Salutations is My Fancy Way of Saying Hello

In a world where everyone seems to have their own niche to fill, their own section that they want to see themselves fitting into, I have always seen myself as a gamer.

I started on the Atari, no idea which number and actually remember owning a copy of E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial game which supposedly was so bad that they had to bury the remaining copies in a landfill somewhere in New Mexico. My parents kept me up with the latest systems by selling the old ones and buying them pre-owned with our earnings and pooled allowances. We even had a Sega Saturn and Dreamcast. We didn't miss a thing, except for the Atari Jaguar and Neo Geo systems, so all in all I never felt I missed out on much. I have now been blessed to have the three systems that are considered "next-gen," the Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii, and the Playstation 3.

I was also born and raised with faith and love in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I served a mission in Maracaibo, Venezuela. I was married to the love of my life and my High School sweetheart in the Salt Lake City temple five years ago this February 28th. The wife and I teach Sunday School to kids whose ages range from 12 to 14.

My wife hates video games except for the music games.

This blog is for gamers and Mormons alike, so that I and others can talk about the things that matter most to us. Those things being faith, gaming and family. That being said, this is a place of no judgment. I for starters love mature rated games. Gears of War 1 and 2, all of the Call of Duty series (except for Call of Duty 3) Dead Space, Left 4 Dead, Fallout 3, the Halo series and the Resident Evil series being chief among them. I do play others, and actually found kiddie fair such as Viva Pinata to be quite entertaining. I like to give most games a try and will try to give my opinion on these that I do play. In the future I may open the blog to other contributors, especially for sports and racing games as I don't really play them.