Le Session

Finally TOM figures out how to post a blog. Took me long enough with all the displays being in Japanese and my internet constantly shutting down lately. So I should have something well-prepared by now, right? Well, I don't. But I did get really high before sitting down to write this so... I guess what I'm trying to say is... I ate ALL the gummi cola ;)

Introduction:

The term "Tom Session" dates back as far as college (after I was done with class but when I was still kinda just chillin' on campus) when my roommates and friends finally figured out what to call the way I play video games. Long. Intense. Insane.

Longest? 30 STRAIGHT hours on DBZ Budokai 3. People have died from playing 40. I sat all day in my boxers with a box of cereal. The way Alex tells it, I went to bed at like 4:30 in the afternoon? I'll just take his word for it. I probably didn't even know what day it was.

Feats worth mentioning? Maxing out everyone's STATS in Chrono Trigger on SNES, getting ALL the endings for every racer in F-Zero GX, ALL trophies in Super Smash Bros. Melee, Defeating Bass in Mega Man: Network Transmission (whoa, lotsa hard Gamecube Games!), Completing all Challenges in KoF XI, Unlocking Proto Man and beating EVERY stage Capcom created for Mega Man: Powered Up (as well as every 2D Mega Man game ever released), getting 100% on Yoshi's Island DS, and ALL 108 characters in all 5 Suikoden games, just to name the first few that come to mind. When I unlocked Proto Man, I treated myself to a nice steak dinner!

I also was really into Punch-Out!! I remember beating Nintendo Power's knockout time for Super Punch-Out!!'s last boss "Nick Bruiser!"

More series I've dominated (other than Mega Man) include most (possibly all) things Mario, Kirby, 2D Metroid, and every Zelda game except for Twilight Princess (someday). RPG's I like include FF 1, 2, and 4-9, Lunar 1-2, Lufia 1-3, Breath of Fire 1-4, Xenogears, Alundra, Wild Arms 1-2, Seiken Densetsu 1-2 ("Mana" games), and again, Chrono Trigger and Suikoden 1-5 (and Tactics). Fighting games I'm into include The King of Fighters, Street Fighter, and Samurai Spirits (Shodown). Other stuff I'm into include River City Ransom and Katamari.

I've been slowing down on video games a lot lately, though but this sabbatical will end once any of the following come out: KoF MI: Reg A (English?), Mega Man ZX Advent, Zelda: The Phantom Hourglass, FF Tactics: The War of the Lions, DBZ BT 3, KoF 98 Ultimate Match, Samurai Spirits Sen and KoF XII.

These are the things in life I look forward to. The rest is what I'm most proud of. I'm Tom and this has been a session. I also like drinking Sparks and playing iToy (Sparks = PLURAL).