About

My name is Mike Sol, And I’m a Gamer.

Hello to everyone who is reading this.

You might not think that is anything special to declare on the internet, but in my decades of gaming, I have seen a tremendous growth as I have grown up with gaming in just about every aspect of my life. I’ve seen the good, tolerated the bad, and somewhere through it all, I found myself immersed in a culture now more than ever.

My love for all things gaming eventually got me to the point where I decided, “I want to do even more!” so I started to do work for various gaming blogging.  Whether if it was through sheer luck or positive word of mouth, I eventually got into a group that helped me to fulfill a lifelong goal for a young man: Get to the Electronic Entertainment Expo: E3.  It was such a tremendous honor to go to it twice and I could never fully express my thanks to those who got me there.  It was one of the best moments of my life.

That was of course, until life came in for many in the group and it was disbanded.  While we went our separate ways and still kept in touch, I felt like I didn’t want to give it up quite yet myself.  I was never that good at writing, but it was thanks to them that I found myself loving to work on stories, news articles, reviews, the works.  It was thanks to them that I felt more confident in myself and my ability to speak with others as well.  So I decided all those years ago, that while I wanted to do more reporting if I could, I wanted to establish myself in the video game world.  To be able to do things as all the other popular kids out there And so I begun my plans.

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Little did I realize at the time that my ability to proceed forward would… Stall.  A lot.  I kept finding myself talking about “Doing the Blog,” “Making sure it was set up correctly,” “Taking in costs into consideration,” and so many other things, that I kept myself from actually starting it and at least getting established.  It was rather shameful I’ll admit, but I felt as though, Why would I do this if no one was going to read it?

Those self-doubts kept me from going forward for a long time until now.  Over the course of this last year, I have been working with a new group and through the hard work, I am now seen as an Editor for them for the various game related articles I write for them.  With this and my newfound job working at the Library, I feel like I can actually do this at long last and stop stalling on doubt.  I’m ready to actually do it this time, and best of all, WordPress will allow me to at least get my bearings until I decide to start paying for a higher plan too, thus addressing one of my biggest issues I have had for the last several years.

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So what do I hope to accomplish?  Simple.  I want to express my thoughts on the gaming world as a whole.  I’m no Jim Sterling, but I want to work my way up like anyone else and establish myself in the industry as best I can.  It would be amazing to be able to start conversations with people, have our thoughts about what has been happen and what will be coming in the future.  If the opportunity presents itself to where I could actually make a better living for myself, then I want to take that chance (although mind you that is a lot of wishful thinking of course and I know I’m not going to be an overnight sensation by any stretch of the imagination).

So for those of you who are going to tag along on my little Mad Adventure of mine, I thank you in advance and I hope that I can build myself to meet your expectations!  If you want to ask me questions, feel free to do so!  If I’m not doing something right, feel free to give me constructive criticism (and not just “You suck!” because I’m already aware of that…) and if there is anything I can do to improve this blog so that it can be bigger and better, Please tell me so that I can ensure that this will be a worthwhile endeavor.

I’m Mike Sol, and it is time to get Mad!