So, I've been a gamer for...what has it been now, nineteen years? Yeah. Nineteen years. Playing video games has always been number one or two on my hobbies list. Always competing with reading books.
Books, and now subsequently writing, have been a huge part of my life. I love words and I love imagining new places. Everything is left up to my mind. I don't think anybody can picture a world from a book in their mind quite the same as others. As such, each experience is unique and special.
While games deliver that world. They immerse you in it from the start and let you see everything in it's visual splendor. This is why I'm loving games more and more with each generation. I'm not one of those people who puts graphics above all else (it's fine if you do)...that's not my priority at all. I mean, my favorite games are the Dynasty Warriors. Which happens to be based off of my favorite book, Three Kingdoms, but I digress.
What was I talking about? Right, graphics.
Graphics these days are amazing because I'm able to be immersed into the world even more. I mean, did you SEE Enslaved (based off of my second favorite book, Journey to the West)? I didn't enjoy the game play...but OH MY WORD, THE SURROUNDINGS WERE ALMOST ORGASMIC.
Anyways. I've always been a pretty big failure due to my procrastination and desire to play games or read rather than take care of responsibilities. As such, I haven't entered college yet. I haven't known what I've wanted to do.
Recently, though, I decided. I want to do something in writing. Writing that involves the gaming industry. Why not take my two favorite hobbies and smash them together? I've written about games before, but never for money.
Now, thanks to my fiancé and doing some freelance work on the side, I feel encouraged to get into college and get myself a degree in creative writing or some crap.
I've finally decided what I want to do and I'm extremely happy knowing it's something I love. It's something I won't dread going to do.
And an explanation on the picture...I feel like I took the left path, then decided to cheat and now I'm starting to head towards the other one.
Word.
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WTMG's Leo Faria: "A Difficult Game About Climbing is obviously frustrating, and I don’t exactly think it’s a fun pasttime, but it’s exponentially more enjoyable than the horrendous Getting Over It With Bennett Foddy. It’s actually beatable with enough trial and error. Its mechanics, whilst not exactly polished to the brim, work as intended, with no intentional input lag. It’s still clearly meant for Let’s Play youtubers to film themselves losing their minds over it, but it can still be a passable challenge if you’re up for the task."
WTMG's Oliver Shellding: "Overall, I think Stitch is an ultra quaint title that oozes warmth and welcome in gameplay and visual presentation, and is just such a decompression tool after a long day doing literally anything. It gives me such joy and relaxation to bring together the numbers and colors until I’ve made a bicycle or a nutcracker or whatever. I’ll do Christmas puzzles in April, it’s fine and the game doesn’t judge me. Unlock more and more pieces, don’t wait for power ups or villains because there are none, and just keep making yourself happy. If games are art, this one is a sweater my mom made for me, and I’m wearing it to keep out any and all chilly elements. But, just like mom, I’ll only pretend to listen."
I was the same way. Couldn't decide. Now I'm working on a degree in software engineering.
Good luck with the writing. If this blog is any indicator, you'll be raising the bar for game journalists everywhere.
Thank you very much. I just woke up and read that and for whatever reason, it makes me feel like my day has started right.
Good luck to you as well~
Well,good luck mate and there's certainly people writing now with a far weaker command of language than you have so on that score you're OK!
You might have a wait before you actually get PAID for your work, mind, as I'm a fully qualified newspaper reporter with my certificate of excellence here in the UK. Currently, I'm disabled and not capable of following my career(sad panda)but sometimes I write the odd piece for former employers etc and sometimes for a few gaming sites. Now, my old employers can pay me but it;s VERY rare that the game sites do because they haven't the money(by and large) and the ones that DO already have a full time staff.
I'm guessing the only way you could do this seriously(without getting qualified)would be through a freelance agency and you'd have to see what their criteria would be for taking writers on. You might be lucky, mind, as the little jobs I thought I might be able to manage in my weakened state I wasn't allowed to do because the sites ALWAYS told me I was over qualified(so I'd be bored, I'd move on etc, etc-when i wouldn't, grrr!)!
Not trying to put you off or give you sky high expectations-there are a lot of people wanting to do what you're talking about and a good grasp of words is not going to be the deciding factor-that will be what length you're prepared to go to to get doing this as a career. Check it out and have a look but, as I said, without qualifications I'm thinking an agency that might take you on the basis of school qualifications or something like that is your best bet. Unless you know someone who might offer you work because, sadly, nepotism is always the best way into a job!
Good luck mate-just don't imagine it's too easy in case you get a few knock backs because, as I have WITH relevant qualifications(one you MUST have to work as a proper, NUJ affiliated,which means proper rates of pay in the UK etc ), you very probably will do before you get where you want to be.
Also, you might think about writing a novel about games or gaming while you chase work to keep your mind familiar with writing and because you'll find you're getting a lot of insight into the world surrounding games during this experience. Even if you take a while to get a good job you might find you end up with a decent, publishable read at the end of it! Who knows? It also ensures you don't waste any of that time fella.