I just thought I would share how my first official week in the working world went! Without any hesitation I can say that I love my new job already. This week was amazing. Stupid things like having a desk make me giggle. The first day I showed up to the Game Informer office with a box full of toys and a Superman lunchbox. I felt so cool…LOL.
The office is amazing and the guys there are uber nice. I am the only girl on the floor so I have the bathroom to myself. There is a giant life-sized statue of Kain and Lynch trying to kill each other in the lobby that scares me whenever I leave at night. The halls are covered with giant posters of past Game Informer issues and I find myself wandering around to admire them.
On Monday I did all the standard stuff I needed to do in order to make myself an employee. I filled out paperwork, set up my email and my voicemail. On Tuesday I posted my first two news updates. One was about the new Wii channel available in Japan and the other was about the Undertow expansion pack being released for XBL. I started Wednesday the same way buy posting an update about the problems with the 360 port of Bully. In the middle of the day Wednesday the fun really began. Mid-day a Nintendo rep walked in and hand delivered a playable build of Mario Kart Wii for us to preview. The guys let me work on it and I spent the rest of the day playing and taking notes (you feel bad for me right?) Thursday and Friday were spent working on the preview, which officially went up
today! You have to check it out!
I am really excited because I get to go to my first development house next month. I am going down to Vegas for Midway’s Gamer Day ON MY OWN…which is kinda cool! One of the other cool things from this week was getting my “yellow photo” taken for the website. Whenever I used to read Game Informer I would look at the editors yellow headshots and wish I was one of them. Once again, when I am really happy I look like a goof-ball in my photos…so I look like a dork in it. You can check out my
profile here…and make sure to look at my list of favorite websites!
Anyway, this is a rambling piece of poo post because I am REALLY tired right now. I just wanted to share with all of you! Let me know what you think of my Mario Kart preview post!
arrgghhh..
i want a job like that...!!!
Congrats, Meagan! Glad to hear things are going well for you! Keep us informed!
Congrats Meag, you deserve it :D
Congrats! :)
Nihon: Oh wow, seriously? "Keep us informed"?! /facepalm.
Congrats, sounds like a blast =)
Congrattalations. I wish I had a job...or money, even.
@ctz
You seem a little sarcastic today.
That's awesome! Glad to hear it's going well!
LOL @ "Keep us informed!"
HAHA...Keep us informed is funny to me...shows how freaking tired I am...LOL
Congrats. We're all proud of ya.
Wait...this isn't about your gaming rig...I'm confused.
Very cool indeed. Keep us updated.
Congratulations! Game Informer is my favorite gaming magazine. Tell Reiner he wins the internets.
Thats awesome! Congrats again on a great job!
lol, "Keep us informed."
I just got it. It seriously took me like, 5 minutes.
@Video: I will do so on Monday!
And here I thought you were serious about hiring me as your assistant :(
Regardless, congratulations once again on the awesome job
I feel like an asshole. I JUST GOT 'keep us informed'. Like, right now. Fuck.
Awesome! Keep us gaming informed!
VG do you miss me?
i think i get Keep us informed but i might be wrong...damn confusingness :(
anyway, sounds like you'll be doing great. Hope you get to cover some big game like This Is Vegas on Midway's event.
also, lol @ dorky pic...you still look better than a lot of the other guys
Hey there! Congrats on your new job!
Kick ass and dominate all!!!
sounds fantastic, you deserve it yo! Best of luck with the new job!
Wow, that sounds like a really damn good time!
Congratulations again!
I look forward to seeing a fellow DTOID'er doing work in the only magazine I receive in the mail every month.
Oh yeah, you gotta throw DTOID in your "interests" or your "likes" section of your Bio. Maybe that might be counterproductive though..... competition kind of.....
nevermind.... don't do that!
Anyway, have fun at work!
Aww man! I totally want your job! :D
Sounds great! Have fun over there and remember: the statues of Kane and Lynch killing each other symbolize Gamespot and journalistic integrity. They probably kept them as a warning :D
Desks are overrated.
Seriously, though, I’m so happy for you. Congrats again on the awesome job!
Congrats on your awesome new job!
also, that was a great preview of Mario Kart... I have to admit that I like your cosplay pics a lot better then your 'staff-pic' :-)
(especially the catwoman set :-) )
YAY! I am so happy for you. :)
"Current Favorite Games: Portal, Shadow of the Colossus, The Darkness, Mario Galaxy"
Something seems a little... off, in that list.
Law and Order SVU= WIN of the highest calibur
Congrats on the "yellow" photo. You're sure to do great things at GI and I'm glad I have an updated subscription to keep up with your success.
totally jello,
Do you have links to your other stories? I am having a little trouble finding them.
Never mind, I found them. Good luck to you and to the rest of your life's ventures.
@SharplessL Is it because not many of them are current??? LOL. I just got a job! I was not able to afford new games till now!!! Now that I have a paycheck and an unlimited library of games to borrow from, I should be able to catch up soon...
hella proud of you! mad props for listing jtor and dtoid in your fav. sites in your profile.
I just noticed in your Catwoman photo that the 70 is below the 69?
is it supposed to be that way or is that a shoop error?
Also, congrats on a yellow head picture! :D
I'm very happy for you!
Congratulations.
It really sounds like a dream job.
No, Meagan, it had more to do with The Darkness's inclusion on the list. :)
I'm a poor hobo still stuck with the original Xbox, so I cast no stones about playing older games.
"The guys let me work on it and I spent the rest of the day playing and taking notes (you feel bad for me right?) "
Those bastards! How dare they?!?!
:)
Great job on the preview, and congratulations!
That's awesome, Meagan. Congratulations, bit time.
I've been gone for a while, but I just now saw this...
A HUGE congratulations! You definitely deserve it.
that is pretty darn awesome
i'm jealous
Awesome. Good luck with your amazing job!!!