Heyhey, fellow gamers!
How’s your day been so far? All of you hopefully have a week full of fun and excitement planned, so let’s get straight to business. I wanted to take a moment to thank everyone for helping me reach a very special milestone -- 10,000 followers! WOW!! O_O All of your support has meant the world to me, and I hope you’ve found my little corner of MyIGN to be a fun and friendly place to talk games and make friends. ^_^
A MyIGN family portrait.
It’s funny… I remember when I first started blogging, almost a year ago, and I thought I’d NEVER reach 100 followers! How could anyone get that many?! Magic? Torture? Coercion?! I’m still not sure how all of this happened -- it’s all gone by so very, very fast -- but I hope I’ve offered you folks some laughs, some good times, and maybe even some food for thought. Life’s been pretty busy for me -- between my very demanding (but very rewarding) job here at IGN, spending my free time writing a book with my male counterpart, and (of course) massive amounts of game-playing. Even so, I’ve tried my best to make sure you all know how much I appreciate you, and I sincerely hope you all know that you’re always welcome here in Aminka’s World. So start a chat on my blog posts or on my wall, and let’s keep having fun like we have been for the past year!!!
And yes, as several of you have no doubt noticed, I’m now a little bit past that big ten grand milestone, but it’s still a pretty big deal so I thought it was worth mentioning…. and also worth holding a SUPER HUGE SPECTACULAR MIND-BLOWINGLY AWESOME MULIT-PRIZE GIVEAWAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Yay!!!
But I’ll get to that later. :P
As it happens, next month (August 26th, to be precise) marks the one year anniversary of when I first Forfeited My Blogging Virginity. I find it impossible to wrap my brain around all that’s happened since then. It feels like a million lifetimes ago, but also like it was just yesterday that I sat down and Photoshopped Alucard attacking My Little Pony. And yet here we are, and I thought it would be a cool way to celebrate to start sharing some of the pictures and stories I’ve gathered along the way.
I rarely have time to write long blogs these days—and honestly, many ideas that would have been blogs now become articles instead – but this should be a fun way to blog more often and share some of my experiences over this past year. That is… if that’s something you folks would be interested in…. (I don’t want to bore you, after all!) So if you guys think that might be interesting, let me know and I’ll start doing it!! I’ll still try to make time for lengthier blog entries every now and then, of course, but maybe this way it won’t be quite so long between posts. ^_^
As for that other thing… in celebration of my milestone and forthcoming anniversary, I decided to hold a MASSIVE giveaway of SEVEN PRIZES to share the wealth!
Here's what one lucky reader is going to get:
-Super Mario 64 DS
-DC Universe Online (the PS3 version)
-An original copy of Mega Man X for the SNES
-GoldenEye “Cheater” shirt in Large
-Resident Evil 5 Wesker shirt in Medium
-Dharma notebook from the television show, Lost
-Hamtaro Plushie
Not too shabby, right? To enter, you just need to register a comment on this blog post (the one you’re reading RIGHT NAO!) by Friday, August 19 telling me what your favorite game is and why. And don’t say because “it’s cool.” Tell me what that game means to you, and why you love it so much! On August 10 I’ll write down the names of all valid entries on separate slips of paper. Then I'll randomly select the seven winners from the Hat of Fate, and announce who the lucky devil is in a subsequent blog post.
That’s for ONE entry mind you. If you want TWO entries in the Hat of Fate, then draw a picture of your favorite game. (Keep it clean, plz!) Make sure to sign the picture with your MyIGN handle so I know you drew it just for this contest! Then, on this here blog, either post a link to your picture or tell me that you’ve e-mailed it (AminkaDrake@gmail.com – include your profile name in the e-mail!). And hey, throw an Aminka in the picture and you may just get an extra entry... just sayin'. :P
And do make sure to try your best, okay? You don’t have to make a masterpiece, but drawing two squiggles on a dirty napkin is not going to get you an entry. I want to see that you tried! But remember, I’m not choosing a winner based on which response or piece of art is “the best.” Anyone who I can tell really tried gets an entry, after that it’s all up to the Hat of Fate.
So there you have it. Epic enough for ya? I really hope so, I’ve been so excited about doing this for weeks now! ^__^ I can’t wait to see all the wonderfully creative things you folks make, and all the cool, fun conversations I hope we’ll have in the future. In the meantime, thanks again, MyIGNers. Really. Thank you so much for choosing to read IGN, and especially for choosing to be a part of my world. And, as always…
GAME ON!!!
From Aminka, with ♥love♥
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