Ok before I begin a little info, I am currently in my second year at university and I'm studying Product Design Technology blah blah blah lol, anyway for my third year I'm suposed to do a placement in industry to get a wider persepective of the earth, the universe and everything.

Ok i finished filling in the application online last night thinking of course i'd have to wait at least a week or so til I get a reply, 2 others had already got a reply and were sheduled to have their interviews today after the guy did a presentation to my class, all was well until he said there was 3 people who had complete their applications. Them 2 and me anyway to cut a long and dragged out hour of waiting aside i was suposed to just have a 10 minute chat about my application and stuff because I hadnt the time to assemble a full portfilio of work to present, thats not how it played out however.

After 40 minutes of talking about engineering and so forth he went onto my hobbies and intrests which of course I wrote "retro-gaming" and this guy was like mid 40's stiff upper lip british type of guy which kinda made me a little hesitant at first but as my firends'll tell you I am mad and I just don't shut up, so once I'd gotten over the whole "how much should I dumb this down for him" he asked "Why do you like retro gaming?" Isn't that the holy grail of questions to be asked? I didn't know where to start, consoles, games even accessories swirled through my head I had so many honerable mentions I could have used i thought, no. So I started with the NES and worked through to the Gamecube ( I dont have a Wii, yet) I talked about graphics, gameplay, sound and control of games. The guy however sighed which made me think "Oh no" Then he asked "So you play games quite a lot then?" Which of course would make me out to be a total nerd if I said "Oh, why yes all I do all day is drool over my NES controller in a vegitative state" but no I managed to swing it by talking about how I used games to break the monotany of doing long periods of University work, he seems satisfied with the response and we finished the interview on a high note and hopefully I'll hear back soon.

Peace out