No seriously, my mother got me into it. She used to play D&D in school, and she kept a lot of her old stories and playbooks. I still remember when I was super little and she tried to DM a mock-session with me. All I remember from it is that I was an elf, and I was in a town that didn't like halflings. Oh, and the waitress got mad at me because I only wanted vegetable stew, cause I was all, "Elves are vegetarian, right?" :P We also had games like Hero Quest and Dungeon lying around, and we played them a lot (even if we didn't always know the rules!).
She was also into anime, and shared a lot of the fantasy-styled shows with me as a kid--namely Slayers and Magic Knight Rayearth. I loved that kind of storytelling, so when I learned how to read, I began reading more and more of those kinds of stories. And years later, I've started writing my own! So I guess you could say fantasy gaming has helped to shape my destiny! ^_^
I was born in the mid eighties and my mom bought me final fantasy for NES. Later she picked me up dragon warrior at a garage sale. I've enjoyed many genres, but fantasy has always been home cooking for me.
Well, it all started with The Chronicles of Narnia followed closely by The Lord of the Rings.
When I discovered Gateway to Apshai for my Commodore 64 the computer game world opened up, which led to a whole host of fantasy games of both the action and rpg variety. I was introduced to the Forgotten Realms by Pool of Radiance from SSI. The rest as they say is history.
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No seriously, my mother got me into it.
She was also into anime, and shared a lot of the fantasy-styled shows with me as a kid--namely Slayers and Magic Knight Rayearth. I loved that kind of storytelling, so when I learned how to read, I began reading more and more of those kinds of stories. And years later, I've started writing my own! So I guess you could say fantasy gaming has helped to shape my destiny! ^_^
Once again, I blame my mother.
When I discovered Gateway to Apshai for my Commodore 64 the computer game world opened up, which led to a whole host of fantasy games of both the action and rpg variety. I was introduced to the Forgotten Realms by Pool of Radiance from SSI. The rest as they say is history.