Sorry for the lack of them lately. I've been amazingly busy. After helping to run an anime convention that I work at once yearly, I have been looking for work, packing for my move later this week, doing some personal writing, and trying to finish games I haven't been able to finish. All this, coupled with my lack of good ideas lately have combined in nearly a month since my last post. As soon as I get my Internet back on September 1st, that'll change. I aready have a few ideas in the works, and the week downtime without Internet I'm about to have should get me to push myself to finish them.
Upcoming topics may include:
-Why I think companies should pay more attention to fan made projects.
-Visual novels and why they're mislabled as "erotic games", and erotica in gaming in general.
-Discussion about upcoming MMOs, including FFXIV speculation now that we know a bit more.
Thanks for reading thus far, and I promise, I'm just getting started!
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about me
Who am I? That's a good question. I'm a 24 year old gamer from Canada who's been playing video games for 22 years - I live and breathe games, and by extension, the industry. When I'm not gaming, reading about gaming or the industry, talking about games with friends or on forums or thinking about them, I enjoy reading, writing, sleeping, music, hockey, or hanging out with my girlfriend, though not necessarily in that order. I've recently finished my BA in linguistics, and I already have a half-BA in journalism that I'll probably never get done, considering I have enough experience to write news stories. Right now, I own a PS2, 360, gaming PC, DS, and PSP, and in the past, I have owned almost every console since the NES, at some point or another. I hope to expand to a PS3 as soon as I can.
I've actually written about the industry before, including an unsuccessful stint with RPGamer in my pre-university days. I was sadly forced to give it up because of a lack of time. I also wrote a gaming editorial column for my university paper, which my editor always wanted to make a "what's a cool game this week" column. Needless to say, they didn't renew me for another semester. Ah well.
I can usually be found playing RPGs or MMORPGs, though recently, I've started playing a lot of games from other genres, including some (incredibly unrealistic) racing games. Although I said I like hockey, I wouldn't be caught dead playing sports games; I just never really liked them.
I suppose if there's anything else you could possibly want to know about me, you can ask, though I can't imagine what you-
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"-Why I think companies should pay more attention to fan made projects. "
I'd probably check that one out.
interesting upcoming topic list!