PAK CHOOIE UNF

I was really hoping by way of introduction to have a nice Greek-style chorus written up, something clever and poetic to draw the audience in and get them hooked.  After re-reading a page and a half of Oedipus Rex to get myself inspired to the form, I only ended up inspired to drop the idea altogether.  Sorry, Sophocles, but to Hell with all that.

So here I am*, stuck with the King's English and the distinct feeling that this is the résumé** version of a myspace profile without the sparkle text and underage floozies.  We will make it through somehow***.

Don't let that godawful logo fool you- this isn't Just Another Gaming Blog.  God, I'm not one of those people.  This is nominally a Knoxville-related, tech-based thing, written by a guy who does game reviews (and the occasional A&E piece, which was cooler than anything you did in July) because On High won't publish my series of largely-fictionalized, comic book-style accounts of local politics****.  I want as much content as possible to come from meatspace, and I'm hesitantly hopeful that Knoxville's a tech enough city to provide the kind of material.  Like most of the rest of the world, gaming is just what I do until something better comes along.

Of course, this is the internet, and strict genre definitions be damned.  Expect a few "whatever the hell I feel like talking about" entries.  Informal "not ready for Prime Time" tech reviews, commentary on a for-print article that wouldn't otherwise make it to print, Andy Rooney-esque rants on internet memes ("Why do they call it a LOLcat, anyway?  It's not lolling its head to one side!"*****), offhanded, snarky remarks about pressing newsworthy issues, laden with links in an attempt to make it feel tech enough to pass muster...you know, the usual fare.

So where do you fit in, oh ye with expectations of Web 2.0 interactivity?  As soon as I find where they put the link with the email, I'll point at it, and you'll fill my inbox with all the great and wonderful tech-related material that Knoxville has to offer which I may have missed.  Hear about a show hitting a local venue with an offbeat, synth-heavy sound?  Are you convinced that Knoxville's next fly-by-night tech startup is going to be The One?  Did you just hit the wrong button at ORNL, and maybe you think someone might need to warn the populace?  I want to know.

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* Rock you like a hurricane.

** Oh Hell, he uses those fancy cityfolk word-mark thingies!  Get 'im!

*** I'm scared.  Hold me.

**** Starring Dirk Benedict in a cape as Batmayor.  Featuring Greg "Lumpy" Lambert as himself.

***** Okay, that one's kind of a stretch.  Shut up.