Greetings,
My name is John, 44yrs old(?) from Orange County, CA.
I first started play vidgames way back in the early 70's, my older bro. bought an Odyssey, we hooked it up to the TV, applied the overlays and had a blast with all the variations of pong and the light rifle in some kind of haunted mansion type game.
What I do in real life? I suppose you mean for a job or career,
Well now, I feel kinda special!
I'm a Teamster, Local 986 in Los Angeles, CA.
What that means to those who care is..........I've worked the Sony Playstation Booth for the past 4 years at E3. Moving the freight in and setting it all up, 14 days prior to the opening of the show, then working the show while it's open, stocking the publication bins,(every gaming magazine you can imagine) and finally, moving it all out in less than 6 days.
I met some of the Digital Press crew last year down in the Kentia Hall, they had a great display of retro gaming machines and other rare items....it kinda looked like my storage space, except your stuff was a lot cleaner!
I started collecting, trading, buying and selling because of the lack of money.
I couldnt afford to buy newgames so I placed free wanted ads in the local Recycler asking for cheap consoles, buy them for dirt, get them to throw in the games for free....I'd re-sell the consoles with 1 game & gun and keep the rest.
How many copies of NES Mario/Duck Hunt can still be out in the wild? 20,000 at least!!
I'm sorry for the long intro about me...I started to think too much and write way too much and you get the picture.