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles IV: Turtles in Time (SNES)
5. Chrono Trigger (SNES)
6. Age of Empires II, and the expansion (PC)
7. Blizzard Games: SC, WC2, D2, WC3, WoW (I feel I can lump them all into one game. We've all spent good days - and I mean days - of our lives playing these games.)
8. Both Golden Sun games (GBA)
9. Tales of Symphonia (GCN)
I just thought of two more so I'm amending the list to include eleven entries!
10. Half-Life 2 and Episodes
11. Beyond Good and Evil
 
There you have it. Shooters, RPGs, and action/adventure/platformers. In the near future I plan to talk a bit about what games I've been playing in the past while, and what I'm most excited about in the future. But for now, I think I need to go get started on those quests... and find an avatar picture.
 
I think I shall leave you with one of my favourite quotes (damn you American Firefox spell-checker. THAT 'U' BELONGS IN THE WORD). I'm not sure if it is relevant in any way to this post, but it makes me laugh, and though it is spoken by an incredibly disturbed, incredibly fictional little boy... I tend to agree.
 
    I think the surest sign that there is intelligent life out there in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. - from Calvin & Hobbes, Bill Watterson
  

  Good evening, Bombers.
Lungford out.