Boring, But Productive

Today wasn’t particularly exciting which, I am sorry to say, is EXACTLY how I like it. You know you’re getting old when you look forward to a Drama-Free day and I’m definitely a big fan of those. Aside from the usual trip down to Bloor for a grocery run, the only things of note that happened today were that I was a good little chipmunk and cranked out more of the articles for GameAxis that are required for this month. Also, I got this in the mail:

And not the poster either, the movie. This was one of those random eBay moments where I suddenly realized that I hadn’t seen the movie in years and actually remembered it quite fondly as one of the few genuinely good fantasy films of the 80′s. Whether or not the lens of nostalgia has anything to do with that now remains to be seen. I’ll pop it into the PS2 (this is our sole DVD player now) in a few days and see whether the carnage is as spectacular as I remember it, or whether Peter Jackson has now made it impossible for me to enjoy any fantasy film effort made without the help of WETA Digital Effects.

Oh, and it is official. After getting an e-mail with some very scary looking legal documents that I need to fill out, I will be doing my first gig for IGN. This may not mean much to most, but to me, having spent years relying on these guys for my gaming news, it feels like I’ve finally punched a hole into video game journalism legitimacy, assuming such a thing can be said to exist in such a wonky field. Still, to the game geeks that care, and to the gaming publications that are in North America, being able to wave a reference as monolithic (reviled or not) as IGN definitely means that I ain’t some amateur fanboy writer who thinks he can put a few words together and then tie it into a l33t bow with a juicy phrase like “pwned” or “OMGWTFBBQ” and actually have a certain standard of professionalism.

Or it could simply mean I’ve sold out. Whichever, I’m happy with both.