Hello, gentle reader. It’s been said that when it comes to any endeavour, you should start as you mean to continue. As I’m going to use this blog to post mainly about myself, I reckon that’s precisely what I should do with my first post. However, I also want to use this blog specifically to talk about myself as an electronic gamer, or even more specifically, as member of the H2O Clan Australian Divisions (I know there’s only one as of this writing, but I have no doubt we’ll expand into other games...

1. Start small! Buy her a DS or other handheld with great puzzle strategy games that would pull her in. When moving to online competitive games use games that are easy to understand and play without complicated weapon systems and such.

Casual games for beginners to recommend are Brainage, Animal Crossing, Wario Ware, Cooking Mama, and Trauma Center. Hardcore (yet easily controlled) games we recommend are Halo, Gears of War, and Quake.

2. Teach her the basics! Carefully...

1. Adjust your Environment! At home or wherever you prepare for your tournament, ensure your environment closely resembles how it will be at the tournament. Gamers tend to have a comfort zone in the positioning of their bodies, length from their screens, and distractions around them and you want to be in the comfort zone when it all changes in live competitions, so get a leg up and prepare for it! Tips to follow to create an environment similar to LAN competitions are:

a. Position...

In this article I ask is the rush to release and cash in on new games causing the overall game quality to suffer?

There used to be something very special about being involved on a working title, like a piece of art it would have had a great amount of care, dedication and time spent on it. The end result would be something the dev team could feel proud about, happy in the knowledge that their product would be enjoyed by thousands. But with the ever expanding demand for new games there...

Last year, I was on a certain panel along with a professor who was speaking about how the gaming culture was a training ground for the next generation business leaders. I remember being fascinated at the time by what he was saying and nodding my head as he quickly ran through business leadership skills that were needed to succeed in life, and illustrating how these skills were cultivated and formed through game playing.

Well, this topic is brought to mind again with another related...