Print it!
By some miracle, I've finally done it.
I've made the jump from Internet media to print media.
Though I will continue to write for Gamer 2.0 as I have for the last nearly three years throughout its various incarnations, I am also the newest member of the Pro Gam3r Magazine staff as of last night, when I provided them with an (admitted rush job of an) Evolution World 2007 recap/analysis.
Issue #2, with my debut feature, will hit shelves in approximately two weeks.
Though I love the Internet media and can't deny what it has done for me over the years, I've always held the print media in a higher regard just for its inherent nature. There's a much more limited job market, it takes more money to get a publication even off the ground at all, and missing a deadline automatically sets you back at least a month, not just however long it takes you to get whatever you're working on done.
This represents a put-up-or-shut-up situation for me, of course, and I've felt completely ready for it for years. Though I always believed I'd get into the more general-interest type of work like EGM or GamePro if I ever did land in the print world, I'm in my exact element here at Pro Gam3r, where I'll be covering competitive fighting games in the months and hopefully years to come.
I've finally made it. I can do this.
I've made the jump from Internet media to print media.
Though I will continue to write for Gamer 2.0 as I have for the last nearly three years throughout its various incarnations, I am also the newest member of the Pro Gam3r Magazine staff as of last night, when I provided them with an (admitted rush job of an) Evolution World 2007 recap/analysis.
Issue #2, with my debut feature, will hit shelves in approximately two weeks.
Though I love the Internet media and can't deny what it has done for me over the years, I've always held the print media in a higher regard just for its inherent nature. There's a much more limited job market, it takes more money to get a publication even off the ground at all, and missing a deadline automatically sets you back at least a month, not just however long it takes you to get whatever you're working on done.
This represents a put-up-or-shut-up situation for me, of course, and I've felt completely ready for it for years. Though I always believed I'd get into the more general-interest type of work like EGM or GamePro if I ever did land in the print world, I'm in my exact element here at Pro Gam3r, where I'll be covering competitive fighting games in the months and hopefully years to come.
I've finally made it. I can do this.