Why are the children doing what they are doing?

Just look at us, with our crappy basement apartments and our old sneakers. Look at our cheap haircuts and threadbare T-shirts and our cut-rate cat food for our cats. Worse still, I feel for the unfortunate men or women who fall in love with us.

Game journalism in action.

While Scott Jones does a great job at detailing how the life of a game journalist can look these days (it’s a must-read if you are either a game journalist or consider becoming one), this part jumped out at me. As I currently only work as a freelancer, managing the small amount of money I have is almost a daily chore – every month is a new adventure in trying to make ends meet. Last month I did OK, this month looks like living hell. In short, I feel for the girl who decided that I was a catch.

It probably doesn’t help that I’m writing this wearing a Fallout 3 t-shirt that I got from Bethesda and drinking coffee from a Dragon Age: Origins-cup from the EA Business Lounge at Gamescom.

Need a freelancer, by the way? I’ve written about games for five years (reviews, articles, convention coverage, press events, etc), done a lot of web-TV so I’m used to standing in front of a camera, and I’m also able to write about film or music. I’m available both in Swedish and English. I accept money transfers or Paypal (if it’s international work). If you want me, contact me.

Professor Beej recently asked on Twitter “[why] do you do what you do?” My only answer to that is that I’m not sure if I’ve got much of a choice. Trust me, just like Scott, I’ve asked myself many times why I put myself through this. The question is, can I see myself not doing it?