Starting out smaller is good. You'll get more experience writing, be able to do more in-depth, and won't get as frustrated if it doesn't turn out the way you wanted it to. Noe's been a blogging machine for at least eight years that I know of, so I wouldn't let not being able to immediately produce something as polished as what Noe writes get to you.
I'm looking forward to reading your series.
Part of the reason I bought the digital copy of Legend of Dragoon from PSN was because my PS3 didn't always like to load the physical discs after I switched them. I'm glad I sill have my PS1.
And some games don't support analog, like WIld Arms 2.
Sidd, that's like asking me to pick my favorite child!
Books: that's the really tough one. Today, I'd say Not For Glory by Joel Rosenberg. Ask me tomorrow and it might be something totally different, though. I've also always liked the Hammer's Slammers series by David Drake, and The Voyage of the Star Wolf by David Drake. And the Mageworlds series.
Movies: Star Wars had probably the most impact on me, I was eight when the first movie came out and it was like nothing I had ever seen before. I don't know if it's my favorite, though. I'll have to give this one some more thought.
TV shows: this is even harder than books. Firefly, the original Star Trek, Babylon 5, Space Above and Beyond, all are personal favorites.
Video game: The Xenosaga series, I think.
So I was just checking Facebook, and a good friend and fellow gamer had posted this on his wall. Goes right back to my statement: if you don't like it, change it.
My two cents, for what it's worth: We need to vote with our wallets here. If enough people say we've had enough and don't buy the stuff, they'll give up trying to force it on us. Problem is, there are always enough suckers who will undermine that approach for the rest of us.
I am old. My first encounter with video games was Pong. What hooked me on gaming was an old PC game called Wizardry, which was ported to NES, by the way.
You are most welcome, Ben! You live in an area with a lot of really good folk music going on all around, by the way.
My issue with Sarkeesian is that she's spending other peoples' money to make 20+ minute rants rather than doing anything to actually promote change in the industry. Having been a gamer since 1983 who happens to be female, I've seen a lot. I've never been ashamed to tell people I'm a gamer, reactions have run the gamut of people treating me like a three-headed mutant to being considered cool. I laugh at the silly, non-offensive stuff like the costumes the female characters wear in a lot of RPGs, make jokes about Lara Croft's cup size in the earlier Tomb Raider games, and urge people to play games like Beyond Good & Evil. I also vote with my wallet: if I know a game is going to offend me in any way, I don't buy the game. If Ms. Sarkeesian really wants to change the industry, the money that she spends on her video series would be better spent developing a game with a strong female protagonist. She's not going to change anything by just pissing people off.
