It really is refreshing to walk into a store, "Best Buy" more specifically, and have a casual conversation with an employee who shares knowledge and genuine  interest on a topic I bring up, as opposed to having some random guy trying to sound like he knows what your talking about.

My brother recently returned home from the Army for a short vacation and we decided to kill some time at Best Buy. I was helping him catch up on his "gaming knowledge", telling him which games had good or bad reviews, and which studios made/published the game and the history behind them.

An employee approached us and offered assistance finding any products, to which I replied, "Nah, my bro is behind on his gaming and I'm just helping him catch up." Not knowing my brother was in the Army the employee, John, said "If you stop looking at the gaming industry for one day, you'll miss an entire years' worth of news."

This next part may sound strange but hearing John say that, it really struck a cord in me. I felt like I had finally found someone whom I could talk to about anything in the industry and he would understand exactly what I was talking about... and he did. Not to mention the fact that he had a PS Vita hanging from his neck.

Before I knew it, my brother had walked away out of boredom, and 20 minutes had passed where John and I discussed everything from new and old games, indie developers and mainstream developers, AAA- titles like Cod( Call of Duty) and BF3(Battlefield 3) to indie games like Bastion and The Impossible Game, and we ended our discussion agreeing we could both die happily if we got to attend E3(Electronic Entertainment Expo- an annual video game conference).

So thank you...

Thank you John, for reminding me I'm not the only person/gamer out there who cares about not only the games, but the people and events behind the games. 

Faith in humanity +1