Meet the Reader: BIGAL-1992
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Published: 10:00, 04/09/2011 by teflon.
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Yet another interview. This week it’s BIGAL-1992 in the hot seat. I warmed it up for him.
Get anything nice in the riots?
Who are you, how old are you and where do you come from?
My name is Allister Higgins, I’m 19 years old and I’m from Ireland.
Excellent. What’s your screen name and where did it come from? I am, of course, expecting a rather pedestrian answer here!
For my screen name, I was a big fan of the walking with dinosaurs series when it was first out on BBC, despite the fact I was 7 when it was first released. Anyway, they did a one-off episode of a type of dinosaur called an allosaurus, and the episode was about the most complete skeleton found of one nicknamed ‘Big Al’. Tie that to my name Allister and 1992, the year I was born, and there you go.
Oh, much more interesting than I expected! So, how did you first come across gaming?
I first started gaming when I was around 6, when my dad got me a Playstation for christmas and a copy of F1 ’98. The game was, admittedly slightly cack, but it got me into gaming. Over the years, I’ve owned a PS2, Gameboy Advanced, a PSP when it was first released, and now I’m on a PS3, 360 and thinking about getting a Vita.
Interesting to see the GBA in there, when it looks like there not much love for Nintendo?
It’s not that I necessarily hate Nintendo, as I think they’ve done extremely well to stay in the market for such a long time, It just that there’s really very little games to choose from unless it’s a first party game. If you strip away the usual Legend of Zelda games, the mario games and the like, there isn’t much really to choose from the third party studios. Of course, I know a lot of people who own a Wii or a DS will have many third party games that they love, personally, there’s not much for me to choose for me to justify owning a Ninty console.
Do you think that the WiiU being ahead of the PS3 and 360 with specs might address this? Perhaps heading onwards into the rest of the next generation, when the PS4 and next Xbox come along?
Personally, I’ll be amazed if the WiiU doesn’t get the jump on it’s rivals in the next generation of consoles, let alone this generation. It’ll already get a head start with developers working on it and whenever the PS4 and the the new Xbox get released, it’ll already have a library of games built up by then. It’s just a shame the way they’ve displayed it in public has been a bit cack-handed.
Well I guess that’s down to it being the announcement of it. Don’t forget the furore around the PS3 and the pre-rendered trailer for Killzone 2! Do you think that the reveal by Nintendo might force Microsoft and Sony to shift up a step and announce their next home consoles sooner than they outwardly planned?
They might have too. The WiiU is a more powerful then either of them and I could see both Microsoft and Sony pushing forward in development. That said, if we don’t hear of it next year, I probably wouldn’t be surprised.
With an answer like that, you’d make a good politician. We’ll now move on to the part where I ask ceaseless questions about your top games. Since we’re looking to the future, why not tell us which trio of games it is you are looking forward to most in the rest of this year?
I was dreading this question, as I’ve got at least 5 or 6 games consider buying for the rest of the year. If I had to chose, I’d say Uncharted 3, Skyrim and probably Battlefield 3.
Oh, go on then. What’s on the rest of your shopping list?
Halo: Anniversary Edition, Gears of War 3, Resistance 3, F1 ’11 and one other game I can’t think of right now.
Well if you remember it, be sure to randomly blurt it out. What game do you consider to be your absolute favourite of all time?
Hmm….If I had to choose just one, it would have to be Mass Effect 2. I really loved the way your choices could have such a big impact on the storyline and also the gameplay was very well made I reckon.
Did you carry your game over from Mass Effect 1? Have you played it through more than once to see how the other side lived?
Actually no. I bought Mass Effect 2 on PS3, so I’ve never played the original.
Oh, that’s interesting, since you have a 360. Is there a particular reason why you haven’t picked it up at bargain bucket prices?
I haven’t got time, I’m afraid. I know many people say the original was brilliant, but somehow I’m not sure I’d want to play it incase I end up being disappointed by it.
I’m sure the comments section will explode now, under the weight of people saying you should. So this is the perfect opportunity to ask if there have been any gaming howlers that you’re completely embarrassed to have played? Or perhaps they’re guilty pleasures?
I wouldn’t say I’ve played games I was embarrassed to play, otherwise I would know of a few right off the top of my head. In terms of guilty pleasures, I’ve played Mercenaries 2 before. Granted it wasn’t exactly the most polished game ever made, but it was fun when I played it.
People continually disappoint me, by having good taste in games. Bah!
You should look harder then.
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04/09/2011 at 10:05
Member since: Jan 2009
My 15 mins of fame has arrived! Feel free to mock THAT image of me.
04/09/2011 at 10:11
Member since: Dec 2008
Your standing in the way of that nice looking poster.
04/09/2011 at 12:01
Member since: Jan 2009
Yoo hoo: http://tinypic.com/r/4k7atu/7
04/09/2011 at 12:22
Member since: Dec 2008
Awesome. :) Gotta love a good rally photo
04/09/2011 at 12:42
Member since: Jan 2009
Who wouldn’t?
04/09/2011 at 10:12
Member since: Aug 2009
Ha! You drive a forklift! … oh wait
04/09/2011 at 10:58
Member since: Jun 2009
Have you been Looting !
04/09/2011 at 10:18
Member since: Forever
Are you from the cover of brink?
04/09/2011 at 11:27
Member since: Jun 2009
Curses, you beat me on saying it first.
Nice interview though.
04/09/2011 at 11:52
Member since: Jan 2009
Unless I’ve suddenly sprouted dreadlocks and got a tan and tatts to go with it, not really.
04/09/2011 at 10:20
Member since: Nov 2009
Good interview :)
Dunno why, but from generally reading ur comments over the time I have been visiting SixthAxis, I had you pegged as older.
Love the “looter” photo btw ;P
04/09/2011 at 11:00
Member since: May 2009
Perhaps you thought he was 18-20, right handed and from the South of England? :P
04/09/2011 at 11:11
Member since: Nov 2009
Haha yeah :P
04/09/2011 at 12:04
Member since: Jan 2009
Fun fact: Ever since I was 13, people thought I was an adult.
05/09/2011 at 13:09
Member since: Mar 2009
Even despite the ’1992′ in the username.
05/09/2011 at 14:38
Member since: Apr 2009
I wonder how old people think I am, and where am I from?
04/09/2011 at 10:59
Member since: May 2010
nice interview :) laughed at your pic and the caption. You are one of the few people who didnt come across TSA through trophy lists and ps store updates :P
04/09/2011 at 11:26
Member since: Jan 2009
I’ve never been much of a trophy person, so news was going to be the only way I found tsa.
04/09/2011 at 11:24
Member since: Jan 2009
Haha, nice to see the photo’s gone down a treat.
04/09/2011 at 11:24
Member since: Dec 2009
92! Shit I was 12, smoking and drinking with my home boys and our hot chicks then….seems so alien when master system and nes arent mentioned as first gaming steps.
Great read bigal.
Fs.
04/09/2011 at 11:37
Member since: Nov 2009
Lol, I still think of myself as a youngster too.
The I read when people say “I was born in 92″ and I think “Ahh a kid” but they aren’t…they are 20 yrs old and I am breaching 30 :P
04/09/2011 at 11:46
Member since: Aug 2010
Shit, I’m exactly the same! 12 in ’92… but not the smoking and drinking and the chicks and the home boys… I lived in a small village where people still point at the moon and cars. But apart from that, exactly the same!
04/09/2011 at 12:05
Member since: May 2009
Well that explains a few things… ;)
04/09/2011 at 12:13
Member since: Aug 2009
How wonderful Britain was then…..
04/09/2011 at 12:13
Member since: Aug 2009
Interesting read, nice to know you
04/09/2011 at 12:43
Member since: Jan 2009
Hello! *Waves*
04/09/2011 at 13:04
Member since: May 2010
Nice interview. Always good to learn more about my fellow TSA’ers.
04/09/2011 at 13:38
Member since: Mar 2010
That was a good interview. I remember the Big Al dinosaur episode from back when I was infatuated with dinosaurs (actualy, I guess I still am…)! Good luck on your studies!
04/09/2011 at 13:59
Member since: Jan 2009
Thanks!
04/09/2011 at 14:13
Member since: Nov 2010
That was a great read! And I’m so sorry Bigal but I can’t help but pronounce your name as Bi-Gal instead of Big-Al. Which makes for a different image in my head entirely :’).
04/09/2011 at 14:51
Member since: Jan 2009
You have got to draw a picture of that. Would make for some hilarious reactions in the general chat forum.