throwawaygamejourno

"And basically, Reddit's audience (especially r/gaming and r/games) is incredibly intellegent and can tell when someone is trying to market their own work, which they don't look too kindly on. So, you guys are all too smart for our social baiting, basically, be proud.

Of course, this can backfire sometimes. I've had stuff submitted by people completely unconnected to me or my outlet that is downvoted to oblivion because [1] /r/gaming assumed it was self-submitted. That was funny."

Answered below.

1. I think that, more than anything, Microsoft is failing miserably to communicate why we should accept these new limitations and how they benefit the consumer at all. Until they get specific about the powers of the cloud computing they plan to offer, people have a right to be pissed and a right to jump ship. Microsoft seems to have an incredible sense of arrogance, it honestly seems like they feel they don't have to explain their decisions to the media and certainly not to the consumer.

2. I really feel like the Wii U's future is another Nintendo first party box. It's not powerful enough to get ports of next-gen games, and I've heard things about third party games preforming abysmally. I just don't know why that console is what it is, it feels reactionary to the iPad three years too late.

3. I don't know. Sony's in the best position going into the next generation, but I've given up on predicting a console-generation winner after the Playstation came out above the Saturn.

I mean, this really varies with the type of game and what I'm trying to accomplish. If I'm just trying to be part of the conversation about the game, I'll play it until I have a coherent opinion.

I always finish the games I review, though. Always.*

*Unless it's an MMO. But that's a whole different question.

Okay, fine, I mean SEO as the blanket term for "promoting stuff on the internet". We just always call it that, I totally forget it has a specific meaning sometimes.

I had a small blog that I wrote on for my own amusement. From there, I started writing stuff on Bitmob, a brilliant little crowd-sourced website Dan Hsu used to run. Using some of my better stuff from those two sites, I applied to a small outlet and got brought on in an unpaid position. From there, I've been slowly clawing upward.

Video is really cool, and I'm super interested in it. I currently go to film school, so I already have the technical interest. Sadly, I'm not good at public speaking and feel completely unsuited to hosting video reviews. Maybe in a behind-the-scenes role though, I've definitely been experimenting with video in my current job.