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Who blogs here? Alice (and now-retired Jez & Jen...)
Alice Taylor:
I started this blog a few years ago, aiming to cover social software and things I work on, but it inevitably gravitated towards gaming (which is what I do most, and my sociable software of choice).
Goes without saying that my opinion here is my own, and unrelated to my employer's!
How come games? My dad used to take me to the pub when I was 8 or so: there was a Pac-Man there. And a Galaxian. And there was Space Invaders at the pool. Four years later I got a BBC Micro. Fast forward twelve or so years, and I discovered Quake. I was on the first UK Quake team, and although it was early days and everyone was relatively crap, I'm still proud of that. I played as DC_Crystaltips.
Find me on:
- Quake4: Crystaltips or Crys
- WoW: Crystaltips on Nordrassil (UK) & Eitrigg (US)
- Second Life: Crystaltips Pavlova
(Any opinions expressed on this blog are personal opinions and not those of any of the authors' employers.)
Jen and Jez are two women in games who I know personally and have enormous respect for; they both blogged a bit here in the past, but have since gone on to get involved with real-life things, like jobs and PHDs...
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Alice's advice to me about posting here was "just have fun with it." She didn't dictate at length about anything; she just wanted me to turn up, have a play and see what happens. That's one among many reasons I think she's the perfect person to blog about fun and games, and I'm very happy to be pitching in.
My background: After moving to London from Washington DC, I worked in IT/systems management for 5 years before Alice hired me to do niftier stuff at Stor in 2000. In those days I ran a little portal for UK blogs and had one of my own called threadnaught. For the last few years I've mostly been bringing up my little girl.
And the games? I started out on bleepy handhelds of the late-70s: Simon, Merlin, Quiz Wiz, Tron. My brother and I clocked up enough hours on those to earn an Atari 2600, then eventually the NES, but by that time I'd abandoned console games (with the exception of The Legend of Zelda) in favor of playing on my dad's IBM PC. Zork was the first game I ever really loved, and my obsession with it made the computer a part of my everyday life. Come to think of it, Zork has a lot to answer for...
Find me on:
- WoW: Gzorninplat on Runetotem (UK)
- Second Life: Jen Division
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Jez:
What's it to you?
I've been reading Wonderland for ages. I
remember discovering it via a linked story and thinking "Why on earth aren't
I reading this already?". Anyway, I'm thrilled to be here.
My background: I'm a PhD student, researching information retrieval, and in
my spare time I blog and try to run the international division of PMS Clan.
I tend to spend most of it playing games of one form or another, though.
I've no idea where I'll head once I graduate.
Why games? I've been playing games since I was a wee lass of five or six.
One of my greatest childhood moments was getting a tip printed in Your
Sinclair... It continued through school, sneaking in Quake discs to play
during the lunch hour, and to university, where I discovered Halo and MMOs,
and nearly failed my degree. The ilovebees campaign got me buying an Xbox
and Halo 2, and before I knew it I was part of PMS. Ironically, my other
half hates games with a passion.
Find me on:
- Xbox Live: Mistletoe / PMS Mistletoe
- Mario Kart DS: 051599 787846
- WoW: Arjuna on Shadowsong, Nodrassil and Venture Co, Selenay on Dragonmaw,
Kerowyn on Shadowsong, Mistletoe on Silvermoon. In that order.
