Hi there everyone!
I've frequently visited this Forum but more as a reader. However, after another visit to an amazing Arcade, I found myself coming back here, so signed up and wanted to chat.
I've adored Videogames since I was a kid, with my first machines being a SEGA Master System II and a 386 PC. From there, I developed a deep love of games, not just playing them but making them; Where I used to make levels in Doom and Quake. In my late teens, I dropped out of College for a Games Testing role and made the Videogames industry my career for over 2 decades, working in Testing, Level Design and then Programming. Been out of the games industry for awhile now, working in software (More reliable and better paid!) but my love of games has never waned.
I recently came back from a week away with my Brother at Arcade Club Bury and Blackpool (Which I wrote about here) revitalising my love for Arcades. I picked up a new Arcade Stick to get some of that feeling at home, it won't quite replicate the feeling of sitting at an Astro City cabinet, but one can but dream... Maybe one day!
Anyway, nice to meet you all and hope to be chatting more as the weeks roll on.
I've frequently visited this Forum but more as a reader. However, after another visit to an amazing Arcade, I found myself coming back here, so signed up and wanted to chat.
I've adored Videogames since I was a kid, with my first machines being a SEGA Master System II and a 386 PC. From there, I developed a deep love of games, not just playing them but making them; Where I used to make levels in Doom and Quake. In my late teens, I dropped out of College for a Games Testing role and made the Videogames industry my career for over 2 decades, working in Testing, Level Design and then Programming. Been out of the games industry for awhile now, working in software (More reliable and better paid!) but my love of games has never waned.
I recently came back from a week away with my Brother at Arcade Club Bury and Blackpool (Which I wrote about here) revitalising my love for Arcades. I picked up a new Arcade Stick to get some of that feeling at home, it won't quite replicate the feeling of sitting at an Astro City cabinet, but one can but dream... Maybe one day!
Anyway, nice to meet you all and hope to be chatting more as the weeks roll on.
