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Rated Teen, For Everyone

Posted by kcander –
The videogame industry and I are about the same age. In the 1970s, we played with blocks. We blooped and bleated, the big people gathered around us with kindly smiles of incomprehension. By the mid-'80s, we hurtled toward puberty together. We bounced to synthesized beats, decked in neon and steeped in a culture the old folks labeled a passing fad.
Our Man Stan

International Gamers With Jobs Day 2012!

Posted by Colleen "momgamer" Hannon –
All the world 'round, we all get out and get together! Inaugurated here, International Gamers With Jobs day has grown to a great circle of camaraderie and games.
Wizards of the Coast's Drow lead the way

Notes From GenCon 2012

Posted by Charlie "TheWanderer" Hall –
GenCon was a huge success this year, for our community and for the event as a whole. We all had a blast at the Slap and Tickle, which was well attended again this year.

Never Satisfied

Posted by J.P. "kincher" Grant –
“Maybe you’re just like my mother,” a great man once sang, “she’s never satisfied.” It is a truth universally acknowledged that gamers, like the fictional mother of The Artist Formerly Known As The Artist Formerly Known As Prince, find satisfaction an elusive prize.

Asleep at the Keyboard

Posted by Shawn Andrich –
If you're a long time visitor to Gamers With Jobs, you may remember that before the Conference Call we had another podcast called GWJ Radio. It was hosted by Russ Pitts and myself. Since then, Russ has sat on the iron throne at The Escapist and now he's joined Vox Media for their new video game site venture.

Guide Lines

Posted by J.P. "kincher" Grant –
I slam the book shut as a fresh string of expletives issues from my mouth. From behind her magazine, my wife sighs. I know exactly what she's about to do.
MW3 knife kill

Battle Dress

Posted by Charlie "TheWanderer" Hall –
The late fall of 2000 found me at a gas station in rural Missouri. Out of the convenience store toddled an elderly man in flannel and suspenders on the arm of a young blonde woman. She was speaking gently to him, taking him gingerly through the gravel lot towards a red Dodge pickup.

Notes from GenCon

Posted by Charlie "TheWanderer" Hall –
Final numbers are in via press release from this year's GenCon in Indianapolis. True, their website remains a blight upon the gaming industry, but that’s okay because the tactile nature of board, miniature, and roleplaying games means that all the fun was meant to be had on site.

Right Here, Right Now

Posted by J.P. "kincher" Grant –
I’ve never been known for my sunny disposition. Like many writers, I’m content to twirl my misery around my finger like a gold pocketwatch, irritating passersby with the glare. The notion of me cultivating a positive outlook is like the image of Donald Trump in the Oval Office: incredibly unlikely, mostly laughable — but maybe, just maybe, eerily, terrifyingly plausible.

Funland

Posted by J.P. "kincher" Grant –
Delirious with jet lag and a few pints each, we stumble into the Trocadero in Piccadilly Circus. It’s 9:30 PM London time and some ungodly hour of the morning Boston time. Tomorrow I’ll be glad I didn’t crash after our overnight flight, but at the moment I’m doubting the wisdom of staying awake for the last thirty-plus hours.

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