It is a memory forever etched into my mind. A small boy just barely four walks down a narrow hallway. The bright midday sun explodes through the window ahead, the hard wood floor is cool and smooth on his bare little feet. He looks up at his mother, there is something she wants to show him. They both enter a small room lit by the sun, but the light is soft here, it trickles in through white curtains. Neither the boy or his mother could know how pivotal this moment would be for the boy.
It rests on the center of a desk, a black, blank portal. It is a gateway, a link to distant worlds, alternate realities, and the distorted crevices of imagination. The little boy is sat upon a wooden chair, his mother slips an odd gray thing into his hands. The boy looks down at it, it has numbers on it, he doesn't know them all but he recognizes them, and he likes the way they feel when he runs his fingers over them. The gray thing also has some buttons on its side that the boy can push in, and near the top, a big knob. The boy's mother presses a button and the portal glows, the boy smiles, his life forever changed.
This is how I was born into the world of Video Games, the system was the Coleco Adam computer, the game was Buck Rogers: Planet of Zoom, and yes I was so scared at one point that I cried. I would soon get over my fear of the game and began to play it more, at some point however I stopped altogether(it would be 25 years before I would play Planet Zoom again) and I entered a short hiatus from Video Games. This hiatus would last until December 25th 1988.
My Rebirth into the world of Video Games was through the womb of an NES, on one of the greatest Christmas mornings of my life. It is a sacred memory, and I won't go into detail about it at this time. It is my goal however that you are reliving your own memory of the same or similar event, taking in once again the colors, smells and texture of that glorious day.
"What Is Geemudo"?
My Goal with this blog is to bring you along on an adventure as I relive the past, explore the future, and enjoy the present of the world of gaming. I will deliver news that will encompass all aspects of the gaming world as it unfolds, everything from upcoming titles, to legal issues. I will give unbiased reviews based solely on a game's merits(or lack of). I will listen and I will share. I will strive to add another dimension to your gaming experience, in the hopes of becoming an awesome add on and not another "Powerglove". If it has to do with games, you will find it here.
"Why do you call yourself The Game Ronin"?
My love for the individual games themselves has always and will always transcend the enslaving bonds and boundaries of any given system. I choose to claim no console, system, or platform as my master. I travel alone and with no allegiance through the exciting unknown world of gaming. In other words I am not a "fanboy".
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