I Haven't Forgotten

It may be the late evening, but I haven't forgotten about you!

Let's see... what do I wanna ramble about?

Call of Duty 4? Hmm. Could rave about it, but I think I already have.

Street Fighter IV? Same story.

Oh! I know! My new job!

Well, I'm not sure that it technically counts as a job since I will be doing contract work instead of being a regular employee. Nevertheless, I'll be working with a significant magazine as a game researcher of sorts. I'll be getting paid to play through selected games and supplying thorough notes for the staff writers to use as a reference tool when putting together the actual review.

Bottom line: All those times I was told I would never make money playing video games? Yeah. So much for that.


Which leads me to an exhortation of sorts. If you love doing something... really love it... and if you want to make a living off of it...

First make sure that you won't end up hating the thing if it's your full-time vocation. That actually happens to people... and it sucks. Don't let that happen. (It's one of the reasons I'm no longer in the field of software development.)

But the more important thing... if you really want to do something... I really believe that working hard at it, accepting difficulty and failures along the way, getting to know the right people, and a little bit of luck will make it possible.


Ten years ago, who would have thought that I could become a professional gamer? Yet here I am. So... what do you want to do? Who do you want to become? What's standing in your way?

Don't give up. If you want it, get out there and get it.