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Yoshida says PSN is "perfect learning opportunity" for devsWelcome to Round 5 of the Member Spotlight. After a lot of votes, I ended up deciding on interviewing Gingo for this installment. A lot of you cried out to hear from the comment king and thus, here he is. He seems to be a modest guy with not a lot to say, but you’ll take what you can from this and enjoy it, right? We did this interview a tad different due to mass location differences, but it came out well regardless of that. Enjoy it guys and feel free to comment below.
Dave Wales: Gingo, you seem to be all over the comment section like it’s your house, is it?
Gingo: Well, I would class it as my “house” on psu.com as that’s where you will find me the majority of the time.
Dave Wales: We can always count on you making an appearance, that’s for sure. I noticed you seem to have gathered your own little following of supporters throughout the comment section, how do you feel about that?
Gingo: Well, when I first joined and started commenting regularly and leaving “psn id: gingo…” in every one of my comments, other people left snide remarks about that because it was something new but I was only trying to get more friends to play online with as I had just recently got my ps3. Then it went through a phase where people just copied me but instead of putting their own name put mine, which I thought was strange. Recently I’ve got more people following me but using their own name which is good for the psu community. I was a little surprised to be honest about the support I was getting from people to get this interview but it feels good to be recognized even though recognition is not something I comment on the articles for.
Dave Wales: I wasn’t here when all of that first started so I can’t really comment on it too well. You’re very active throughout the commenting section, but aren’t really a forum regular, do you have any reasoning for that at all?
Gingo: I like commenting on the news more than the forums as I feel more part of psu.com than I do of ps3forums.com even though they are a part of the same website. Psu.com was the first playstation only gaming website I found and it is my main source of gaming news for the ps3; whereas the forums I only use if I am in need of help or I see someone with a problem I can help them with. I don’t really have an in and out reason for not posting on the forums as much, I just personally prefer commenting on the news.
Dave Wales: Well, we’re sure the news wouldn’t be the same without your expected contribution. Where does gaming fit into your life and how often do you get to enjoy it?
Gingo: Gaming is, has and always will be a big part of my life for a long time to come. I am hoping to go to university after school to do a game’s development course which will hopefully lead to a job as a game developer/programmer. At the moment I get quite a good amount of time to enjoy games but with exams in May that will get cut down dramatically, however once they are finished, I will have the whole summer to enjoy MGS4, GTAIV and Haze, which I am quite looking forward to.
Dave Wales: Glad to see all the constant delays haven’t pushed you out of the hype for a couple of those titles like they have for some. The developer field seems to be gaining a lot of popularity as of late. What genre of gaming fits your needs best and what’s your favorite game from that area?
Gingo: Action/Adventure/Platformer games or FPS are my two favourite genres, at the moment I would have to say Uncharted is my favourite Action/Adventure/Platformer closely followed by Rachet and Clank, while COD4 is my favourite FPS.
Dave Wales: It seems as though everyone is on that Call of Duty 4 wagon and wait until you check out ... (continued on next page)
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May I be the first to congratulate you Gingo! (Unless I was beaten while typing this)
When wll Gingo comment this post?! I wonder what he will say. LOL
Nice Interview.
I commented on this before Gingo... lol
I remember an article where several people in a row had the "psn id: gingo...", where it DID say "gingo"!
Yeah, this guy is on everything....would be funny if he didnt post on his own interview. It is kinda nice that he puts his PSN id everytime, but i think most people have thier account name on PSU the same as thier PSN anyway. (i do: nominal266)
Horray for GIngo!
psn id: gingo.... thank you, i'm glad people were pleased with it... as Dave said it had to be done differently which maybe wasn't ideal but it worked nonetheless
@jomi294..... those are excellent ideas and if i had been thinking clearly i could have put them but i would suggest them on the forums because a reply button especially would be a good feature
good read gingo i love scotland ive wanted to go there for years
Although I still find that PSN ID stuff rather annoying, it does make your posts stand out and I always see you. So I suppose its a good thing since you get noticed.
I would like to see CB4 next. Because he is a great informer of news and a great comenter aswell!
Did anyone hear about the bluray being sued by some professor in Columbia.
Nice interview gingo, but yeah you look older than you are
lol it took me not to long when i started to relize that was his playstation network id. didn't mean to do it i always thought if you were first in a comment on the news you would put that. it was a good read. i am also going to look into game devolping and programming. my friend is going to community college right now for it.
Good info and interview..im going to college right now for the same thing, Game Software Development. Its up to us to make the "Next great game"
he he congratuletion Gingo (^_^)-b from Ruiy junior he he keep going dude
I need friends too --- PSN ID: Lp47
@ Gingo... hey m8 I enjoyed your thoughts expressed towards PSU.com. I also see you changed your display picture, are you tired of BLACK? I'm scotish aswell but I was born in canada and currently reside in Canada.
@ Dave.... I enjoy these member spotlight articles alot. It's a great way to interact and include the community in PSU.com. I like listening to fellow commenters i see on the forum or comment section each day. Keep up the great work.
EDIT: While viewing PSU.com on my PS3. Gingo's dp is Crash Bandicoot, but when I log on my comp. I see his dp is the usuall "Black" logo (the FPS from PS2).
Lp47PS3 everyone needs a friends i like to playing games online with friends and talking with them other games and other thing if you wanned add me psn id Tseska_922
i like build friendship no matter girls or guys it's always a gamers hehe XD
@ RuiyJR... Sure I'll addy. Thanks bud!
hmmm Gingo your comments sound older than your age( good thing) plus u r the most active member here, good job
Its good to switch up posting from the forum to here every now and then. Though some of us like doing both. ^_^ Its kinda of funny that sometimes people will just post "Where's Gingo?" Sometimes, the guy is sweet and to the point, can't forget someone like that, not even taking the fact he's so active here.
PSN ID: OmegaRed78 I guess I'll follow gingo example by the way congrats!!!!!!!
psn id: gingo..... @Lp47PS3.... yeah i thought i needed a change i've had Black for quite a while and saw the Crash picture and thought that would be perfect
@Uncool.... the "Wheres Gingo?" comments always make me laugh lol i guess i'm just expected to comment on everything i see
thanks for the support from everyone else glad to see people enjoyed it
I always see you commenting, no mantter what the content, so I feel you deserved the spotlight you have recieced, congrats to you, Gingo.
psn id: gingo... @Algonath.... well i kind of do see it as my "trademark" for posting since i have done it since the start of my commenting on this site so i think i will continue doing it, also i dont know how long it takes you to write a comment but i can comment on a full page of articles in about 10 minutes so its not as if i'm wasting my whole life commenting and i'm not acting modest that is just the type of person i am plus i have no reason to be bigheaded about anything because i have done nothing special.
so yeah i think i destroyed all your points with perfectly valid reasons
Wow Algonath, you're a prick. You tell Gingo to go outside, yet where did you type that comment? If you're so worried about other peoples' lives, just go outside liek you say and smell the flowers. Some of us like news and are ok with sitting at a computer for hours.
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Nice interview. I was kind of hoping to see a Blu-ray section on PSU.com so that fellow members could rate the movie for others. It would take some effort to keep up because too many people will just say "This movie sucked." Kind of like the games section.
Good stuff. I don't see how you putting your ID is annoying. I really don't at all, I think it's great for the community. Now you know what's annoying? The FIRST!!! comments. Now THAT is extremely annoying. It's funny when people don't put FIRST but their comment is something like "that's cool" cause you can tell they just wanna type something fast to get the first comment. And I am now rambling. Well anyway, good read. Keep postin my friend. Peace.
Haha, an interesting interview, and a scotch laddie, no doubt. Spent 4 years up in glasgow as a wee'un way back when, as my parents were doign their masters degrees, and I have fond fond memories of the place.
Keep up the good work!
Yea thats whats up gingo.Do your thing.As far as cats complaining about PSN iD:I cant believe people act gay over the dumb things like that.
Nice read,very informative and Gingo was really a good pick.
Well if you hate gingo then ********** lol. In any case I can't wait for the next interview, everyone is getting a chance where ever their posting comes from, their position, and more so notoriety around here. ^_^
I've never even heard of you, lol. I rarely visit PSU though, so I wouldn't expect you to know me either.
Gingo you can stop putting PSN Gingo. because your friends list is to full already.
@ gingo hey wtf man did you remember me yet or not danny boy? f psu man stupid replying mechanics unlike gamespot