So I'm gonna be spending a lot more time here on Gamespot than I already do. Like at least nine hours a day, with a break for lunch thrown in there somewhere.

In just a few days, on August 1st, I'm starting work at Gamespot UK.

I'll be joining the awesome team here in London as a video journalist - spending my time chipping in on existing programming while producing & presenting brand new and exciting video content for gamers in the UK anilld beyond.

There's no point in denying that this is a massive deal for me personally and the culmination of years of producing content both here on my blog, and on my Gamespot inspired project Citizen Game. For years I have dreamt of working for this company and now that I have the opportunity, the most prominent feeling I have is a deep sense of responsibility. I guess after years of talking the talk, it's finally time for me to walk the walk. Something I plan to do. Once I've stopped pinching myself of course :)

So before I get that elusive staff emblem, I want to thank everybody on here who has supported and criticised my work over the years. The users who turned into friends, the staff members who always had kind words of support and the Americans who told me they couldn't understand my accent - I hope it's clearer now!

I'm going to use this opportunity to create peerless video content that Gamespot users and gamers around the world can be proud of.

The real work starts now!

Well not right now - I'm back in Ireland for a short break at the moment so the only thing I'm starting right now is drinking. And maybe eating a donor meat and chip when I walk home at 4am tomorrow morning. I guess it's time I stopped preparing for it and actually celebrated!

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