{"id":3852,"date":"2013-04-20T19:55:57","date_gmt":"2013-04-21T02:55:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/?p=3852"},"modified":"2017-01-26T22:38:25","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T05:38:25","slug":"part-gaming-related-part-writing-related-part-reading-related-100-nerd-related","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doycetesterman.com\/index.php\/2013\/04\/part-gaming-related-part-writing-related-part-reading-related-100-nerd-related\/","title":{"rendered":"Part gaming-related, Part writing-related, Part reading-related, 100% Nerd-related"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few weeks ago, I noticed a call for book reviewers over at themittani.com, a website that focuses mostly on sci-fi MMO gaming, especially Eve and Dust and things of that nature.<\/p>\n

They asked potential reviewers to write up a ‘test review’ and submit a list of what we thought were good books, so they’d know if our choice of reviews was going to be terrible.<\/p>\n

So I wrote up a review of Altered Carbon<\/em>, put together my desert-island list, and sent it off.<\/p>\n

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A few days later, this:<\/p>\n

You own. Your sample\u00a0review\u00a0owned, the Altered Carbon<\/em> trilogy is a favorite of mine, and you’re hired.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So I got all set up, the CSS for the book review template was wrestled into shape, and today my review — the same one I submitted for the application — is up. I’m glad I got to open with Altered Carbon<\/em>; it’s one of my all-time favorites and a fantastic noir-style examination of what one’s “self” means in a era of body- and clone-swapping. Highly recommended, even if you don’t play a certain internet spaceship game.<\/p>\n

Check out the review<\/a>, if you like, and let me know what you think! I’m really looking forward to doing these in the future.<\/p>\n

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A few weeks ago, I noticed a call for book reviewers over at themittani.com, a website that focuses mostly on sci-fi MMO gaming, especially Eve and Dust and things of that nature. They asked potential reviewers to write up a ‘test review’ and submit a list of what we thought were good books, so they’d … <\/p>\n

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