Matthew

Hi, my name is Matt Burris. I've been gaming for over two decades, starting with the Atari 2600. My aunt would take me to the local arcades to play Pac-man, Galaga, Robotron, Joust, and all the other old-school games of the past while she did her laundry. My first gaming system was the original Nintendo Entertainment System, as a Christmas present. It wasn't long before I was master Super Mario Bros., Duck Hunt, Castlevania, and Metroids.

I went on to get the Sega Genesis, Super Nintendo, SegaCD, Sega Saturn, and then the Playstation. Then I became a full-fledged PC gamer, eschewing console gaming as I couldn't identify and enjoy console gaming as much as PC gaming. It started when I visited a friend's house and he showed me this game called Doom II. It blew me away, it was nothing like any of the console games I've ever played. Right then I knew I had to get a computer to play these kind of games.

My first PC game was a great way to get started with Looking Glass Studios' (R.I.P.) tactical FPS game, Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri. It sucked me into another world and didn't let go, and it was a thrill ride I'll never forget. Doom/Doom II, as has it done for many, made me a PC gamer for life.

To this day I'm an avid PC gamer, and perhaps one day I'll become a console gamer again. For now, I'm the opposite of the doom-sayer, I feel PC gaming is getting better everyday (with a few negative trends developing from time-to-time.)

Besides PC gaming, I enjoy cooking, web design, indie music, the Florida Gators, and posting to my blog at http://goodblimey.com/.

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Uber

pronounced ew bur

1. The German word for "above".

2. The word uber comes from the German language. During the late 1990's, uber became a hip, trendy synonym for super; i.e. ubercool - supercool.

3.The ultimate, above all, the best, top, something that nothing is better than.

4. Used in 1337 speak or netspeak meaning best, very, ultimate



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