First Name: George
Multiplayer Name: NA
Age: 28
Occupation: IT Helpdesk
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Favorite Next-Gen Console: NDS
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: PS2
Favorite Game: Tetris (Nintendo versions)
First Gaming Memory: Pac-Man (Atari)
Something About You We Don't Know: I feel like a 'loser' knowing so many of you are successful, which is more than what I am.

First Name: Paul (noticed there was another one on this board, awesome!)
Multiplayer Name (specify Xbox, Wii, PS3, PC): Outlaw on everything else, Kloa for Animal Crossing and MMORPGs
Age: 25
Occupation: Grad Student/Cancer Research at the NCI
Location: Bethesda, MD
Favorite Next-Gen Console: Wii
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: DS Lite
Favorite Game: Legend of Zelda, Twilight Princess, Dragon Quest VIII
First Gaming Memory: Playing Super Mario Bros. 1 with my brother and sister late at night and running into the first goomba
Something About You We Don't Know: I got an idea for an experiment from playing Trauma Center and then Pikmin in that order (yes video games are helping cure cancer!). I also live close to Bethesda Software, you know, those guys.

First Name: Vince
Multiplayer Name (specify Xbox, Wii, PS3, PC): SoonerDoc
Age: 38
Occupation: physician
Location: Okla City
Favorite Next-Gen Console: 360
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: SNES
Favorite Game: Super Mario Bros. 3
First Gaming Memory: Atari 2600 Space Invaders

First Name: Lorenzo
Multiplayer Name (specify Xbox, Wii, PS3, PC):
Age: 33
Occupation: HS Teacher
Location: Ontario, Canada
Favorite Next-Gen Console: DS Lite (I'm still deciding between 360, Wii and PS3)
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: PS2
Favorite Game: Final Fantasy VII and 1942.
First Gaming Memory: Pong in the Atari 2600
Something About You We Don't Know: I'm trilingual.

I'm having a great time reading all about what we don't know about you people.
Man, what a great story this would make if your approach yields positive results! Sure would make a nice counter-point to all that hater rhetoric spewed by Jack Thompson.

First Name: Michael
Multiplayer Name (specify Xbox, Wii, PS3, PC): Decker 01
Age: 39
Occupation: Physician
Location: Las Vegas
Favorite Next-Gen Console: Xbox 360
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: PS2
Favorite Game: Ratchet & Clank series, Kingdom Hearts 2, Okami
First Gaming Memory: Getting a crappy Sears brand Pong console for Christmas
Something About You We Don't Know: As a child, appeared in the first US commercial for Betamax, likely resulting in eventual failure of the format.

Strong San Antonio contingent...I think I counted six of us.

First Name: Jon
Multiplayer Name (specify Xbox, Wii, PS3, PC): Lordwow
Age: 21
Occupation: Student/Intern
Location: Boston, MA
Favorite Next-Gen Console: Wii
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: XBox
Favorite Game: Current - Rogue Squadron II, All Time- SMB3
First Gaming Memory: About the time of NES, my Dad broke out the Intellevision from the basement. It was awesome.
Something About You We Don't Know: I once was singlehandely responsible for deciding which shorts were judged for a student film festival. I watched at least 3,000 shorts and picked every one that went on myself.

I think this demands a video link.

First Name: Kenny
Multiplayer Name (specify Xbox, Wii, PS3, PC): N/A
Age: 30
Occupation: Acccounts Receivable Analyst
Location: Los Angeles area
Favorite Next-Gen Console: Wii
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: PS2
Favorite Game: Now? - LoZ:TP
First Gaming Memory: We had a 2600 when I was a kid. The thing I remember most was how much I loved playing a game called H.E.R.O.
Something About You We Don't Know: I was upset that Cats didn't win the Everybody Votes poll.

First Name:
Multiplayer Name : do not play online
Age: 25
Occupation: ex game programmer. now lead applications developer
Location: washington dc
Favorite Next-Gen Console: Wii and DS
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: SNES
Favorite Game: final fantasy III and lufia 2 for the snes
First Gaming Memory: first playing the nes all day at a friend's house.
Something About You We Don't Know: i worked on the madden series

slop101 says he dated you back in 1995. Is that true?

I know at least three of us live in the same general area. Weird how that works out.

BTW Goldberg74, I did place that order for the cases. I'll let you know as soon as I get it.

Ah, but that's the beauty of it -- nobody had a VCR yet.

Seriously it was a master class in acting : I, being a 10 year old boy, fight with my 6 year old "sister" over what to watch on TV with such ferocity that I shove her to the floor. Then our "mother" shows us how we can TAPE one show and WATCH the other! Brilliant!

Who else lives in our neck of the Rivercity? Maybe we need to start a San Antonio Chapter of VGTalk.

Cool. Thanks.

You guys are more north right? I'm down by Sea World.

I actually dropped into a Zen-like state during the hoverbike sequence in Battletoads. I'm dead serious - my eyes relaxed, I started breathing slowly and make the most minute adjustments to the controller. It was the only time anything like that has happened in a video game and to this day I don't know how I beat it. The stars had aligned, apparently.

First Name: Daryl
Multiplayer Name (360): GoBlue
Age: 35
Occupation: Programmer
Location: Louisville area
Favorite Next-Gen Console: 360
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: PS2
Favorite Game: current: NBA 2K7 all-time: Galaga
First Gaming Memory: Space Invaders at a bowling alley back around 1980
Something About You We Don't Know: defeated both Jalen Rose and Chris Webber in Madden92 on the Genesis

I had the same experience and also managed to beat the game in my youth. Now if I play it on an emulator I'm lucky if I can get past the 2nd or 3rd level.

First Name: Raymond
Multiplayer Name (specify Xbox, Wii, PS3, PC): rg0019
Age: 32
Occupation: County Government Software - Software Trainer and Technical Support Specialist
Location: Dallas/The Colony, Tx
Favorite Next-Gen Console: 360
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: PS2
Favorite Game: Now? - GoW
First Gaming Memory: playing Atari 2600 and entering code in a C64, just to see a ball bounce across the screen
Something About You We Don't Know: Torn my tendon from the bone in my right arm about 8 months ago

This is me with Ninja Gaiden. I beat that one and got all the way through Side Pocket on the NES, but now I can barely last 5 minutes before the game is over.

You beat Ninja Gaiden?

I made it to the final boss at least two dozen times. I got sick of it kicking me back all those levels when he'd kick my ass so I eventually threw in the towel.

The sequel however I beat on my very first playthrough. Not only that, but my first man. Didn't die once. Not quite the challenge the first one gave me.

First Name: Chris (seems pretty common)
Multiplayer Name (specify Xbox, Wii, PS3, PC): TurdFerguson64, Cowbell, basically something that relates to SNL Best of Will Ferrell
Age: 31
Occupation: Graphic Designer
Location: San Jose, CA
Favorite Next-Gen Console: Xbox 360/DS
Favorite Prev-Gen Console: NES
Favorite Game: Mario Kart series
First Gaming Memory: All nighters playing Combat on the 2600 against my brother
Something About You We Don't Know: Playing Super Mario Bros. 2, I mapped out a chart so that I used all 4 characters equally so all their names appeared at the end of the game.