Sheet of Flame

In the process of looking for a job, my contract at Planet Fallout has been renewed and I’ve become the Louisville Video Game Examiner.

The former means a solid year of my car payment with some very enjoyable work and the latter means I have to somehow learn a bit about the Louisville gaming scene. You’d think after living in the area all these years I would have picked up on, well, some of it. You’d be wrong.

My Planet Fallout duties consist of doing the odd editorial here and there and updating the interactive map. It’s a user-content filled bastardization of the Google Maps API and boy can it be hell to work on. In some ways, I feel like a mechanic though. Proud to know the ins and outs while still kicking the thing and cursing from time to time.

The Louisville Video Game Examiner gig isn’t likely to be all that lucrative. But it is a fairly simple set of conditions that I can meet that may or may not make me money. It’s better than a whole lot of other places where I absolutely make none. Some chance is better than no chance.

I’m hoping to finally dredge myself out of whatever dark place I’ve been inhabiting that has kept me from writing for DIYGamer. I tend to see a lot of press/recognition for those columns but they always take a lot out of me. It is a little daunting to try and distill the essence of an entire genre, scene or just one game even.

Oh. I also will be having a little piece going up at TheGameReviews about Leliana’s Song soon. Might be my last piece for them, barring a chance at more DLC reviews. One door closes, another opens.

Games completed recently: Valkyria Chronicles, Halo ODST, Modern Warfare 2, Castle Crashers. Strikes two off my list and adds to the completed pile another entirely unmentioned two.