espion4ge
Bio
I’ve been playing video games since the original Super Mario Bros. on the NES, when I got it as a kid with Duck Hunt. I fondly remember various games on the NES like Crystalis, StarTropics, Bionic Commando, River City Ransom, etc. Through the years I’ve played through and beaten hundreds of various games, and owned practically every console, and gone pretty hardcore. I’ve led various clans/guilds for PC games such as Quake, Quake II, Warcraft III, and World of Warcraft. I’ve even sat atop the Warcraft III East ladder with my brother for a short period of time back in the day. I used to love fighting games, RPGs, and RTS games growing up, but these days I tend to end up focusing on action/adventure games most. Not a huge fan of sport games at all, but I do enjoy the Burnout racing games – that’s probably the closest I’ll get to playing and enjoying a sports game.
Being a recently married person with a day job, I only have perhaps a couple hours each night to play video games, but I never fail to turn on that 360 each night after dinner. I decided to start reviewing the games I went through on a blog because my wife believed that other gamers may be able to benefit from the wealth of information and gaming experiences I’ve had and continue to digest. After all, many people see my Gamerscore and are shocked. Might as well give those that are more curious a place to see my thoughts.
My “handle”, espion4ge, comes from Metal Gear Solid. I enjoyed the series a lot, but I’m not a fanatic. It just so happened one day about 10 years ago I was trying to think of a new account name to use for Starcraft, and my Metal Gear Solid PS1 game was sitting there on my desk. I took a look at its cover and picked out the the name espionage from “Tactical Espionage Action”, and ever since then it’s stuck. Of course, with “espionage” already taken in various online outlets like XBox Live, I had to resort to a slight variation of the name.
Current Gaming Collection
Xbox 360 Backlog:
(my current proposed order from top to bottom)
Borderlands
Brutal Legend
Tekken 6
Ghostbusters
Magna Carta 2
Fallout 3 GotY
Civilization Revolution
Guitar Hero 5
Tales of Vesperia
Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Dead or Alive 4
Marvel vs Capcom 2
Xbox 360 Permanent Collection:
Grand Theft Auto IV
BioShock
The Orange Box
Gears of War
The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion GotY
Call of Duty 4
Halo 3
Street Fighter IV
Gears of War 2
Guitar Hero 2
Rock Band
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Rock Band 2
Mass Effect
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
Call of Duty 2
Fable 2
Left 4 Dead
Burnout Revenge
Dead Space
Shadow Complex
Virtua Fighter 5: Online
Burnout Paradise
Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Vegas
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger Limited Edition
Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter 2
Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
Guitar Hero World Tour
Pure
Soul Calibur IV
Dead Rising
Resident Evil 5
Bionic Commando ReArmed
Call of Duty: World at War
Devil May Cry 4
Battlefield 1943
Halo 3: ODST
Battlefield: Bad Company
Halo Wars
Assassin’s Creed
Ninja Gaiden II
Mirror’s Edge
Guitar Hero: Van Halen
Shadowrun
Released 360 titles to potentially pick up/rebuy (at the right price)
Crackdown
The Club
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
PC Games Backlog:
(my current proposed order from top to bottom)
Tropico 3
Team Fortress 2
World in Conflict: Soviet Assault
Company of Heroes
Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
The Witcher: Enhanced Edition
Crysis
Crysis: Warhead
Battlefield 2 Collection
The Sims 3
Left 4 Dead
