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The name's Tom. I used to work as an industry guy, and am currently on the hunt for my next paying gig. In the meantime, I'm working on a bunch of different projects that don't help me pay my bills. I write a lot. I'm a musician, although certainly not of the professional variety. I like trying new things and meeting new people. I'm still somewhat new around Destructoid, so sorry in advance if I don't know something I probably should.

About my blog:

I update daily (not really, but I like to pretend). Generally, my updates get pretty long-winded, but hopefully not to the point where they're unreadable. I'll wax poetic about whatever's on my mind, like current events in my life, things that are happening in the video games I like, or whatever happens to pop in my head that day. With a few exceptions, I write my entries the same day I publish them, so they're pretty fresh content-wise. It also might help explain the occasional typos. I do my best to avoid any errors, though.

About my work:

I worked at Harmonix Music Systems as a tester on a year's worth of DLC, The Beatles: Rock Band, Lego Rock Band, and Rock Band Network. Feel free to ask me questions about it, but remember: I'm still under NDA. Also, if you know of a job opening, please tell me about it. I'm flexible.

About my contact info:

Want to collaborate with me on something, big or small, related to the site or not? I'd love to. I like working on any project that I'm even remotely capable of working on, and would love to help you in whatever way I can. Feel free to PM me here, or otherwise send me an email at alakaiser(at)gmail(period)com. Even if you don't want to work with me on something, I'd love to just chat. I'm a pretty friendly guy!

What happened to that thing you did? You know, that one thing?:

I wrote an article that ended up getting promoted to the front page of the site, which is pretty damn cool. It removes it from my cblog archive, though, so I'm throwing a link in this here sidebar for the sake of an archive (and in case I lose the link myself).

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Oh...um...hi there.
Alakaiser | 1:03 AM on 03.19.2010 10 comments


Whew, this is awkward. There you are, no idea who I am, and here I am. I registered an account on this here site, and suddenly everything is more awkward. I guess I should introduce myself? I'm not very good at these internet introduction things. Bear with me.

So, I'm Tom. Don't bother telling me your name, I've already forgotten it. Yes, I can forget it before you tell it to me. I'm that good. Or bad. What were we talking about here? Oh yeah.

Right. I'm a guy in my early 20s, and I'm hip to your trends. I've been told that every birthday after 21 just brings you a year closer to death, but those people just don't see the benefits of getting older. I mean, I have a wealth of knowledge that I didn't possess when I was younger. And really, I just have a much warmer outlook on life these days. Besides, nothing good happened in the 1990s.

So what do I do? Like I said, I am wealthy. Sure, in the past, I worked for companies on some projects, but I don't think too much about that. Some of the kids tell me they're "totally rad," or "the bee's knees," or other anachronistic compliments, but I don't necessarily agree with them. I mean, my working conditions were noisy, hazardous to my health, and physically demanding. Who would want to do that? Not me.

So, I moved on to an active career of space exploration and building giant robots. Oh, the wealth that that brought me! Sadly, it wasn't enough. Now I'm on the hunt for another job with poor working conditions. To accomplish this, I went out to a gathering of huge nerds and was introduced to some pretty huge nerds in the process. I decided to join their clan of robot-human hybrids, because my current methods of pleasure aren't quite keeping me entertained. Sadly, I can't photobomb all year long.

So, if you stumble upon this by some strange and awkward twist of fate, um...hi. I'll try not to awkward this site up too much. Also, if I end up writing another one of these cblog things, I swear I am not going to use nearly as many URLs next time. That was pretty tiring.



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Blasto's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 02:00
Blasto
The linkage; clever lad. Just dropped by to say hello and welcome to the neighborhood... one thing though, I know you already feel kind of nervous but...jeez this is akward... best i just say it... you forgot to put on pants before you left your house for the internets. It's cool though, I don't think anyone has seen you yet, quickly now...
Monodi's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 02:51
Monodi
Oh, hello there lad.
Alakaiser's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 02:59
Alakaiser
Wait. "Pants"..."pants"...I've heard of these, yes? Dual-legged pieces of fabric, frequently made out of denim, used to cover your lower limbs? I may own a pair of these, somewhere...I'll dig them out in the future.
CelicaCrazed's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 10:33
CelicaCrazed
Welcome to Dtoid.

Don't feel awkward. We're all just figments of your imagination....or was it my imagination?? Huh. Alright BRB, the giant caterpillar trying to eat my torso again.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 11:00
Occams electric toothbrush
Welcome to Destructoid. Here's your decoder ring and Smokey the Bear fanny pack.
AlphaDeus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 13:06
AlphaDeus
Welcome to the club. You will find that everyone here is pretty much human, except for the ones trying to sell you pumas.

My name is Alphadeus. You can call me Al, and I shall call you Al. Just so you know, while some of us are fairly normal, others, including myself, practice the forbidden art of Fusion. If you're ever interested in teaming up and becoming Alkaphadekaieus sometime, let me know :)
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 15:47
Occams electric toothbrush
@AlphaDeus: Did you just make a Paul Simon reference there? Cause if you did, we might have to /fistbump

If not, you get the less enthusiastic but still positive reinforcement of /thumbsup
AlphaDeus's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2010 16:16
AlphaDeus
@Occams electric toothbrush: Sorry, gonna be a /thumbsup this time :(

Oh wait you mean the "You can call me Al" part? lol actually yeah I heard the song playing in my head when I wrote that line, but I completely forgot that is one of his songs. I have trouble associating songs with artists. I like his music though lol.
Occams electric toothbrush's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/20/2010 12:53
Occams electric toothbrush
@AlphaDeus: /fistbump:)
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