Did you click over here to give me a piece of your mind? You going to give me a good verbal thrashing n’ what for, for writing something you don’t agree with? Or, oh, you’re here just to look at my pretty face? Great! Well then, welcome! Pull up a seat. Let me tell you a little bit about myself.
I’m being paid by VentureBeat to pound out words on a plastic keyboard. Hopefully, if luck is on my side, those words form sentences. If the odds are in our favor, those sentences will form coherent thought … opinions … perhaps facts as well!
As for what credentials I could possibly have to obtain the position of contributing key poker, I’ve been in the video game industry -- in one form or another -- since the mid to late 1990s. In that time I’ve written about games, published games, marketed games, developed games, and some times ... just as a personal treat ... I play games. Outside of GamesBeat, I’m also an indie game designer and artist -- although nothing you’ve probably heard of. You can catch up on what I'm doing outside of GamesBeat over here.
I may come off a little awkward, but be damned if I don’t have a sense of ethics.
I also push out a ton of articles, as you can see below, but here are some recent tidbits that I think you should check out:
- Gamers have so much to be thankful for, so don't focus on the crap
- For better or worse, consumer virtual reality is here with the Samsung Gear VR
- An Ex-California state prisoner's take on Prison Architect, the prison warden simulator
- Moto X: Pure Edition is a great upgrade, even if it screws up my one handed grip
- How SteelSeries CEO on working with Apple to design Nimbus controller for the Apple TV
- Lara Croft GO developer on designing turn based action games
- Balancing isn't easy part 1: Team Ninja on DOA5 in the competitive scene, sexual fantasy, and the future
- Balancing isn't east part 2: Team Ninja on tweaking Dead or Alive 5 Last Round
Luma purchases network-security device manufacturer Nodal Industries
Hands-on with Samsung Galaxy TabPro S
Panasonic debuts Ora smart home system
Fitbit unveils Blaze, its first wearable with a color screen, ships in March for $200
HP launching 5 new EliteBook laptops this year
HP upgrades its Spectre X360 and Pavilion X2 laptops with larger screens
Prynt’s smartphone case combines Polaroid printing with augmented reality video
Chromecast Audio now supports Hi-Res audio and can blast music to other Chromecasts in your house
uMake raises $4.5M series A for its 3D sketching iOS app
Samsung gives you a new way to browse the web — virtual reality
Review
Mass Fidelity’s The Core is a small black box that offers big stereo sound … for a price
Atmotube tells you if the air you’re breathing is toxic
Why it was easy for Plex to quickly add Apple TV support for its media app
You can now preorder Nextbit’s Robin: A smartphone with its head in the clouds
Research firm estimates Apple and Google could lose millions from Amazon eviction
HTC One A9 finally revealed, receiving special ‘unlocked edition’
Lenovo Yoga Home 900 hands-on: This is the Hulk of ‘portable desktops’
Lenovo introduces two new products: the Yoga 900 Convertible and Yoga Home 900
Dell Chromebook 13 review: We have almost zero complaints
Review
Review: Chromecast Audio is a great palm-sized streaming jukebox on a Coors Light budget
Apple reportedly buys secretive deep learning startup Perceptio
We can now stop guessing what the TiVo Bolt is about: It’s here, and it’s making skipping ads much easier
Review
Moto X: Pure Edition is a great upgrade, even if its size screws up my one-handed grip
How the new Apple TV compares to the competition
