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Hi! I guess I should have started with one of these posts, eh? Well, here it is!
If I were to boil down my personality into a few words, they would be the following: frequently obsessive and sometimes neurotic. I've been known to be overly geeky in public and take on large tasks on a whim which have very demanding schedules. In fact, that's how I came to Bitmob in the first place.
I started my gaming life with The Legend of Zelda. I would spend hours and hours exploring every nook and cranny that the game allowed me to look into and, eventually, bomb. I had a long list of all the secrets I had found and how to access them. I had detailed notes on how to progress through all the dungeons and which attacks worked on each boss too. I had notes from years of worth of playing that single game for one simple reason: that was the only game I had.
My gaming history goes hazy after the NES. I never owned a Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis or even a popular handheld system. I had a Game Genie for a few months but it died and I did not replace it. I drifted slowly out of gaming and reading began to take up my free time. Instead of playing games, even those I could now borrow from friends or rent from stores, I dove into reading and still have not completely surfaced since. I only came back to gaming when the PlayStation 2 came out.
If I were to boil down my personality into a few words, they would be the following: frequently obsessive and sometimes neurotic. I've been known to be overly geeky in public and take on large tasks on a whim which have very demanding schedules. In fact, that's how I came to Bitmob in the first place.
I started my gaming life with The Legend of Zelda. I would spend hours and hours exploring every nook and cranny that the game allowed me to look into and, eventually, bomb. I had a long list of all the secrets I had found and how to access them. I had detailed notes on how to progress through all the dungeons and which attacks worked on each boss too. I had notes from years of worth of playing that single game for one simple reason: that was the only game I had.
My gaming history goes hazy after the NES. I never owned a Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis or even a popular handheld system. I had a Game Genie for a few months but it died and I did not replace it. I drifted slowly out of gaming and reading began to take up my free time. Instead of playing games, even those I could now borrow from friends or rent from stores, I dove into reading and still have not completely surfaced since. I only came back to gaming when the PlayStation 2 came out.
It was the reduced price of the PlayStation that allowed me to come back into gaming again. I could pick up used games for low prices and experience all those events my friends had talked about months if not years beforehand. I was back.
I bought Final Fantasy VII, borrowed Final Fantasy VIII from a friend then jumped over to the Xenosaga series next. I would spend hours and hours in these new virtual worlds. But, as with any infatuation, it too wore off over time and I again lost interest only to return a couple years ago when the Xbox 360 had its second price drop.
As with gaming, my time with writing is also a strange one. A little over two years ago, I decided I would write a novel. I had come into a crisis of faith about how my life was proceeding and I was growing sick of programming all the time. I needed an outlet for my frustration and I found it in writing. Over a period of two months, I pumped out just over 63,000 words of a novel. I knew then and there that I would pursue a career in writing instead of coding.
This past May, I decided I would become serious about this aim in life and took on the goal of writing a minimum of 1200 words a day. Since then, I've managed to average that. Most days I've written over that, sometimes way over, but I've managed to keep up with it over the last several months.
As with gaming, my time with writing is also a strange one. A little over two years ago, I decided I would write a novel. I had come into a crisis of faith about how my life was proceeding and I was growing sick of programming all the time. I needed an outlet for my frustration and I found it in writing. Over a period of two months, I pumped out just over 63,000 words of a novel. I knew then and there that I would pursue a career in writing instead of coding.
This past May, I decided I would become serious about this aim in life and took on the goal of writing a minimum of 1200 words a day. Since then, I've managed to average that. Most days I've written over that, sometimes way over, but I've managed to keep up with it over the last several months.
Recently, I thought I should up the ante even more and find a place for more serious writers, a community that I might fit in with my two loves of gaming and writing. Thus, I came to Bitmob.
For my first week here, I’m going to write a post a week. This is just my own way of feeling out this new community and myself. If I feel I can write on the level I've already seen here, I’ll probably ease off some and spend more time reading other people’s work.
I look forward to being around for a long time.
For my first week here, I’m going to write a post a week. This is just my own way of feeling out this new community and myself. If I feel I can write on the level I've already seen here, I’ll probably ease off some and spend more time reading other people’s work.
I look forward to being around for a long time.
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