This Blog Has Moved

The blog has moved, and can now be found at http://www.perpetuallygaming.com/ so please head over there.
All articles have moved with it, so you can find content both new and old in the new location.

Dead Air

So, I want to write a post, because there are things that I have to say, but I'm also working on a big redesign of the site on my new host, and really, this post is just testing some cross-compatibility stuff. I'll be posting again soon.

Cosmetic Differences

I decided to spend a few minutes leisurely photoshopping a new header for the blog, and some minor tweaks here and there. Other than that, I just spent a few days out of town with no gaming contact aside from Chrono Trigger, which has some thoughts brewing in my mind, so in between a final, a paper, and a presentation all before Thursday, I' may sneak in a post on that. I’m also interested in this month’s Blogs of the Round Table discussion, so I may throw my hat in the ring there. Following the end of the semester, I’ll actually start discussing that paper I wrote earlier this semester about videogames, and maybe my thoughts on the 2008 VGA winners.

Sidenote

I decided to read The Videogame Style Guide and Reference Manual earlier, and although I'll try to use the rules they've defined, some old habits are hard to break. This is where I offer apologies in advance for every time I say "video game" instead of "videogame" or some other mental slip. Let's just tack on more stylistic knowledge on top of the tome that is the APA Style Guide.

Welcome Aboard

Here I am, on the precipice of something new. A step in the direction towards the rest of my life. This is where it all comes together, and everything begins to mean something.

On that somewhat life-affirming (or at least blog-affirming) line, I would like to welcome you to this little project that I've decided to undertake. Here's the short version of what is going on here: My name is Bryan and I have a B.A. in Speech Communication from Wayne State University. I am currently a student in the MA in Communication Studies program at WSU. I've always been interested in the way that people interact with each other (partially the reason I find myself hopelessly fixated on Lost). Along with that, I also enjoy spending my time on the internet and playing video games.

I'm hoping by now, you're beginning to see what I'm hinting towards. If you guessed that I am interested in studying interpersonal communication through internet technologies and video games, I'd dare say that you hit the nail on the head. The world of game culture is a fledgling field, by academic standards, and as our technologies advance, so will our world of gaming. While I'm only in my first semester of my program, I have decided to begin building my body of work and my social network on the topic through a blog.

I'll also interject with my ideas on games, books, and the various facets that make up the culture of gaming. On top of all that, I'm open to expanding this blog to other writers with similar goals as well, so if you are interested and qualified, please do not hesitate to contact me.

What's important, however, is that I'm putting my thoughts on this subject on to the internet for others to react to. There's no better way to expand your horizons than through intelligent discussion between people with similar ideas. Please, always feel free to chime in.

Thanks in advance,
Bryan