My turn now:
My name's Michael. I'm 25 from Quebec so, obviously oui, je parle français. I've been a Lemming fan since I played the game the very first time on the Atari ST. I remember all the great fun I got with my old friend playing the game in 2-players mode: one using the mouse and the other using the joystick. We always made sort to play together without for a player to win to keep the game running.
I have first studied into multimedia, learning stuff about image editing, typography, music and photography (with camera obscura). Unfortunately, I failed my course and some times later, I tried a level designer course, learning basic stuff about video game level design. Once again, I failed, because I had trouble to work in teams, but however, the director said good comments on me. He told me that I was very strong into that. I even completed the level design final exam with a 100% note. It's later that I discovered that I have some PDDs (Pervasive Developmental Disorders). Yes, I'm an autist and I also have some Asperger syndrome. And this affects my social relations and my basic knowledge.
Then, some times later, I tried a video game programming course which was a huge mistake by itself. The course was extremely bad and a lot of students were frustrated. Some teachers didn't really know what to teach, some programming languages weren't appropriate to learn and blah... I did learn some programming stuff though and I could code a few basic video games. I tried to code a pac-man in assembly, I almost completed a tetris on a cell phone and I did a simple battleship game using labels and buttons under Windows. However, when I entered into making a 2D game engine and 3D programming, I totally failed.
Finally, I'm actually studying basic programming stuff and it went extremely well so far. I really hope someday, I will finally be able to get a job and code programs 'cause I'm really in need of cash after all those years of trying. I can't study forever, I have a life to live.
About my hobbies, I'm a fan of other old games, the one I'm playing so often being (no, not Lemmings, unfortunately
) Dungeon Keeper. I'm even an administrator on a French site. I'm so addicted to that game. I have also been a fan of Push Over, Supaplex (like geoo), Dungeon Master, Captive, Rise of the Triad and some other old games. But sometimes, I can play today's video games. I recently played and completed Portal 2 for example and I'm a good player of Team Fortress 2.
I have found that I love to listen trance music. It's something I have to discover more.
Finally, something that may surprise you, I'm... a furry.
Yes, I've recently been into the furry fandom as a dragon (obviously), it's been a few months ago. I'm sometimes going into furry meets and I've been into one furry convention so far. And well, I've got real fun in the meets and I'm planning to get a dragon fursuit once I'll get enough money. At the same time, this somewhat helps me a bit about my PDDs I explained above, being in contact with other people.
So, huh, yeah, I guess that's all so far. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask me.
