User blog comment:SlappyWiggins/What's the story behind your screen name/@comment-3276102-20110724054748

A couple of months ago, I posted this on another blog ("Why did you choose your avatar?") :

I am a die-hard gamer.

And I've always believed that if you're seriously going to play, then you have to appreciate the greats.

Any role-playing gamers worth their salt will be at least familiar with Dungeons & Dragons.

Every serious collectible card game player will know the game Magic : The Gathering.

And through a variety of means (primarily emulator software), I've been lucky enough to be able to experience the games that put computer-based role-playing on the map - Wizardry, Ultima, and The Bard's Tale.

Those games would be considered rather simplistic by today's standards, but they were hugely popular in their day, and they paved the way for, eventually, games like Everquest and World of Warcraft. And if you ever have the opportunity to play them, they're actually still a heck of a lot of fun.

Back in the mid-1980's, the advertising for The Bard's Tale II : The Destiny Knight included mention of an elven archmage named Phenglei Kai. That's where my username comes from.

And my avatar is an icon of the title character of that game series - The Bard.

Devoted gamer that I am, what else would I pick for my avatar? :)

And that's my story. :)