Founder: Michael Bourne
Hello, I am Michael Bourne. I am based in Australia and I enjoy
mind challenging games such as Portal, Tower Defence games like
Kingdom Rush, and the hugely popular MMO Style game "Clash
of Clans".
Enquiries
Email: info@qualitygames.com.au
or TXT Msg Michael: 0415 385 975
or TXT Msg to Janie: 0414 490 604
Clash of Clans
I am currently the Clan Leader of "Deathknight".
My member name is Infotek3000. I lead approximately 50 international
clan members into Clanwars, League Wars and Clan Games. I am a
generous donator - having donated as many as 10,000 troop spaces
in 1 month. I actively encourage low-level villages to adopt improved
defence strategies and learn better tactics for battle.
Pinball Parlours
In the 1970's I would loiter around
the Pinball Machines, looking for a free credit or waiting for
an opportunity to play. Some of my favourite Pinball Machines
were Middle Earth, Shark, Gorgar, KISS, Playboy Mansion etc...
and then came the rise of Video Games, Amusement Centres and Early
Game Consoles. I apologise in advance for not mentioning all the
Consoles, PC's and Games that I ever played... too numerous to
mention them all.
Video Games
From 1978 I started regularly playing "Video Games"
like Space Invaders, Asteroids and Donkey Kong.
Amusement Centres
In the early 1980's - as Amusement Centres
started popping up across the country I went on to play games like
Defender, Missile Command, Galaxian, Pac Man, Popeye, Planet Patrol,
1942, Rastan Saga & Street Fighter etc...
Early Game Consoles
I remember some of the earliest Game Consoles such as Activision
- with games like Pong. Atari played a big part in my early game
console experience - with games such as Archon, Frogger and Missile
Command. Then Sega came along with Games like Alex Kidd.
The Rise of the Home Computer
In the mid 1980's I witnessed the rise of the Home Computer, with
names such as the Apple II, VZ-200, Vic-20, Commodre64, Commodre
Amiga, IBM-PC, Texas Instruments, the TRS-80, the Microbee and many
more. As Home Computers proliferated so did the number of games
I could play and enjoy. I loved early computer games like Turrican,
Beast, Double Dragon, Galdregon's Domain, Power Monger, XCom UFO
Enemy Unknown and Doom! Later I played games like Warcraft, Age
of Empires, Age of Mythology, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Serious
Sam and Empire Earth.
Early Internet Based games
I played some of the early internet based
games such as Command & Conquer and Half-life.
LAN Parties
Around 2001 I established a small informal group of LAN Gamers.
Up to 16 of us would meet once a month, upgrading and networking
our Computers and playing various LAN games including Duke Nukem
3D, Unreal Tournament and Medal of Honour: Allied Assault.
MMORPG's
(Massively Multi-player Online Role Playing Games). Around 2008
I tried my hand at Second Life and was useless. I enjoyed Runescape
for a while (my younger brother is actually one of the world's top
player in Runescape). Runescape has evolved significantly since
the early 2008.
Later Game Consoles & PC
Games
Sony Playstation and X-Box brought out games like Dino Crisis, Left
For Dead and Alan Wake. Later my son started with the Wii Console
and later switched to the Xbox360 then to the Nintendo Switch. I
still tend to prefer PC games and keyboard control over joysticks.
I don't get to play games that much any more, however I still enjoy
the occasional strategy game like Empire Earth.
Online Platforms
I've tried my hand at various game platforms including Steam, however
I mainly use the platform as a convenient storage library of my
registered games which I rarely play nowadays. When I do dabble
I will often re-visit an old game and try completing all the achievements
that the platform has created.
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