Welcome to my first blog post and the
introduction to my blog (Cubicle Gap). First, I will tell you a bit about
myself so you know who it is behind these mystical black shapes that appear on
your screen that we often call “letters” and that then form “words”. Lame
sarcasm aside, afterwards I will then just give a brief introduction to what
you can expect to find on this blog.
I live my online life by two nicknames. The
first of which is Neon Anderson, the Anderson part is a homage to my early fanboy
fantasies (when I was a kid) towards the first Matrix movie. While Neon is
simply because at that same time I loved Neon lights, my PC at the time was
fully kitted out with case modding and Neon lighting, I even had lights under
and on the sides of my monitor.
Later I had to make a second nickname; this
was around the time after InFamous came out, which featured a main character
called “Cole”. As I was finding more and more that my nickname was taken on
various games, online forums, and website communities, I was forced to create a
new name. So I went with something that really was a highlight of gaming for me
in the 2010’s (InFamous and its sequels). There were a few other great games,
but the first InFamous really stuck with me due to its innovation and touching
story. As such, I came up with the new nickname InCole (Infamous Cole). I still
use both Neon Anderson and InCole for my online nicknames.
Now, you may be thinking that this is going
to be a purely gaming orientated blog, but that is not the case. The purpose of
this blog is really just to share some highlights of my weeks/months with you
fine folks online in the hopes that you find either useful information or at
least something fun or interesting to read/take away from my blog posts. I will
also post reviews for movies, tv shows and games on this blog. Depending on the
interest in these I will either go for a full review format or my famed
“mini-review” format (famed because I used to have a blog on the website
GameTrailers.com before they removed the blogging functionality and I noticed
that the mini-reviews always received the most comments and views).
In addition, I hope to offer advice and
debate pieces that you can all weigh in on or ask advice from me about whatever
is on your mind. If it happens to be an area of expertise, I will pick up on
the question and answer it. Either directly through the comments or in a
Q&A blog piece. The format will depend on the amount of questions received
and if there are any overlapping ones.
You may be wondering why you should be
interested in my blogs or in anything I have to say. Obviously, that is fully
for you to be the judge of, but what I can offer you is my unique way of
viewing the world and my uncanny ability to take out personal bias from a discussion
or even a review. In addition, 99% of the time I prefer to research any topic I
talk or discuss about before entering the discussion. In layman terms; I don’t
like to speak out of my ass.
What I can also offer is my many years of
professional experience in the IT industry. I built my first PC alone when I
was 10 years old and I learnt how to write my name on PC long before I could
write with a pen. This does not make me a knowledge guru though, there are
always new things to learn and I only offer advice on topics I have researched
well, have a lot of experience on and am certain I am not giving bad advice.
My research skills have been obtained
through personal experience from my days as a sales person in my family
computer store as well as through my schooling, especially my Bachelor of Arts
in Business Management.
Last few things to really say about me is
that I am nearing 30 years of age and English is actually not my native
language and I speak fluent Dutch and basic French. I also understand a tiny bit
of German. I am currently working as an Accountant in a large multinational
company.
