I just logged into Gamespot, only to find out I got a rather amazing Gamespot achievement. Normally I don't really care about achievements as they don't really say much about me, except that I performed a certain action at a certain time. However, this one is rather special. Check it out:
Top 100 Community Reviewers
Power and influence. Those who rank amongst this hallowed 100 greatly benefit those searching for critical information about games. These individuals' thoughtful, analytical reviews tend to be much more detailed and sophisticated than most of the so-called professional game reviews you could find elsewhere. Sure enough, the top 100 tend to be prolific writers and avid game players.
Needless to say, I'll take that as a compliment. Review writing has always been a great passion of me, and it's nice that the powers that be acknowledge the talents I apparently have (ignore the traditional Dutch modesty in that sentence). Of course, I also would like to thank those who have been reading my reviews at Gamespot, because a review has little use if it doesn't help people gather more information about a certain game, or at least provide them with an entertaining read.
In honour of this recognition, I'll try to write some reviews over the weekend. Stay tuned and have a nice weekend!