Day four of social leprosy. I've noticed that store clerks tend to drop the change into my palm rather than risk the hand touch. Not like the cash they're handling is any less toxic than yours truly, but hey. Can't blame 'em, I guess.
Back in late '96, fresh out of my first Internet contract job, my tech skills were low but my pop culture derring-do and so-called "writing skills" were my rock. My dream job was to review games for one of the many videogame sites that were popping up at the time. I blasted around my resume, and even got a few interviews, but I never got so much as a rejection letter from GameSpot, which has arguably been the best game site since the get-go.
What kind of talent does it take to write for GameSpot, anyway? Ask ex-Jawbreaker, current Jetter to Brazil Blake Schwarzenbach, if you can corner him. After the much-lamented Jawbreaker divorce, he paid the bills by penning a few way-too-cerebral reviews for said game site. Here are his reviews of Pandemonium, Helicops and Independence Day. Pretty funny.
Comments (3)
blake is just to high brow wordy for the rest of us
Posted by stephen | January 14, 2002 1:46 PM
Posted on January 14, 2002 13:46
He certainly has a command of the English language. I can't dis -- he's a hero of mine, as much as I know he hates that status.
Posted by redshifter | January 14, 2002 3:03 PM
Posted on January 14, 2002 15:03
yeah he's one of mine also
Posted by stephen | January 16, 2002 11:50 AM
Posted on January 16, 2002 11:50