Joe Somontan - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Just a guy from California who loves being active and always likes to try new things. Been a gamer for life.... Work for one the greatest innovative technology companys in the world. Love to talk about video games from the prespective of hardware to software and the consumer. Just started building this site on Friday, December 16, 2005. COMING SOON!!! Look out for blogs about the gaming industry. Gamer 4 Life, GAME ON !!!
My gamertag is WizardlyCoast.

My Interests

Please welcome our new baby boy Nicholas Joseph Somontan.
He was born May 10, 2006 @ 1:00am. Weight: 8lbs,7 oz... So bust out your cigars and let's celebrate!

I'd like to meet:

HALO WARS!!! EXCLUSIVE TO THE XBOX360!!!
LINKS TO MORE VIDEOS!!!
WoW vs. GuildWars
Guitar-Heros Forever!!!

Movies:

ASSASSINS CREED FOR THE XBOX 360!!!
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CHECK OUT THIS NINTENDO WII PRACTICAL JOKE ON GAMERS. ..

Television:

LINKS TO HARD CORE GAMING SITES:
News4Gamers
Gametab
GamersReports
Next-Gen
GamesIndustry
GameDaily
FiringSquad
GameFly
IGN
Kikizo
Eurogamer
GameBrink
TwitchGuru
GameInformer

My Blog

MMO, BACK IN THE DAYS....

Ok... It's been a while since my last post. I apologize. But, after reading some articles today about MMOs. I remember one of the first MMOs I played back in high school. ...
Posted by Joe Somontan on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 01:01:00 PST

Motion Controllers... OMG!!!

I'm not sure what to make of motion-sensing controllers. I really think it's just a trend that will quickly die out. My cousin and law thinks it's just a gimmick. Personally, when I play a game, it...
Posted by Joe Somontan on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 11:29:00 PST

FANBOYS NEED TO EVOLVE!!!

I'm almost constantly bombarded about how I sold out to the console. Sure, I'm a huge PC fan. But, I'm more of GAMING fan. Why is it that people want to hate if you're a fan of a particular platform(P...
Posted by Joe Somontan on Mon, 29 May 2006 11:55:00 PST

My Gaming History

Gaming has come a long way since the 80's. With me, it all started with the Tandem TRS-80. I remember the days of going after school to Radio Shack and playing with their display uni...
Posted by Joe Somontan on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 03:07:00 PST