Jason Trent, JudoChinX

Hi Everyone! I was born in Sandy, Utah (a suburb of Salt Lake City), lived there until I was 10 or so, then moved to Vancouver, Washington. Four years later my family moved back to Utah, this time to Provo, and I've been living there ever since. I'm a newlywed with just over six months of commitment under my belt. Thankfully, I found a fellow gamer to wed, so I'm still play just as much as I did when I was single, if not more.

I've been writing off and on for years, mostly on my blog. It's always been a hobby, and maybe one day it will become more.

In real life, I work in the web-hosting industry doing low-level server administration for one of the bigger shared hosts out there. It's not a bad gig, and I really have a good time learning about and solving problems. Eventually, I'd love to move into law enforcement, or one of my many other interests (like writing) for a living, but this will have to do until I've completed school, something that I'm currently about half way through with.

Now for what will inevitably be the most interesting part of all of this (after all, I'm not that cool), here are my top three favorite games of all time:

1. Earthbound - SNES - 1995
This wasn't just a good game to me, it changed the way I viewed and played games. I'd never played an RPG before, so the ideas of taking turns during battles, equipping items, and levelling were completely new to me. The concept of my character steadily improving and gaining new skills over the course of the story was entrancing to say the least. From there, the humor and style won me over, and to this day, it's still something I visit on a yearly basis. Strangely enough, this is one of my wife's favorite titles as well. Was it fate? I think so.

2. Super Mario World - SNES - 1990
This was one of my very first video games. Santa brought me a Super Nintendo for Christmas when I was only four-years old, and Super Mario World came with it. I was hooked. I still remember blisters on my hands; trophies of a gaming addict. I can accredit my entire gaming career to this gem. But it's not just that this title is linked with fond memories. No. It's more than that. The gameplay, the graphics, the audio: it all holds up today.

3. Final Fantasy VII - PlayStation - 1997
Like Earthbound, Final Fantasy VII changed a lot for me, but most of all, it showed me that video games could offer an epic story, characters I felt invested in, and amazing (for the time) visuals. It changed me from a Nintendo kid to a PlayStation man; opening up an entirely new way for me to think about gaming as a medium.

Games aren't just about experiences we have; they're about the memories we make. Sure, there might be better games out there, but looking back, these represent a part of me. Contact Me

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