Let Me Introduce Myself (New CBSi Engineer)

Hey Duders!

My name is Will, and I was just hired on as the new CBSi Engineer. I've been a Giant Bomb user ever since the first "How to Build a Bomb" video, and before that I was a regular Gamespot user. I saw the job posting a few months back and had to take a shot at a dream job. After a few phone interviews and a trip to San Francisco I was offered a spot on the team! I'm really excited to get started next month, and in the meantime I have a lot of planning to do to get ready to move a few thousand miles across the country.

I've been mostly a lurker on Giant Bomb so I'd like to share a bit about myself so you all can get an idea of who I am.

I'll start with video games. I mostly stick to the PC and pretty much dabble in every genre. My favorite games tend to be strategy and puzzle games or anything heavily story driven. Some favorites from recent memory in no particular order are: Bioshock, Portal, Half Life, Brothers, FTL, Burnout Paradise, GTA, Kerbal Space Program, Left 4 Dead, Company of Heroes, Battlefield, etc. etc. etc. I could keep going but these are just some of the ones that caught my eye on my Steam list.

Now a little bit about me personally. I currently live in Jacksonville Beach, Florida and have spent most of my life here. I will be leaving my job as a web developer for the University of North Florida where I've been working for the past 6 years. I love the outdoors and do a bit of surfing and snowboarding in addition to the odd camping or hiking trip here and there.

I'm also a sports fan, I love my Jacksonville Jaguars (even though we are currently really bad) and am getting more and more into soccer. I've recently gotten more into traveling and backpacking also, so I've been to some live Bundesliga, La Liga, and Premier League matches.

One last thing I'll mention about myself you may notice if you ever see me around, I'm kinda tall (6'9" to be specific) So I think I've stolen the title of tallest CBSi Engineer.

I'd really like to start getting more involved in the GB community so you should be hearing a bit more from me in the coming months. I plan on updating this blog with info and pictures of my long drive from Florida to California, so if you'd like to keep up with that follow my blog here!

I can't wait to start working on Giant Bomb and Gamespot and breaking lots of things! Please bear with me as I learn the ropes and thanks for reading.

-Will