Howdy

Well, this is my first go at blogging so I will give an introduction about myself and also just explain here what I will be blogging about and what kind of topics to expect to be seen here.

I have been a gamer for a lot of my life, the first console I played on was the Atari 2600 JR, it was my dads console and we used to play on it together playing games such as; Asteroids, Pacman and also Missile Command. we used to play on it for hours taking it in turns using the old style joypads with one button to mash unlike the controllers of today with several buttons to press.

The first console i owned was the Sega Megadrive, I thought it was great to play on at the time and had plenty of games to play on it with my collection spanning close to 40 games (not bad for a 13 year old eh? :)) The Megadrive was so good that even my mum wanted to play on it, she bought herself Fantastic Dizzy and after that I never really got a look in on playing my Megadrive.

In total I have owned nearly all released consoles and hand-helds including the PS1/2/3 & Psp, Sega Saturn & Game Gear, Nintendo Wii, Ds, N64, Gamecube, Snes & NES, I also have owned the Xbox & Xbox 360.

My current favorite console I play on is the PlayStation 3, my choice for choosing this over the Xbox 360 that lies gathering dust on my shelf is it suits my needs as a gamer, I am able to play online with friends for free and talk to them, whether by private message or using my Turtle Beach DPX21 Headset. the features I do miss from the Xbox 360 when playing on my PS3 are the party chat and easy way to join a friends session from the dashboard. I also then have the option of watching Blu Rays or stream films with LoveFilm to watch with my family.

This blog will mainly be about recent going ons in the console world and I might also blog about stuff that is happening on the PC side of gaming, I will try to keep the information fresh and current for what is happening on the day it happens.

Thanks for reading the first post of my blog and I hope you stick around for the ride, if there are any requests or criticisms please leave a comment.

Cheers
Peter