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Good morning,

I'm Bob Forbes, or if you're having a moment of stupidity in your grade nine science class and write those two names together, I'm Borbes. I've decided to start up a Destructoid blog simply because I want a space to write about games on an impulse. If I think of something while playing Halo 3 or Rock Band, I'll probably post it here. If anyone ever makes a program that will let us decode our Brawl replays, you better believe Youtube and Destructoid will see'em.

So, not much more to know about me. I'm 23 years old, hail from Toronto on the sunny beaches of Canada. I currently write for the Science and Technology section of The Excalibur, The York University Community Newspaper. Pretty fancy stuff. I also had a large hand in gamersblock.net during the summer, though I no longer contribute for the site. Since my newspaper articles are often restricted by space, they tend to be shorter than I'd like, so you might expect to see some full-length stuff here.

Thanks for reading.


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TheBorbes | 12:46 PM on 03.19.2008 10 comments


Hi Destructoid,

I hate writing introductions about myself, they always seem forced and what sounds at the time like a funny way of describing your quirky personality often turns out to sound stupid, cliché and unimaginative later on. I'm not sure if simply talking about this problem is cliché, but it's certainly not as stupid. I suppose it's unimaginative. Fuck you.

Anyway, My name is Bob Forbes but on the internets I go by The Borbes. I'm a 23 year old fledgling game journalist in Toronto. I say fledgling because though I technically meet the criteria of the title (not hard), I'm not actually getting paid to do it yet. But I enjoy it, and I'm always looking for more opportunities. I'm not sure why I didn't join Destructoid before, but last night I was hit by inspiration.

I was wandering around in Second Life (how many horror stories start this way?) when I stumbled upon this:

Kinda reminds you of Smash Bros, with all the trophies eh? That's a tease. My first meaty post that you can sink your teeth into will be all about the second life trophies I found, where they came from and what's their deal.

So, there you go, that's my deal. Say hi if you want, oh, and someone needs to send me the TF2 server info.



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Surf314's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 13:04
Surf314
Just friend CaffeinePowered. Looking forward to hitting you with a bottle in TF2.
BlindsideDork's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 13:06
BlindsideDork
Look for TFT = Team Fortress Tuesdays...CaffienePowereded something does it. He posts a blog about it tuesdays.

But if you do it on the 360, Sasha and I will will get you.
power-glove's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 13:09
power-glove
Look up a blogger named Caffeine Powered, he is responsible for all the PC TF2 events.
Also, Welcome.
blehman's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 13:09
blehman
Welcome to Destructoid. Mooooooooooo!
big filth's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 13:11
big filth
^

test, I was actually documenting my own fail for my impending sizing issues.
njsykora's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 13:18
njsykora
Any friend of Toronto is a friend of mine. Even if they do write about Second Life.

Just be cool and obey Destructoid C-Blog Rule #1
Don't Be A Dick.
TheBorbes's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 13:42
TheBorbes
haha, well I won't write about SL too much I promise, I'm only in SL to get info for a story I'm writing, and after I get the info I'll just be grieffing.
itemforty's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/19/2008 15:32
itemforty
Welcome to the party! BRING CASH.
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