Who Am I?

Shortest: I am an aspiring game writer who has grown up with games and is focused on the development of engaging worlds and player driven stories.

Shorter: I am an aspiring game writer who has dedicated himself to video game industry. I aspire to create both long and short narratives where the player has a voice and the world captures their imagination.

Short: I'm an aspiring game writer whose first real memory is booting up my N64; it taught me the power of imagination and opened my inner eye. As we live in age where a game needs to be more than just a mindless button masher, where the player can engage and have a tangible impact on the world and characters have nuanced personalities and that do not rely on stereotypes, I have been the head writer on two gaming projects and have written for an animated show and some shorts. Most importantly, to open more inner eyes and let them challenge themselves by thinking of new ways to look at things.

Game Writing

As a young kid in the 90's there was only really one thing I cared about, games, games, games. I cared about what little stories that were there, I read through every detail that was in the little booklets (I miss those game companies btw) that came with the game and the soaked it all up. From the very first game I plugged into my N64 (Star Fox 64) I knew that I wanted to work in the game industry (the desire to become a writer came much later) and I dedicated all my education in that pursuit. Now that games have more developed story lines, larger casts and extensive plots featuring player input, writers are more important than ever. Too often, the writing portion of the game is left aside or not given the importance it deserved. It's getting constantly better and better, and I want to participate in getting the medium the respect it deserves as an art form, to captivate players and entertain them through what possibly may be sixty hours of their valuable time.  This blog will be my experiences with writing for games and my experiences with writing found today in games, what is and isn't there. (To clear up things, writing involves everything from the universe the game resides in to the actual story, although on big games this is usually spilt up between multiple writers). Hopefully some day, my name will be among the greats of the video game writers and hopefully these people will get more and more recognition by the other writers in the other mediums.

Here are some of the greats today