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Todd Melanson aka Tiberius Jonez
Friday, January 16, 2015
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GameJonezBlog is now GameJonez.Net - You will be automatically redirected in few seconds, please update your bookmarks!
Thanks and Game on!
Todd Melanson aka Tiberius Jonez
Sunday, January 11, 2015
GameJonez is Coming Out of the Closet
Happy New Year everyone! I'm Todd Melanson. If you've been here before, you know me as Tiberius Jonez. I hope your holidays were filled with fun and you were able to make some great new memories to carry into 2015.
As you can probably imagine, finding the time to consistently write a small blog like this can be difficult when you have a normal life to maintain. The rewards for blogging on this scale are internal and completely unheralded - so if the satisfaction of a well-written story and the occasional scoop of the "big boys" like IGN or Gamespot - even if it seems like nobody noticed, are not enough to keep you writing, then you are unlikely to keep going. Because trust me, the rewards for this kind of thing are not financial. I am not making a living for my efforts. That's the dream, but it hasn't materialized as of yet. Which is partially why I am writing today.
First, a very brief history of Tiberius Jonez:
"Tiberius Jones" was born in 2001, it was my PC gaming name way back in the days of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and it was my original gamer tag on Xbox Live until someone hacked my account and Microsoft was unable to recover it. It's been "Tiberius Jonez" with a "z" ever since. I simultaneously played under the name "Thunker Jonez" in some gaming arenas, but I never wrote under that name, it was strictly a gamer tag.
That brings us to the present day. I recently started a Thunker Jonez YouTube channel where I review PC games and talk about tech stories of the day. Essentially a lot of the same material I used to cover here but in video form. Getting this blog's readership up has been a struggle for a couple of years - and the Thunker Jonez YouTube Channel also needs a boost. At the same time, I need to get my real name out there so I can legitimize myself as a known journalistic quantity.
I'm not in a financial position to invest in a domain name right now, so I am limited to blogging on blogger for now. Luckily, after doing some research I've discovered that GameJonez Blog is beginning to get crosslinked with quite a few aggregators around the world, so I've decided to come out and start blogging with my real name and start taking this whole thing to the next level by dedicating more time and effort to my writing and my love for all things tech and gaming.
So, over the next few weeks and months I will endeavor to share my work and experiences as I merge the Thunker Jonez YouTube channel and GameJonez Blog.
After a rather lackluster 2014, 2015 looks to be a truly exciting year for gaming and tech. The emergence of Virtual Reality technology, new super high definition display technology, and an array of new PC Space sims that I personally am quite excited about, are just a few of the things we have to look forward to this year. I would be remiss in not mentioning the long-awaited GTA V for PC that is finally coming in just a few weeks on January 27th. I can't wait to play that game from a first person perspective - it looks incredible from what I've seen and read.
I am very excited about the future potential of GameJonez Blog. I ask for your patience as I get things going. Please check out some of the past stories here, my Twitter Feed and the Thunker Jonez YouTube Channel.
As things evolve and come together, I will be relying on your feedback, comments and suggestions for inspiration and more importantly, to keep me from flying off the tracks. Thanks everyone. Game on!
As you can probably imagine, finding the time to consistently write a small blog like this can be difficult when you have a normal life to maintain. The rewards for blogging on this scale are internal and completely unheralded - so if the satisfaction of a well-written story and the occasional scoop of the "big boys" like IGN or Gamespot - even if it seems like nobody noticed, are not enough to keep you writing, then you are unlikely to keep going. Because trust me, the rewards for this kind of thing are not financial. I am not making a living for my efforts. That's the dream, but it hasn't materialized as of yet. Which is partially why I am writing today.
First, a very brief history of Tiberius Jonez:
"Tiberius Jones" was born in 2001, it was my PC gaming name way back in the days of Medal of Honor: Allied Assault and it was my original gamer tag on Xbox Live until someone hacked my account and Microsoft was unable to recover it. It's been "Tiberius Jonez" with a "z" ever since. I simultaneously played under the name "Thunker Jonez" in some gaming arenas, but I never wrote under that name, it was strictly a gamer tag.
That brings us to the present day. I recently started a Thunker Jonez YouTube channel where I review PC games and talk about tech stories of the day. Essentially a lot of the same material I used to cover here but in video form. Getting this blog's readership up has been a struggle for a couple of years - and the Thunker Jonez YouTube Channel also needs a boost. At the same time, I need to get my real name out there so I can legitimize myself as a known journalistic quantity.
I'm not in a financial position to invest in a domain name right now, so I am limited to blogging on blogger for now. Luckily, after doing some research I've discovered that GameJonez Blog is beginning to get crosslinked with quite a few aggregators around the world, so I've decided to come out and start blogging with my real name and start taking this whole thing to the next level by dedicating more time and effort to my writing and my love for all things tech and gaming.
So, over the next few weeks and months I will endeavor to share my work and experiences as I merge the Thunker Jonez YouTube channel and GameJonez Blog.
The December 2014 Trailer for Thunker Jonez YouTube Channel
that will be merged with GameJonez Blog in the next couple weeks.
I am very excited about the future potential of GameJonez Blog. I ask for your patience as I get things going. Please check out some of the past stories here, my Twitter Feed and the Thunker Jonez YouTube Channel.
As things evolve and come together, I will be relying on your feedback, comments and suggestions for inspiration and more importantly, to keep me from flying off the tracks. Thanks everyone. Game on!
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