So, after a little feedback from the readers of my blog from BXB, I decided to take somewhat of a cheap shot at making my blogs that little bit more interesting.
So, as you can see, we have the rather stunning Keeley (2005 Page 3 Idol Winner), with her equally stunning boobies on show.
The Sun has relied on Boobies to sell papers for years so I don't see why I can't do the same!
Anyway, enjoy.
(As you can perhaps tell, I'm not taking this Blogging thing entirely seriously)
Knowing that Coalville is a run down, ex-mining town, I know that these words aren't said very often, but these must be similar to the words that my Brother's online friend "Squatron" recently said to his own father.
As I type, playing poker with my Bro and three of his "real life" friends is Squatron aka Tom. His Dad gave him a lift here two days ago from Grimsby because he wanted to meet up with and hang out with one of his best online friends - my brother.
Despite the fact I've ran a few LAN Parties in my time and gone to plenty of clubbing message board "Meets", I still found this quite surprising. It's different to a LAN or even a Clan meet up because it's just one person hanging out with another. There is no safety net. If they hadn't had got on in real life. We'd be stuck with Tom! But they did.
In fact, they are quite obviously best mates! My best mates date back to Primary School and are people I've known for years and met through the "real life" community not the "online" community.
My brother plays on Halo 2 online a lot and always plays with Tom but I never would of expected this one on one meet up to occur. What amazes me the most about all this is that without Xbox Live these two friends would of never had met up.
Surely, Microsoft can be happy that their online service, which intends to bring together a community of gamers has achieved such a triumph in social interaction. Xbox Live is very slowly showing the world that not all gamers are lonely, social retards but are as friendly and as sociable as the next person.
It's also increasingly true that traditional Communities are ceasing to exist and are being replaced by Online Communities. More people than ever are finding Love online because they can find people that share similar opinions and interests, people are making more friends and are prepared to travel much further to see them.
I think it's a nice testament to the human spirit that we all haven't become lonely, socially retarded creatures who hide away from society and only experience life through their computers as some believed we would.
In fact, the Internet and Online Gaming has only lead to us expanding our experiences in the world by putting us into contact with people we never would of before.
Plus, it's quite worrying to think that if now a father is willing to drive their Son from Grimsby to Coalville, when I've got kids, will they be asking me to fly them to Ibiza?
So, despite my inital concerns that I might be starting a blog for my own sake and not get anyone reading it, here I am, writing my first ever blog entry.
I remember when I was a kid, I read the Adrian Mole Diaries and loved the idea of having a diary. So I headed up town, got myself about five small notebooks and started writing one. Problem was, if things I'd written in the diary then changed, I'd go and black them out with a fat marker pen as if they were secret Government documents. I believe I burnt them at the age of 12 basically becuase I thought I'd been a bit stupid with the whole thing.
Now, zip forward to today and here I am again, embarking upon a new sort of diary.
As the pleasant pre-amble on the top of this page says, I intend this blog to be an "outsiders" look at the Gaming Industry I am so involved in these days. Why am I an outsider? Well, it's geographic. I sit in Coalville, ten miles outside Leicester which is an hours train ride from London. London being the capital of the Gaming Industry in this country. There exsists a strong cliquey circle in London full of gaming industry types that spend their time drinking, swapping games and generally getting all sorts of freebies. Something I'm not to privvy to. Sometimes, it's something I'm happy about. Sometimes, it's really not.
There's a lot of crazy stuff going on behind the scenes of the gaming industry, even down to lowest ranking websites and fansites. There's all sort of bizarre stories flying around that while are no doubt exaggerated and often bias, they are sometimes highly amusing. These stories are tales that are not news worthy enough to appear on BXB but sometimes wish I could tell to the people around me without having to dirty BXB's lovely forum with such conjecture and here say. This blog will be that outlet.
So, please take what I write with a pinch of salt at all times and try to imagine this as more of a Gossip Column than a serious insight into the Gaming Industry. Please note, if it does turn into a serious insight into the Gaming Industry, tell me, and I'll get it published someone more exciting!
I also don't intend for this blog to simply become a pointless way of promoting myself or BXB. Frankly, I'd don't expect many people to read this that aren't already on BXB and hence plugging myself on here is pretty pointless. If you do feel that I'm hammering on too much about how fantastic I think I am, feel free to notify me by leaving a comment with the words: "Arrogant f***"!
And I've just written a sticky note with "Write in Your Blog" on my PC! Because there is a good chance this could simply turn into a "bored on a Wednesday night" activity.
So, I'll end my first blog with a tip: When playing Geometry Wars Evolved, watch out for the large pink squares that turn into little, unpredictable ones when you shoot them because they will catch you out!
