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[b]What games defined your childhood and why? What aspects of them interested you and how have they shaped your taste? And how do they hold up for you?[/b]
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The two game series that defined my childhood the most were Crash Bandicoot and Spryo. Crash Bandicoot: Warped and Spyro: Ripto's Rage being my favorites from their respective series. As a kid platformers were my jam and the orange marsupial and purple dragon were probably my most played series. Happy to have the remasters now on current generation consoles and PC. While graphically the originals haven't aged the greatest I still love them and now with the newer renditions of them, I can enjoy them some more. Still working on Time Trials for Crash Trilogy, and can't wait for November for Spyro

Among other games that were memorable were Megaman Legends (I wish Capcom hadn't canned Legends 3), Sled Storm (favorite pass time was hitting the rabbit in that game. XD Also got me into Rob Zombie with the Hot Rod Herman Remix of Dragula), Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (fun memories of playing it with my dad) , Einhander (while it was only a demo I really enjoyed it), Ape Escape, and Mech Warriors 2 (Timberwolf FTW!).