Gamer Profile

Hello there!

Welcome to my random corner of the Internet. Basically I post whatever I find relevant to my interests (doesn’t everyone? ^_^). It could be anything, but there is a higher probability that whatever I write about will be arcade pinball or shmup related. You may also find some random geeky stuff about video games, a video that should be viral in my opinion, a game that I’m playing online, an equally random video game remix track or some pinball videos that I have produced. Anyway, here is a list of potentially uninteresting things about me.

My favorite quote: “Ride that beast! Ride that Perfectly Normal Beast, Sandwich Maker!”
–H2G2
My second favorite quote: “Play a real game! Play pinball!”
My state: New Jersey
My first console: Intellivision
My first video game: Intellivision Las Vegas Poker & Blackjack, which helped me to learn math. Although, I remember that my 2-year old self initially found it difficult to understand these two things while playing blackjack: First, why ‘J’, ‘Q’ and ‘K’ were the same as the number 10. Second, why, when I chose double down, that sometimes I would have a whole lot of money, and other times I would lose a crapload.
My current consoles: Xbox 360, PS3, PS2, Wii
My Soundcloud:
My pinball games: Congo, World Cup USA Soccer ’94, The Shadow, Judge Dredd, Demolition Man, Pinball Pool
My World Pinball Player Ranking (WPPR)
My PAPA Advanced Rating System Ranking (PARS)
I am a member of the International Flipper Pinball Association (IFPA) How do you become a member? Simply compete in any IFPA sponsored pinball tournament event.
I am a member of the Jersey Pinball Association.
I am a member of the National Pinball League. How do you become a member? Click on the banner to visit the NPL.
My video gaming tendencies: I can pretty much have fun with anything except simulation sports games (sorry Madden, NBA, NHL, and MLB insert number here). I’m always behind the current trends because I will not pay full price just so I can say I had the game “day one”. I’ll get most of of my games as cheaply as I can, and usually in bunches that end up unplayed for a long time.
My Backloggery: my embarrassing backlog is embarrassing. Mainly because some of the time I would devote to videogames is taken up by arcade pinball competitions and tournaments.
My favorite podcasts: RetroforceGO! (now cancelled), The Electric Hydra, Post Game Report, Remember When, Achievement Junkie
Why is this website named Fun With Bonus: For those who may be wondering (all 2 of you) “fun with bonus” is what happens when you lose your ball and the pinball game gives you whatever bonus you have earned. However, most pinball games don’t just give you the bonus. some games will give you some base points, then put a multiplier to it, then add some more points from bonus modes, and then count up the bonus for you with quirky sound effects like it’s some sort of telethon. The game is having fun with your bonus. This is where the pinball jargon “fun with bonus” comes from.
Fun with bonus moments happen in video games as well. Shmups go through a fun with bonus mode usually at the end of stages to tell how well you did. Players receive mountainous amounts of bonus points after the game calculates the number of medals, combos, and other skillful things they did during the stage. Maybe that is part of the reason why I like shmups even though I am not very good at them.
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