Hey there, and welcome to the site.  I’m a guy whose day job and lifestyle has created a need for a lot of escapism.  My favorite has always been videogames.  I’ve been playing ever since I realized that my mum’s Commodore 64 had games.  Working up in the PC/console ladder ’till now, I’ve played hundreds across every possible genre.  Everyone always told me I’d grow out of it, but as I matured, so has the medium.  Well, mostly.

Recently, I’ve found myself completely sucked in to the gaming industry, moreso than I ever have before.  Two-thirds of the websites I check every morning are gaming-related, and so are two-thirds of the podcasts I’m subscribed to.  If anyone out there wonders how I can listen to half-a-dozen gaming podcasts in a week, all you have to do is look at the kind of job I have.  Nine hours a day, in a quiet office answering infrequent phone calls.  My ears yearn for sound, and nearly the entire network of 1Up Radio programs keeps them happy all week long.

To that end, I’ve often felt frustrated that listening to podcasts is such a one-way conversation.  And well, of course it is, but I feel like responding so frequently that it’s driven me to create this site.  Here I plan to include my own thoughts about games, as an entertainment venue and as an artform.  I love delving into game design and gameplay structure, so I think many of my writings will be focused in that direction.  I sometimes feel my views aren’t echoed in the popular media, so at least now there will be one place that says what I think! =)

And so, off I go with this nonsense.