Those of you who know me well should have no trouble reading my blog because you're accustomed to my personality. Those of you who have no idea who butt3r is, well, you should. I kid!
But seriously, for those of you who don't know me, I figured I'd waste some space with some quick facts about myself, so that you, the beautiful, intelligent reader that will comment, e-mail me, and check my page often, may begin to get to know me.
- I'm an avid gamer and basketball enthusiast. Go HEAT! (I know they sucked this season. Shut up.)
- I write for the Florida Int'l University student newspaper, The Beacon (fiusm.com), which has been a pretty great experience. I write for the arts and entertainment section of the newspaper, and I've gotten to meet and interview some interesting people and some of my favorite bands. They also published my first game review (for Super Smash Bros. Brawl). Yay!
- The real reason people started calling me butter is because I couldn't catch a damn football in the tenth grade.
- I have a wonderful girlfriend. Check out her blog: kjc00.blogspot.com
- I'll be going to Italy this summer on a study abroad program with my university. My girlfriend will be accompanying me. I'm very much looking forward to it.
- I aspire to someday write for EGM, IGN, OPM, OXM, GI, or any other gaming publication/website. Wish me luck.
METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
The Metal Gear Solid series and I share a very touching history.
Back in 1998, I had a Sony PlayStation. For the most part, my PlayStation was used as an unconventional decoration. It sat on my dresser, next to my TV, and I occasionally used it to play NBA Live '98 with my father. I was never really into gaming. I was a go outside/ride my bike/play basketball kind of kid.
That Christmas, my grandfather asked me to tell him any video game that I would like. He said that the game had to be sold at Target (so that he could use his new Target credit card), and that it would be my Christmas gift.
I surveyed a few of my friends that were into gaming and they unanimously voted Metal Gear Solid as the game I should ask for. At first I was a bit skeptical. I had seen one of my buddies play it once, and all I could remember was that there was a lot of talking.
I decided to actually trust my friends, and I told my grandpa' to get me Metal Gear.
Christmas came, and lo' and behold, Metal Gear Solid was stuffed into my stocking. I began to play it, expecting the worst...
Holy bat testicles, I was an idiot.
Metal Gear Solid captured me. It made me play for hours on end with my mouth agape, drooling all over my Alonzo Mourning jersey. It made me scream and shut off my PlayStation in fear when I looked through the small glass window, into the hallway full of the soldiers that Gray Fox slaughtered. It surprised me. It made me think. It educated me. It made me go through puberty.
Up until that point in my life, I never thought a video game could be so captivating. I thought the furthest a gaming experience went was the satisfaction you'd get from pulling off a Fatality in Mortal Kombat. Holy bat testicles, does not even begin to explain the way MGS blindsided me.
When the game was over, I played it again, and again. I played it one more time, for good measure, after that, and ever since, I've bought every video game console I could, read magazines, and stalked game websites in search of the next captivating experience. I've found many that come close, and many that don't came anywhere near, but are still entertaining.
Now, ten years later, Solid Snake is an lil' old man, and he might make his last appearance in MGS4.
I don't have a PlayStation3 yet, but you can bet your grandparents' suppositories that I'll have one come June 13.
Is anyone a little pissed off though?
The original MGS let us play as Solid Snake the whole way, which was bad ass, because he is a bad ass.
In Metal Gear Solid 2, we get to play as him for like, what? Thirty seconds? And then we have to play as that whiny, annoying retard Raiden.
Metal Gear Solid 3 puts us in the shoes of Big Boss, which, don't get me wrong, is great.
But...
MGS4 is the only 'real' sequel to Snake's story. Yes, I know that there are bits and pieces here and there in MGS2, and we learn a few secrets in MGS3, but MGS4 will be the only game in which we (hopefully) get to play completely as Snake. And now he's old! We won't ever get a true sequel in which we could play as Sexy Snake.
That's right, he's sexy.
Oh, and the Metal Gear Ac!d titles don't count.
See you next week, folks!
Leave me a comment! Tell me your Metal Gear memories. Write me an e-mail. Request me on your local radio station! Add me on myspace! myspace.com/tehbutt3r
The Metal Gear Solid series and I share a very touching history.Back in 1998, I had a Sony PlayStation. For the most part, my PlayStation was used as an unconventional decoration. It sat on my dresser, next to my TV, and I occasionally used it to play NBA Live '98 with my father. I was never really into gaming. I was a go outside/ride my bike/play basketball kind of kid.
That Christmas, my grandfather asked me to tell him any video game that I would like. He said that the game had to be sold at Target (so that he could use his new Target credit card), and that it would be my Christmas gift.
I surveyed a few of my friends that were into gaming and they unanimously voted Metal Gear Solid as the game I should ask for. At first I was a bit skeptical. I had seen one of my buddies play it once, and all I could remember was that there was a lot of talking.
I decided to actually trust my friends, and I told my grandpa' to get me Metal Gear.
Christmas came, and lo' and behold, Metal Gear Solid was stuffed into my stocking. I began to play it, expecting the worst...
Holy bat testicles, I was an idiot.
Metal Gear Solid captured me. It made me play for hours on end with my mouth agape, drooling all over my Alonzo Mourning jersey. It made me scream and shut off my PlayStation in fear when I looked through the small glass window, into the hallway full of the soldiers that Gray Fox slaughtered. It surprised me. It made me think. It educated me. It made me go through puberty.
Up until that point in my life, I never thought a video game could be so captivating. I thought the furthest a gaming experience went was the satisfaction you'd get from pulling off a Fatality in Mortal Kombat. Holy bat testicles, does not even begin to explain the way MGS blindsided me.
When the game was over, I played it again, and again. I played it one more time, for good measure, after that, and ever since, I've bought every video game console I could, read magazines, and stalked game websites in search of the next captivating experience. I've found many that come close, and many that don't came anywhere near, but are still entertaining.
Now, ten years later, Solid Snake is an lil' old man, and he might make his last appearance in MGS4.
I don't have a PlayStation3 yet, but you can bet your grandparents' suppositories that I'll have one come June 13.
Is anyone a little pissed off though?
The original MGS let us play as Solid Snake the whole way, which was bad ass, because he is a bad ass.
In Metal Gear Solid 2, we get to play as him for like, what? Thirty seconds? And then we have to play as that whiny, annoying retard Raiden.
Metal Gear Solid 3 puts us in the shoes of Big Boss, which, don't get me wrong, is great.
But...
MGS4 is the only 'real' sequel to Snake's story. Yes, I know that there are bits and pieces here and there in MGS2, and we learn a few secrets in MGS3, but MGS4 will be the only game in which we (hopefully) get to play completely as Snake. And now he's old! We won't ever get a true sequel in which we could play as Sexy Snake.
That's right, he's sexy.
Oh, and the Metal Gear Ac!d titles don't count.
See you next week, folks!
Leave me a comment! Tell me your Metal Gear memories. Write me an e-mail. Request me on your local radio station! Add me on myspace! myspace.com/tehbutt3r
4 comments:
My first was Zelda: Ocarina of Time... Those were the good ol' days.
halo > MGS
call of dudy 4 > MGS
Duce > butt3r
:D
Hello Mate. Nice blog...you may know me as Mr. Barcenas LOL!!! Dude I cant wait for MGS4!!! I bought a PS3 just for that and now im pissed cuz of the whole mess Konami has made with the Beta!!! ARRRGGHH!!! But anyways, yea MGS pwns and MGS4 is gonna be THE GAME OF THE YEAR!!! Cant wait till June!!! SEE YA!!! Keep Bloggin.
Hey butter, it's MOM.
So I read your blog, it's interesting. No wonder you want to be a journalist; very vivid imagination... Love ya
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