My first introduction to gaming came when I was a small boy. I remember my Japanese uncle showing my father NIBBLES.BAS for Microsoft QBasic. I was more curious than really hooked at that point, but that event seeded not only my gaming but my current software engineering occupation as well. I dappled in shareware, and played a lot of Commander Keen and Gizmos and Gadgets. Eventually I moved through console gaming: Metroid, Super Mario Brothers, Donkey Kong Country, Spyro the Dragon, and Metal Gear Solid just to name the big ones. But, after being introduced to lanning by two of my high school friends, I started PC Gaming in a hardcore way: Starcraft, Diablo II, and eventually Counter-Strike 1.4