As it seems to be the thing to do, I would like to jump into the waters of the whole "intro blog" thing that others on this site have been swimming in. I'll try not to pee in it.

My name is Gavin, you might have seen some of my work in Hardcore Gamer Magazine or In Another Castle. You probably didn't though, as my growing student loan collection can attest to. The only two things I take seriously in life are writing and professional wrestling, although since I've paid to attend school for both of those things, maybe the only things I take seriously are things I spend money on. So I guess add strip clubs to the list. I attend Temple University as a journalism major with a minor in "hitting on freshman girls who don't know better outside of the food carts."

I am more of a PC gamer than a console gamer, although I play anything and everything. My favorite system will always be the SNES. I like RPGs, but I don't like MASSIVE RPGs, there could be something freudian in that statement but it is really that I just don't like dedicating 100 hours a week to something I can't be better than somebody else at.

Look at that, making enemies already.

Along with my video game journalism and professional wrestling pipe dreams, I also dabble in fiction and writing graphic novels. I've had short stories published and am currently developing an online serial novel. I write a lot of steam/cyber/clock/splatterpunk and enjoy the style, mostly because I used to date a girl who did the whole steampunk thing and I have no shame when it comes to trying to impress dames and skirts. Luckily I was pretty good at it.

I am a functioning geek and proud of it, you could have probably skipped everything I just wrote since I'm sure you've already come to that conclusion.