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A great big Happy Birthday goes out to our own Mikey who turns some age today that is a combination of ones and zeroes (you figure it out)! You don't see him on the front page much, but he is always there behind the scenes making sure everything runs smoothly. If the site goes down, he's always there to get it back up again. He is truly a man with an eye on the back end.
It's an honor and privilege to have known him lo these 20 years! Cheers, Mikey!
Here at GayGamer Castle, we are beginning the celebration of our very own Tiny Dancer's birthday. We ordered him a Final Fantasy cake this year replete with Chocobos. The libations will be flowing from dawn to dusk, so please join us in toasting another year with Tiny and in wishing him the very best in the years to come.
After a little break in new writers, we welcome another fresh denizen of GayGamer Castle. FaePuck will be favoring us with his writings in the afternoons along with myself and tinydancer. As usual, the staff are working their fingers to the bone preparing his room which he has requested be decorated in a Midsummer Night's Dream theme (natch). I'm personally seeing to the installation of the faerie mushroom ring and hoping that none of the ones I chosen are poisonous. We've had to get a crane to get some of the bigger trees in there and a truck is waiting outside filled with ivy hammocks and colorful flowers of all kinds.
So, welcome faePuck, to the GayGamer Castle! Word of warning: Don't eat the mushrooms.
A big Happy Birthday to our very own Asterick who turns seven today! He's a big boy now and has asked for a variety of technical wonders to tinker with on his volumes of free time. We're a little reticent on the "death ray" but as it's only $20 from the Acme Products Co., what real harm could it do? I suppose we'll know if we all wake up dead tomorrow. But until that happens we're going to be very, very nice to him. So... Happy Birthday, Asterick!
The axe has fallen and the staff has chosen the four winners of our Brutal Legend Demo Code contest. The four winning entries are as follows:
M4EOzzy: "See the size of my axe? It's about like that..."
Gumba Masta: "Getting record deals gotten easier since I take my Axe to the meetings."
Narrrm: "It was always a tad difficult for Eddie to get his business done with all the bathroom attendants always staring at him"
MuddBstrd: "Oh Jack, I wish I could quit you."
If you are one of the lucky winners, you should be receiving your code shortly. Thanks to everyone who entered and be sure to look for more contests coming soon!
Continuing our trend of bringing on new writers this week, I am pleased to welcome VorpalBunny to the GayGamer Crew. He will be taking a mid-afternoon slot and I dare say you will be intrigued by his first entry.
A child of Goths, Vorpal has requested his room be tricked out in H.R. Geiger style. I am currently sorting through baby doll heads, gears, mannequin parts and steam pipes in an attempt to cobble together something pleasingly creepy. Although I must say all these silver spray paint fumes are going a bit to my head. Thankfully, Tiny is standing by with the smelling salts lest I go into a dead faint.
So, please help me in welcoming VorpalBunny on board with in true GayGamer style!
It's new writer week here on GayGamer! The latest victim newcomer is Bradamantium and I encourage you all to give him the kind of big GayGamer welcome I know you're all capable of!
Bradamantium comes to us from the Los Angeles area and will be a great asset to the site. You can look for his writings here in the afternoons. The crew has barely finished stocking mixvio's room and I am already cracking the whip to get them started on Bradamantium's. For some inexplicable reason he has requested a wallpaper featuring keyboard playing cats as well as an iPhone vending machine. I don't know if that last one is in the budget, but we'll see what we can do. We like to keep our writers happy after all!
So welcome, Bradmantium, glad to have you on the team. Please contact me later about your request for a monkey butler.
Hello, gentle readers. Please help me in giving a hearty GayGamer welcome to the newest resident of the GayGamer Castle, mixvio. He will be taking our early morning shift which means we will be having posts starting an hour earlier in the day so you can get your game news fix beginning at 9am EST.
The rest of the staff is busily preparing his room in the castle while I pore over the Ikea catalog from which he has chosen all the furniture for his room. I haven't seen so much red pen marks since the last time Tiny copy edited one of my reviews! I'm hoping he'll actually be able to open the door to his room as it's likely to be filled with so much furniture he'll have to sleep on his desk.
You may notice things being a bit sparse around the site today because practically everyone is at PAX! As much as I love to write I unfortunately can't possibly cover all the slots myself so I'm afraid we'll just have to wait until our stalwart PAXers can get to the press room to write a few stories. But never fear, we will all be back in full force on Tuesday (Monday being a holiday and all!). Do keep an eye on the site though as the PAX crew will be updating from time to time!
Sadly this is true. I woke up this morning to the sounds of tumbleweeds blowing through the castle halls as everyone is busily packing for PAX! So unless I wanted to prattle on all alone, which I'm afraid would be rather boring for you, we've decided to not record a podcast this week. However, next week's cast will be action packed as Pixel Poet will be joining Tiny and myself to recap all the magic and wonder that PAX has to offer. If all goes well, we should have video footage to post from the Pixel's PAX panel as well! Fun, fun, fun!
So never fear, you have my word that we will be back again next week full of podcast goodness. See you then!
After I put out a call for new Gay Gamers of the Week, many of you expressed an interest in writing for the site. As it happens, we are in the market for some new writers, so if you are interested, we would love to hear from you. Before sending in your applications please read the list of requirements below.
- First and foremost, this is a volunteer position meaning there is no pay. We all do this out of the love of games and wanting to provide a GLBT safe space for gaming.
- You must be able to commit to doing at least one article a day at an assigned time. We can decide a time that works best for you, but consistency is the key.
- We are looking for all kinds of writers: male, female, trans... all are welcome and encouraged to apply.
Now that we have those two thing out of the way, here are the things you need to do to apply.
- Send in at least two samples of your writing. The best bet would be to write two original pieces (one news item, one opinion piece) as if you were writing something for the site.
- Spelling and grammar count, so be sure to use that spell check.
- Send your samples with a general time of day you'd like to write (morning, afternoon, evening) along with a little bit about yourself to info@gaygamer.net.
- The subject line of your email should read "GayGamer Writer's Application"
As of now we are particularly interested in writers who can be available in the morning and early afternoon. We are also looking for folks interested in doing reviews as well as someone who might be interested in copy editing. And of course, most of all we are looking for people excited about the game industry with a fun personality and interesting writing voice.
Hope to hear from you soon!
With the recent Shadow Complex fracas, many people have been taking a bit of a closer look at where they are spending their money. There seems to be a general feeling with a lot of people of "How do we really know where our money is going? Everything we spend eventually ends up going into the pocket of some homophobe anyway so why should I care?"
The fact of the matter is there are quite a few ways of finding out where your money is going and who is getting it. One excellent place to start is the Human Rights Campaign's Buyer's Guide. It is a nice, concise guide to the companies, products and services that support equality for the LGBT community. The guide is divided up into sections that include games, technology, eating out, the newsstand and many more. Sadly the guide is a little lacking in the games department but what is there is interesting. EA rates very high on equality issues as does Microsoft, but that is about the extent of video game companies on the list.
If you are concerned about how you spend your money and want to make sure it goes to the appropriate place, do a little research. the internet is an amazing resource and you might be very surprised what you find out.
The HRC "Buying for Equality Guide" 2009 [HRC]
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