Will Play Video Games For Money!
Today my father said something to me while I was pre-ordering Fable III and Enslaved: Odyssey to the West;
"You should get paid to play video games".
You know what? I bloody well should. I'm not one to blow my own horn, but I really do feel that I would make an excellent video game journalist. My knowledge of the subject may be vast, but I have a passion for video games and it's industry, which I feel some are missing.
I love video games. I love playing on them, I love losing myself in a different world each week. It's like reading a great book but you have direct contact in this world and your actions have an effect. I love how exciting the video game industry is.
It's exciting because it's forever evolving. It doesn't just sit around like the film industry popping out the same film over and over. It's always finding news ways to deliver a fresh and new multimedia experience. From Role-playing games to First Person Shooters, games developers are always finding new ways to tell a story that is rich in character and morals. What's better is that with the advancement of technology, these games developers have more tools to create these exciting worlds with interesting characters and emotional narratives.
Of course, not all video games needs to be the next epic. Thanks to the digital distribution networks (Steam, Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network and many others), Indy games are at an all time high. For £5 - £10 you can buy a game which'll keep you entertained all weekend. This also means that us, the consumers have an even larger selection of video games, each with new ideas and interesting spins on the different genres. This also has a wonderful knock on effect to the mainstream games. It forces developers to step up their game and keep up with the booming Indy scene.
But yeah, I would love to work for one of the many video game publications or video game websites reviewing and talking about video games. However, I know this is unlikely to happen and I accept that. Playing on video games will just remain a hobby.
Should anyone read this that has connections... Hook a brother up?
Hopefully within the next few weeks I'll get around to writing a review of Final Fantasy XIV.
Until then, would you like a spoon with that?