Hoping on the bandwagon here...

Anyway, my name is Ben and I am a proud staff member on one of the best video game sites on the Web. My job on the staff is as Hardware Contributor, although I spend as much time on the games database as I do the hardware database. My main specialties are pre-SNES systems and Japanese systems. I am specifically interested in the Atari 7800, NES/Famicom, Sega Master System and the TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine. I joined the site on August 20, 2004, and became a staff member on July 7, 2007. In between that time I was essentially inactive on the site, but then I noticed how incomplete the database was and I decided to something about it. Not long afterwards, I applied for a position on the staff and got my current position as Hardware Contributor.

I am currently a college student in my second year and I plan to major in history. I'm currently trying to wrap my GE (general education) courses before I begin working on my major, and afterwards I might transfer to SJSU to get my BS. I am currently unemployed, and I haven't had luck finding a job yet. Aside from playing video games and going to college, I am a huge music fan and I also enjoy the occasional anime.

I've been collecting for about as long as I can remember, starting back when I was about 7 years old. During that time, I discovered the wonders of Funcoland and started collecting for the NES and Game Boy. A few years later, I began collecting for the Sega Master System and Genesis, and by 2003 I was into the Atari 2600. Just recently I've been into collecting for import systems, mainly the Famicom, Sega Mark III and PC Engine.

Learn more about me, after the jump if you want...





Name: Ben U. (I'm very hesitant to use my last name on the Internet as it's very unique)
Age: 19 (which I believe makes me the youngest staff member)
Location: San Jose, CA
Hometown: San Jose, CA
Position: Hardware Contributor

1. Do you have pets?
My family has two dogs (a Chow/Lab mix and a Silky Terrier) and a rabbit.

2. What is your favorite color?
Blue.

3. What kind of music do you like?
I live for New Wave, New Romantic and synthpop. 80s all the way!

4. What do you do on your free time besides spending time on RFG?
Aside from going to school, I listen to music, play games, watch random stuff on YouTube and browse through meganekko (anime girls with glasses) pics on Akibakko and Gelbooru

5. What are your goals/dreams in life?
Get married, have children, get a good job and own a house. Pretty typical, no?

6. What got you involved in RFG?
Originally I came here for the collection tracker, but I didn't actually get involved with the site until I started editing entries in the database.

7. Are you into sports? If so which ones?
I hate sports, although I sometimes enjoy playing basketball.

8. What is your dream job?
You know, I'm not quite sure at this point. Get back to me when I graduate college...

9. What was your first screen name?
My first ever SN was "MegaManX" on some Nickelodeon forum which is long gone, but I've been using the ApolloBoy name for almost 6 years now.

10. Do you have any piercings?
Nope.

11. Are you a lefty/righty or ambidextrous?
Righty.

12. Do you have any tattoos? If not do you wish/plan to get one?
Again, no.

13. Do you have any siblings?
I have a 17-year old sister and a 15-year old brother.

14. What is your favorite website?
This site, of course.

15. Do you play computer games? If so which ones?
Ever since I got a Mac I stopped regularly playing computer games. However, I'm currently addicted to Doom II (using the ZDoom source port) and Quake II.

16. Do you play video game consoles? Which ones?
Asking me if I play video game consoles is like asking someone if the sky is blue. As for which ones I own, go look through my collection since I own a number of systems.

17. Do you collect?
I collect to play, but I'm trying to get a complete collection for the Sega Mark III (all complete in box, of course).

18. Are you married or planning to get married?
I plan to get married, and I am currently single.

19. How many languages do you speak? Which ones?
I'm a native English speaker, and I have a rudimentary grasp on Spanish (took 2 years of it in high school)

20. Do you drink?
No. One, I'm not old enough, and two, why would I?

21. Do you smoke?
Let's just say that I prefer to keep my lungs intact.

22. Did you play hooky from class?
Nope, 'cause I'm a good boy like that.

23. Do you have a license?
None, although I really want a driver's license.
 
24. Do you obtain a good amount of sleep daily?
I wish I did.

25. How do you sleep?
I sleep on my back or on my side.

26. Have you ever been on an airplane?
I've been on a plane several times, and the last time I was on one, I was coming home from CGE 2K7 in Vegas.

27. Have you ever broken a bone?
I came close to breaking my left foot about a year ago. Not. Fun.

28. Do you wear jewelry? If so what jewelry do you wear?
I don't wear any jewelry.

29. How do you dress?
Gimme a T-shirt and jeans and I'm good to go.

30. How many keys are on your key ring?
I don't actually have a keyring; I only carry my house key which goes in my pocket.

31. What time do you go to bed? What time do you wake up?
I go to bed late, let's just leave it at that. For school days I wake up close to 7:30 and for weekends around 9 or 10.

32. What's the freakiest thing you have done?
I don't think I've ever done anything that would be considered freaky.

33. Do you live alone?
Unfortunately, no. I'd love to have an apartment room, but I'm a poor college student so that's out of the question.

34. How many hours a day do you spend in the computer?
A lot.

35. How many hours a day do you spend on RFG?
I'd say around 4-5 hours.

36. What is your favorite beverage? Coffee, Tea, Soda, Beer, other?
I'm one of the biggest Diet Mountain Dew fans on the planet.

37. What do you hate?
I could go on and on about this one.

38. What do you love?
This site.

39. What is your religion?
None, atheist

40. What is your hair color?
Brown.

41. How tall are you?
6'2", or something close to that

42. How much do you weigh?
It varies from 177-180 lbs.

43. What's the feature on RF Generation you can't live without?
 a. As a staff member?
 The database. I actually do get enjoyment out of editing entries and adding new ones. It makes me feel good knowing that with each new entry, our database becomes better than ever.
 b. As a community member?
 Definitely gotta be the forum. I don't usually participate much there, but it's practically become the lifeblood of this site. Granted, the community isn't very big, but it's very close-knit.

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