Beginnings

I'm not always sure where to start this kind of thing.

Some prefer to jump right into it like they've been doing it for years. Some would start with some kind of "Grand Opening" post, quite possibly with contests and give aways. Others might start by telling you about themselves, and why they feel so qualified to write on a subject, and why you should think their opinions are worthwhile.

I think I'll just tell you who I am.

My name is Brian. I'm 24 years old. That puts me somewhere between the Atari 2600 and the Nintendo Entertainment System as far as age is concerned. Oddly, for someone born in the early 80's, I can count on one hand the games I've played on the 2600. My generation (if society can come to a consensus on which generation I belong to) seems to remember the NES much more fondly. While I can dimly remember playing Pac-Man on a 2600 my memories of Super Mario Brothers seem resplendent by comparison.

In my other life I'm a computer programmer, which by all accounts would have probably made me a gamer, were I not predisposed. I, like other programmers I'm sure, became interested in programming through video games. Somewhere along the way I got lost, however, and ended up writing C# for e-commerce sites. This story seems dishearteningly common in this industry.

If I've done my job perhaps some of you people out there will return to read my subsequent posts.