I've always been fascinated with the idea of blogging.   As an avid reader, the written word is probably where I feel most comfortable, but I don't spend much time practicing the art of writing.   Long story short, you can't be good at something you don't practice, so I'm going to give this blogging thing a whirl.   Rather than just post short segments about my life, and this being a video game website I'm going to write about my gaming experiences.  I have no illusions that it will be read by more than the random person or two, but this is more for me than for the masses at any rate.
 
A little about me:  I'm in my mid-30's.  Married.  Two small children.  I have a full time job that takes up the bulk of my time.   My first gaming system was an Atari 2600 I received for my 6th birthday, and I've owned most of the major consoles since then.  I was late to computer gaming, so my experience in that realm doesn't start until around 1995.    I can also extend this to tabletop and CCG gaming.   I played D&D for about 3 years in college and did Magic: The Gathering around the same time.
 
So where does that leave me today?    It leaves me with little time for gaming, that's where.    I've mostly given up on console games these days since I can't find time at home to play though.  I occasionally complete a game here or there, especially if it supports pick-up-and-play pretty well.   Earlier this year I completed God of War 3 ( though it took me over three months on the easiest setting to get through it) and my last complete games before that were Batman: Arkham Asylum and Wolverine: Uncaged Edition.    I gave up on Mass Effect 2 and Assassin's Creed 2 after they sat without being touched in my 360 for a month each.    Red Dead Redemption was traded in for the same reason last week.    But I do have some success stories as well...
 
I'm an avid Apple user, and as such I have all the toys I want from my former employer.  My iPhone 4 and my iPad are used regularly, but my gaming platform of choice is my new MacBook Pro.  It dual boots between OS 10.6 and Windows 7, and I carry it with me to work every day.   A majority of my gaming is done on this machine while on my lunch break at work, which gives me almost one full hour of uninterrupted game time 2-3 days per week.   Though I have no network access at work, I often choose to go next door to Starbucks and use their network for World of Warcraft (Hunter lvl 80 and Tankadin lvl 67) or Lord of the Rings Online (Hunter level 62).  If I choose to stay in, my gaming must be network free.   
 
So far this year I've completed Trine, Mass Effect 2 and Knights of the Old Republic 2 on my laptop and I started my Tankadin alt (there's no Tankadin concept?  wtf?).    Yesterday I started a new game of Neverwinter Nights 2 and it's with this that my blogging will start in earnest.   But probably in my next post.