The fabled first step

It has been said that the hardest part of a journey is the first step. A step which, in this case, almost never happened. Before we move on, let's take a look as to why this has taken me so long to finally start. (By this, I mean I've wanted to start this specific blog for ages, but it hasn't happened until now.)

I'm not one to make many excuses about anything, but in this case I have two 'reasons' as to why I've not begun just yet.

• One of my greatest gifts is that of procrastination. As could be seen in most any other blog I've ever begun, I am easily distracted and often forget to post new things, or I'll have the post started, but get lost elsewhere in the internet. I intend to avoid that fate with this blog.
• Thanks to CenturyLink, my 'DSL' is less reliable than America Online's dial-up service in 1999. Sadly, this has been the downfall of many internet based ideas I've had recently. After hundreds of calls and complaints about my service, which I truly feel I am being overcharged for, I still believe I'd be better off with AOL.

Enough of my complaining for the time being.

What is Alienated Gamer?

Alienated Gamer is, for the foreseeable future, one humble cynic's way of expressing his views, thoughts, opinions, comments, reviews, etc, to an audience whom, if find this page hidden within the millions of other Blogger.com pages, probably wants to know something about aforementioned items.

In general, as I play through various games, I will post whatever it is I feel should be posted at that time here. Contrary to the title, I will not only be posting in relation to games, but other media such as movies, books, Android Apps, or anything else I find worthy of dedicating time to.

What does that mean for readers?

In a nutshell? Nothing. Anytime I pick up a new game (or whatever) I try to go through it as unbiased as possible. Odds are I'll post as I play, giving my thoughts on the current feats I'm working on in whichever game it is.

Example:

Title: Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D

Nintendo 3DS, 2011

... In the original release of the game, Navi was a pain in the neck. When Nintendo decided to up the game, they also seemed to up Navi's annoying habits. "Hey! Listen! You've been working a long time, why don't you take a break?" Well, Navi, you see the thing is, if I wanted to put down the 3DS and go do something else, I would. Until that time comes, just STFU and remind me where it is I am going because you've made me forget!

I'm sure you get the idea. I'm not going to start with the Ocarina however. If you have any suggestion as to what game I should check out next, let me know below. (Please note that my gaming is currently limited to PC and Nintendo 3DS.)