Appropriate? I think it is. Video and computer games successfully wrap everything about art into a delicious and savory burrito I just can't seem to stop thinking about. The way the music hits during a boss battle, or ambiance of a travel sequence or safe zone, an explosion of color and sound in a space shooter, or the way an entire city or empire comes together after spending days and days plotting, planning and building. They aren't just a sense of accomplishment or immersion...as far as I'm concerned, it's a beautiful melting pot of everything we commonly and uncommonly consider, art.My name is Andrew, and I'm a serious gamer. I have been my entire life and as long as I have a breath in my body, I still will be. One of my uncles exposed me intellivision at an early age, while my other uncle still actively games and calls me for advice from time to time. My older brother would hide games from my mother so she couldn't practice when he was at school and get better than him, and my younger brother is going into game development as we speak. Needless to say, it's in my blood. I love all types of games (Disregarding shovel-ware....do I have to comment on that?) ranging from sports to RPG's, and shooters to simulations, I appreciate all of them for what they are, and what they've accomplished. Good games are good games as far as I'm concerned, regardless of the genre, console or time period (I've recently purchased a bunch of first gen PSX RPG's for example...timeless). Actually, I have a serious backlog of games I've been meaning to play for years...but more on that later. I've been here for a while actually, just have been a bit preoccupied to introduce myself and learn how to work this website, so I've just given Sean some advice and proofread some of his posts considering that two sets of eyes are better than one. Speaking of Sean, we've been gaming together for years now so we know each other pretty well. An online partnership with him to manage and promote a blog about video games and the like? If I had to sign on the dotted line I wouldn't have read the fine print.
