Who am I?

First off, let's discuss what this site is for.

My name is Stark, and I love video games. However, as a recent college graduate in a pretty terrible job market, I can't really afford much in the ways of things other than food. I've found myself flat broke quite often in the past six months, usually because of a game that I ended up regretting my purchase of. Games that got great reviews, but left me frustrated, bored, or wanting something more. After making these mistakes for a while, I decided that my only option to play video games AND eat is to acquire these games in a less than moral manner. I have paid for all my games up to this point, so I feel I must give some sort of retribution to the community instead of being a total leech.

I've decided that as a service to my fellow gamers, I could offer an unbiased review service of games that I play, regardless of if I actually pay for them. The benefits of this sort of business model are as follows -

1. Not actually paying for things allows me to start this by myself. Without any income from game companies, I can give you the straight review, without worrying about losing sponsors or whatever.

2. It allows me to review games when I get them, which is often before the street date. This allows you to make informed pre-orders of games that are worth it. Unless I'm forced to take it down, of course (I will be complying with whatever requests games companies make, after all I can't afford a lawsuit).

3. Despite my inability to support the games market the way I'd like to, I can help YOU to support it. If people read my positive reviews and buy a game, that's fantastic. If someone reads a negative review and doesn't buy a game, then he or she isn't supporting the rubbish that seems to be the standard in games now. With more informed purchases, we can show games companies that making a GOOD game is more worthwhile than say a standard GTA ripoff that's total garbage but people for some reason buy it anyway (*cough* Saints Row 2 *cough*).

So there you have it. A pirate with a conscience, and a goal. A goal of helping you to help the game companies realize that we want innovative and fun games, not just recycled crap with new extra crap on top.