I thought that I would share one of my favourite websites to get information on current and previous games: http://www.ign.com/.

And for anyone else out there who dreams of being a game designer, here is a helpful site: So You Want to Be a Game Designer?.

Yeah, I know that the market is competitive and that there are long, hard hours at designing games.  I also know that in order to be one, I have to branch outside of my personal tastes to get a better understanding of the industry.  It is going to be a long road ahead.  Sometimes I ask myself if this is something I am going to stick with.  Being 25 and a mother of two, it is going to be more difficult starting from scratch than if I were in college or even high school.

I think it is worth it though.  I've loved games since the first Nintendo.  I remember staying up late at night as a kid and recalling my mom calling "Nintendo Hotline" when we got stuck in a part of the game.  This was before strategy guides, before stunning graphics and music.  We had 8-bit characters and synthesizers.  It was awesome though.  It brought my brother, mom and I together with our daily nightly gaming experience.   I want to prove myself.