Name: Alyssa Porter Age: 19 in April Gamer Tag: Xchrom0someXX Location: Levittown, Pa First Console: Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) Current Console: NES, SNES, N64, GameCube, Wii, PS2, PS3, Xbox, Xbox360, PSP, Nintendo DS, PC Favorite Console: Xbox360 or PC Favorite Game Genre: FPS Worst Game Genre: RTS Favorite Game: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Worst Game: ET: The Extra Terrestrial Favorite Game Character: Link Worst Game Character: Ashley Graham from Resident Evil 4     • When was the first moment you found that you were into video gaming? When I was 7 and my mom and I got into fights about how many hours I was allowed to play. lol. • Who if anyone got you interested in video gaming; was it a family member or a friend that got you interested? I found gaming by myself, but my sister was always my Mario Kart partner. pa • If you could pick one gaming moment that defined your style of video gaming what would that moment be? My first Counterstrike: Source clan, Dark Legion. They helped me hone my skills and learn the ropes. • Is there one phrase that would sum up the industry in your eyes? Needs less negativity. • Where do you see yourself in the industry in the next five years? I want to be involved with making game box covers. Designing them and doing the art. • Do you have plans to compete on a more competitive level this gaming season? Not this season, I have alot going on with real life. I do plan on attending a few Expos though. • What are your thoughts in regards to the game play versus the graphics of today's video games and do you feel that the video games are lacking in either area? I feel some games have been lacking in the Campaign due to the popularity of playing on the internet. Hopefully good campaigns will come back. • As far as the up coming video games go which video games are you most anticipating and which video games are you least looking forward to? I am really looking forward to Resistance 2, Gears of War 2, and Super Smash Brothers Brawl. Everything else I don't really care. • • When you are gaming is there as specific weapon that you find you use most and for which game? In Counterstrike: Source its very rare to see me not pwning with an AWP and Deagle. • Biography (give us a brief biography about yourself): I was born in Bucks County, Pa on April 5, 1989. I got my first console in 1993. I started seriously gaming on teams in 2006 and was sponsored by age 18. Gaming is a passion of mine and that passion will never leave me. Gaming is now a part of me. Questions by CG Magazine.