Here you will find my writing samples. Including blog articles, game reviews, and how to guides.
Blog Articles and News Stories:
In this example, I write about the skepticism gamers have toward game reviews and why it exists. To do so, I researched what caused the issue, what was being done about it, and how the community felt about it.
Micro-Transactions in Video Games
In this article I took a current hot topic in a certain community and explained why it was causing such an uproar in that community. To do so, I researched what caused the issue, what was being done about it, and how the community felt about it.
Overcoming My Worst Gaming Habit
This is an example of a typical blog post. More of a personality and point of view style article that focuses on a personal problem and how to overcome it.
How-To Guides:
Build a Hearthstone Deck in Three Easy Steps!
I wrote this article for a class but really it was for a friend of mine who was struggling in a game and wanted me to help him. So, I split the entire process into three easy to follow steps and laid it out with illustrations to help.
This was written with the intent of motivating not only myself but my friends as well. In the article I provide links to a spreadsheet I also developed to help track the workouts and the overall progress from doing the workouts.
Game Reviews:
Middle-earth: Shadow of War Review
This is an article I wrote on a volunteer basis for a website. It is a fully fleshed out game review complete with a star-based rating system and sub-categories. To do this I had to take a critical look at a video game and dig into what worked and didn’t work for it.
