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I started gaming on the N64 and my favorite game on that system is Banjo Tooie. Since then, I have played a whole host of games and found my particular genre of interest is FPS and Western RPGs like Elder Scroll: Skyrim, though I do often play a variety of other genres.
I am learning 3d modeling from cg cookie and programming at college.
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I created this blog, as a way to share my ideas, observation and what I learn on various elements of games, more from a developer perspective than consumer.

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11:25 PM on 07.11.2012


(NVDA logo- big to get your attention.)
When blogging on Destructoid, it is important to make your blog as inviting as possible, so grammar and proper work flow is important. To help others who are struggling with this, I listed, in no order, the tools I use to make my blog as good as possible.
1. Word processor- This one is a no brainer, however it still deserves a mention. I personally use Microsoft Office 2007 Home Edition because of school. However there are many other free options out there such as Open Office, AbiWord, and Google Doc (features online backup). Also, I have found the grammar checker to be useless, so don’t opt not to use one because it may or may not include that feature.
2. On the fly online backup solution- Drop box is my preferred method to store specific files on my pc. Though Google drive and Amazon cloud storage are good competitors as well.
3. Screen Reader – this is the big one, its called nvda, it is a program designed for the blind, (don’t waste your time with windows screen reader as the blind I know won’t even use it) but it helps loads when proof reading. It is easy to learn, and is portable. This program helps you find the simple mistakes such , such as reading car as cars.
4. Destructoid’s blog tools- That’s it, at first I used various blog add-ons that were suppose to help in the process and all they did was complicate things and the blog editor on the site has mostly everything a blogger would need.
5. A friend- ok this is not a piece of software, but having a person to help with editing is really important and can help find what you miss. For instance, my first blog was just under 3000 words and about 9 times more verbose and with the help of Stephon, I was able to simplify the post significantly. Though giving credit is important, that is why every blog he edits start with an “edited by Stephon” on it
6. Google and by extension Firefox- self explanatory
Final thought
Seriously, go check out NVDA at http://www.nvda-project.org/


(Screen shot of NVDA welcome screen)
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Cloud storage - yes!! I personally love a free program called Evernote. I can access all the blogs I'm working on from my PC, iPad and iPod Touch. It's cloud based storage and the only downside is that I do need to be connected to the internet for the iPad to access my work in progress (though there is a paid upgrade that allows offline access)

Dropbox is also great, but I still then have to use multiple programs while Evernote is sort of an all in one text/web clipper/cloud storage app.

Another tool I love is Quicknote - it's a firefox add on and is excellent for writing long replies or short blogs. It's like notepad but it auto-saves and sits nicely on the screen beside the blog I'm responding to.

Screen reader/NVDA sounds cool!
Cool I will take a look at them thanks. I tried various blog add ons and they were to complex for my needs. Though with Dropbox almost everyone has a word processor on their pc, so the extra programs is already there.
@falldog, Evernote is more for if you have a wireless device (it runs on Android, iOs as well as MAC and windows PC's) but it also has some nice organizational features including the ability to tag and organize drafts. Check it out, the free version is pretty decent (and it also frees up your dropbox storage if you want to keep a lot of blogs, etc).

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