First Post! Meet New Gaming Contributor, Chris Holmes

Hello your royal readership, I am a brand new writer for this wondrous oasis of gaming journalism that is more commonly known as Gaming Steve. My name is Chris Holmes, and my Gaming Steve forum alias is “homez99”, which I actually use for most of my online services, thanks to someone already taking “Homez” on Live when I first got it way back all those years ago with my little Xbox.

Bringing up systems, I can officially confirm in this post in the very etchings of my Gaming Steve career, I have a PS2, Xbox, GameCube, Wii, DS, PSP and a 360, with intentions of purchasing a PS3 once they settle on a main SKU and I get a new television, which Steve can hopefully supply after he sees my delightful work.

I would say that I try to get my gaming equipment day one, but this strategy has not worked well with the 360, which has suffered the ill-fated “Red Rings Of Death” disease three times, and I can reveal that my fourth 360 has just arrived as I am writing this via the magical brown UPS van and the kind-hearted gentleman driving it.

To me, games are at the very crux of my existence, and a matter which I take very seriously, even when I inject a bit of comedy into proceedings to help the ebb and flow of my masterpieces. I do not have a favorite genre or system, and try to provide a balanced view whenever I can. However, this article has probably proven to you that my writing is a bit eccentric and mad, but I think it certainly livens up the page when compared to some of the stuff that makes it into the big name blogs.

I am accused of being opinionated and a bit dominative, but I think you’ll like the style. Articles you will see me write will be all over the spectrum of usual content; such as news and reviews, but I’m planning to throw some other stuff into the mixer as well, when appropriate. Moreover, I am completely wired into this industry with my Firefox mutated via the use of extensive add-ons and RSS feeds, as well as my insatiable appetite for podcasts.

My past experience has been quite tenacious, as at first I worked on a website with a few friends when I was much younger, called “Klik Gamers”, and I can assure you that name was not my idea, and if you find any archived articles I made for that site, ignore them, I was young and innocent. Then, I moved up to “Club Skill”, which has survived multiple supernovae, and it was with these gracious men that I had the opportunity to attend the Leipzig Games Convention in 2006. At this esteemed event, I got to see Crackdown and Viva Pinata in development, play with some Wii games that still haven’t been released (Wii Music), and most importantly, I got to experience the true power of Gaming Steve favorite Spore, albeit only in creation mode.

So there we are, after the long wait I am ready to write, and write I shall. I would like to encourage you to leave feedback whenever you see my work, as it will help me improve and feel happy about myself.

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