It starts todayish
What better day to start a blog than on my 22nd anniversary of escaping the womb.
My name is Trenton Lloyd Kennedy and, as you can tell by my middle name, I am a skinny, middle-class, white boy. I live and was born in Mesa, Arizona. After high school, I spent 3 years down at the University of Arizona (where I switched majors about every other month between Computer Science, Media Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Writing and, yes, for a week or so, Economics). Since then, I have moved back home and started at the University of Advancing Technology with a major in Game Design. This leads me to my next paragraph. (Note: I am exceptionally good at transitions.)
I love games.
No really, I love games. If a 7 year old, upon hearing me say this, attempted to mock me by saying, "If you love video games so much, why don't you MARRY them?" I would reply, with sincerity, "You smell!" (God I hate 7 year olds.) But, later, as I sat alone with my computer, thinking of what that smelly kid said, I would sigh and say, "Someday... someday..."
In truth, if it wasn't for my other passion, I might never stop playing. Ever. God forbid we ever get holodecks, I would be the first case of holo-addiction. So what's this other passion?
I love to create.
While it remains to be seen if I'm actually any good at creating things, it's what I love none the less. Not only is the journey itself rewarding, but also the spectacular high you get from having created something you're proud of. The feeling also grows exponentially when others enjoy what you've created as well. In hindsight, I knew it growing up, but it took me a bit to realize that this is what I really loved. And since I've always been told to do what I love, there was only one logical action I could take...
Play games that let me create things!
Errr, no. That's close but not quite. Maybe that's why I enjoy MMOs so much? What I really want to do is...
Create games.
Ohhh do I. I want to create worlds. I want to create universes. I want to fill them with things no one has thought of but have always wanted. I want players to be affected by what they do and see. And I want them to remember.
But I don't want to do it alone. I want to create with others. There are brilliant people out there, and I want to create with all of them.
That is ultimately what this blog is about. A (hopefully at least biweekly) blog about ideas, thoughts, events, experiences, games, worlds, universes and my journey to become a creator.
Happy Birthday blog.
Happy Birthday me.
My name is Trenton Lloyd Kennedy and, as you can tell by my middle name, I am a skinny, middle-class, white boy. I live and was born in Mesa, Arizona. After high school, I spent 3 years down at the University of Arizona (where I switched majors about every other month between Computer Science, Media Arts, Philosophy, Political Science, Writing and, yes, for a week or so, Economics). Since then, I have moved back home and started at the University of Advancing Technology with a major in Game Design. This leads me to my next paragraph. (Note: I am exceptionally good at transitions.)
I love games.
No really, I love games. If a 7 year old, upon hearing me say this, attempted to mock me by saying, "If you love video games so much, why don't you MARRY them?" I would reply, with sincerity, "You smell!" (God I hate 7 year olds.) But, later, as I sat alone with my computer, thinking of what that smelly kid said, I would sigh and say, "Someday... someday..."
In truth, if it wasn't for my other passion, I might never stop playing. Ever. God forbid we ever get holodecks, I would be the first case of holo-addiction. So what's this other passion?
I love to create.
While it remains to be seen if I'm actually any good at creating things, it's what I love none the less. Not only is the journey itself rewarding, but also the spectacular high you get from having created something you're proud of. The feeling also grows exponentially when others enjoy what you've created as well. In hindsight, I knew it growing up, but it took me a bit to realize that this is what I really loved. And since I've always been told to do what I love, there was only one logical action I could take...
Play games that let me create things!
Errr, no. That's close but not quite. Maybe that's why I enjoy MMOs so much? What I really want to do is...
Create games.
Ohhh do I. I want to create worlds. I want to create universes. I want to fill them with things no one has thought of but have always wanted. I want players to be affected by what they do and see. And I want them to remember.
But I don't want to do it alone. I want to create with others. There are brilliant people out there, and I want to create with all of them.
That is ultimately what this blog is about. A (hopefully at least biweekly) blog about ideas, thoughts, events, experiences, games, worlds, universes and my journey to become a creator.
Happy Birthday blog.
Happy Birthday me.
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