Okay, so I haven't been blogging in a while, and I'm honestly not sure who even reads my blog (but a HUGE thanks to those that do), however essentially a blog is a form of journal that is public, so I guess it's serving its purpose, even with zero readers. The reason I haven't been blogging is simple: not much has been going on. I find myself talking about the same things kind of over and over again in my podcast (pathetic self promotion: http://www.geocities.com/unscripted1/) and the news and feature portion are overwhelmed by my "what'cha been playing" portion. It's because the summer doldrums are at their worst right now.
No new games are coming and now we know all about the previews from E3 and we're just waiting to see them appear. Also, I've recently gotten a promotion at work which has me focusing more on my professional world during the day and early evening. Does that mean that I don't game? Hell no, I've been gaming almost daily (currently crunching through Condemned 2, although I don't think I'm going further, real letdown for a Condemned: Criminal Origins lover; I'm also beating Battlefield: Bad Company and can't get enough of both Single Player on Hard and Multiplayer). It just means that my days aren't always about dreaming of video games and rather completing my tasks and managing my team (no, I do not work in sales). My nights are spent playing games most hardcore's have already conquered (see the games above and coming up on my list are: Orange Box, Mass Effect, Ninja Gaiden Sigma and Ninja Gaiden II, followed closely by MGS4). So I've got nothing to bring to the table that hundreds already have and these are not games that are quickly beaten. Besides, in about a week, I'll be stuck playing Too Human over and over that this "queue" won't even matter.
And I blame the video game journalism community. I love you guys, I read every little article people have, my netvibes keeps me up to date on over 20 video game rss feeds, I listen to at least 15 hours of podcasts a week (from my office), and read 5 gaming magazines a month. I want to be you guys, and surprisingly I think I'm qualified.
I have a BS of Journalism from the University of Kansas (with a minor in Film), I blog constantly on gamespot as well as my own web site, I have my own podcast that I do for no money (and barely anyone listens to), and I have enough review and creative writing samples to fill a warehouse! I have sent in my resume and actually been considered, but unfortunately I have to stop there because I don't live in San Francisco. I know, boo hoo for me, right? But I do live in Chicago! Isn't there anything out here for a guy who's trying to start a family and just can't see taking a (at least) 50 percent pay cut to move to a city that's more expensive! My fiance's job here could easily get both of us by if I wanted to be a chicago-based video game journalist, but for that same reason, we can't afford to pick up and move (especially because she's still getting used to the city as she's a Kansas girl, whereas I grew up around Chicago).
If there was ever a full-time job in video game journalism that could be performed in Chicago I'd jump at it (yes, I'm currently praying for the day that Midway needs a PR or advertising/marketing guy, but as it stands they are not hiring for these positions right now). Please help me, anyone who reads this, for if I can get into this field, I can finally get paid or at least justified to write more blogs people won't read!
Thank you and please enjoy the rest of your summer of getting caught up!