Introducing the Intro

First things first, I'm a video games enthusiast. Big fan. Second only to my love of games is my love of talking about video games. I got an opinion, thats for sure.

So here we are. Here's the intro.

I'm 26 year old male, with a full time job teaching multimedia. I hassle people for a living. I have a background in Fine Arts, specialising in stupid animation, which I occasionally show in public

For the first time in my life, I have a steady income. Coming from a life of a student, it's a weird transition from raiding a piggy bank (quite literally) when a big game came out, to being able to afford all the newness.

For the first time in my life, I'm preordering and knowing I'll pick it up day one.

But in doing so have I lost my edge as a discerning consumer? A game had to jump though hoops to get my vote when I had no money, but now I'll just ride the waves of hype, previews, hands-on impressions and demos to guide my buying whimsy. Having an EB Games open here doesn't hurt either....god bless that 7 day return policy. It has a real uncaged bird doesn't want to fly away type effect...

Is a disposable income becoming a requirement for the gamer? Last week, for my little group of Live friends, it was all about Low Gravity Hammer on Valhalla, this week its nothing but capturing control points/intelligence and cake. What the hell will it be next week?

Consume, or get left behind.

Or, just plant your head deep into the sand and just play WoW for the rest of your life.

-Brother N-