Welcome to my Gaming Blog.
Why am I talking about gaming?
Well, it’s one of my favorite hobbies and it’s been a major part of my career for the last decade. When I was younger, I loved to write about all the different kinds of popular culture. It started with me writing about the movies I watched (my first website back in the late 90s was called ‘Marko Movies’). I wanted to be the next Roger Ebert so I would watch a film and then write about it. Good or bad, I wanted to be a real film critic and it was fun to do.
As I got older, I started shifting and expanding what I wrote about. From movies, I began to write about sports and video gaming. When blogging got more and more popular, I tried to post stuff on as many sites as I could. I would regularly rant about sports through Fox Sports and my gaming thoughts on GameSpot, IGN, and 1Up.
For me, writing has always been just fun until I got the opportunity to start writing for a small Canadian gaming blog, Game Focus. It gave me an avenue to write regularly, improve my writing, and a reason to keep playing games.
My 2+ years with GF eventually led to me getting a dream opportunity with GameSpot in San Francisco. I would move to California to be a part of one of the best game sites in the world.
Unfortunately, with how the industry works, my time there was short-lived. Although it was not as long as I wanted, I learned a lot and that experience helped me land my next job.
In 2013, I began working for Electronic Arts, primarily working as a Content Manager for the EA SPORTS side of things. It was another dream come true and quite enjoyable.
My time at EA ended in mid-2017. While looking for regular employment, I returned to school to improve my “New Media” and “Web Design” skills. In late 2019, I was hired at Piranha Games Inc. in Vancouver as their Player Engagement Specialist. I was with the company for just over three months until I was offered a contract role at The Coalition, makers of the Gears Series. Until the end of 2021, I was a Web Content Publisher, part of the Web Team there. We recently updated several of our sites including The Coalition’s Studio Page, The Gears Franchise, and Gears eSports.
In 2022, I spent time at Dapper Labs as a LiveOps Producer for NBA Top Shot. I was in that role until July 2022 when my department was downsized and I was let go.
I returned to Electronic Arts in May 2023. I am currently an Incident Manager, part of the EAX Team. Our job is primarily to manage any issues that may arise with the EA app and EA.com. It’s a great role because I get to interact with a lot of different teams and problems every day.
Although I work for a video game publisher, that doesn’t prevent me from continuing to write about video games. EA is fairly lenient when it comes to this. They encourage us to share our thoughts with games but to disclose our employment and how it may relate. We’re also not supposed to make money in a way that would be deemed as a conflict of interest. Since this blog is just for fun, I’m not breaking any rules. If I do discuss matters related to any EA games (past, present, or future), I will make sure to disclose my affiliation with the company ahead of time.
In any case, you can also follow me on Twitter (or X). I don’t post too often, but when I do I am usually talking about games, movies, or sports.