Sup Dtoid, this is an intro post.
So to begin, I am currently enrolled at Baton Rouge Community College working to get my associates in Game Design and I am loving every minute of it. This is only my second semester back at college after taking an 18 month break. Nervous breakdown, insomnia, blah blah blah. So I took the time I had off from school and focused on figuring out what exactly I wanted to go back to school for.
I started college right out of high school not knowing what to expect. I was dead set on being a journalist but after a semester and a half of wandering blindly through classes and constantly second guessing my career path my enthusiasm begin to dwindle.
So August of last year was my first semester back at school, and of all things, for game design. AMAZING. I don't know why but i always assumed that working on games was such a far fetched goal. I owe a lot to my friends and family for being supportive and excited about my goal.
However, I owe more to Rev Anthony and his Indie coverage. Had it not been for Dtoid and Rev I would never have know that Indie developers even existed.
So I also got a job working for EA as a Quality Assurance Tester, and i must say, possibly one of the best jobs ever. However the thing I am most proud of and extremely enthused about would be the game that myself and nine others are creating.
http://inkmangame.blogspot.com/
I play all genres of games. I figure the more games i play the more information and ideas i have to pull from. The game that made me a gamer however, would be Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening. And yes, I still have the cinder block gameboy and a perfect game save on the original game cartridge. I <3 it so much.
There is a lot more going on in my life, but I'll leave that for another blog.
...also cocks.
Welcome, enjoy your stay.
sarcasm, and welcome.
Also, hi. I saw you in IRC.