About

Hey you!

Welcome to WrittenByJoystick, a blog where I talk about gaming, writing and myself. Even though we basically just met, I’m really glad you’re here. It does get lonely, just talking (or writing in this case) to yourself.

Let me introduce myself. My name is Dave and I’m from a small country in Europe they call the Netherlands. I live in a city called Schiedam, together with my girlfriend and my dog. Currently, I’m working hard on getting my own text writing business (Archer Text) off the ground while trying to find more work as a freelance web designer (Mister Monitor Webdesign).

I’ve always been interested in languages. Back in high school, while my grades for subjects like math and physics were barely enough to graduate, I’ve never had any trouble understanding and using languages. In fact, I graduated in English, Dutch and German. Later, I managed to pick up an extra certificate for German as well as Italian. Language fascinates me. How languages like Japanese rely on pitch, how romantic Italian sounds and even how 1 missing character in a programming language like PHP can mess up a whole website (which happens a lot, trust me).

Besides all that, I’m a gamer at heart. I collect games and game-related items, go to conventions, browse the web for games from the ’90s that have the wrapper still on them (yes, I’m one of those people) and I try to drag other people into liking games as much as I do.

Like I said, my math isn’t all that, but even I can see that for me personally, writing + gaming = good times. And so here we are. A blog about gaming and writing.

For your convenience, I decided to make an upload schedule so you’ll know what to expect. The schedule is subject to change, but my intention is to stick with it for as long as I can.

Day	Subject
Monday	– Gaming News – Mostly Me Monday*
Tuesday	Gaming News
Wednesday	– Gaming News – Grading Gems**
Thursday	Gaming News
Friday	– Gaming News – Subject To Change***
Saturday	Gaming News
Sunday	Gaming News

 

*        Here I talk about things that happen in my day to day life
**     Game Reviews
***   A different subject every week

Besides all this I will regularly post additional things about writing in general.

I hope you’ll enjoy reading this blog as much as I’ll enjoy writing it!

So now that I have introduced myself and this blog, how about you introduce yourself to me and other readers? Let us exchange a digital handshake. Maybe someday a real one, who knows?

Thanks,
Dave