Interesting People: A steemit publishing experiment

Hello, steemit community!

I want to post a quick  hello and introduce myself before I get going posting some content.

So just who is this badastroza guy, anyway?

I was a freelance writer for around 15 years, with much of my latter part of my journalism career focused on the PC and console gaming world. I then spent a few years employed by a videogames company until an international relocation earlier this year saw that awesome chapter draw to a close.

I've been interested in blockchain technologies and the crypto space for the last few months, but given my background in writing and publishing, it was steemit in particular that caught my attention. I really think this is a fantastic platform with -  from what I can tell from a few weeks' worth of lurking - a warm, intelligent and engaged community, and I'm eager to become a part of it.

And here's my verification pic:

What I'm planning

I have been fortunate enough to work with and interview some great people in the game dev industry, both contemporary and retro. With many of these awesome contacts still active I've been able to secure a number of interviews I will be publishing on steemit. These will take the form of written interviews, streamable/downloadable podcasts so that you can listen on the go, and when possible, video interviews too.

My goal is to bring you guys as many interesting people as I can (hence the title of the project!), starting off in the games industry but most likely spreading beyond this as time goes on.

I'm kicking things off with a two-parter with Chris Avellone, who should be a familiar name to anyone who has played some of the bigger hit western role-playing games of the last twenty years. He's worked on the likes of Fallout 2, Planescape: Torment, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II, and Pillars of Eternity, among many others. In the first part, we discuss his most recent project: Pathfinder: Kingmaker. At the time of writing, the game's Kickstarter still has 8 days to go but has already smashed the funding goal - a common theme among Kickstarter projects Chris has been involved with. In the second part, we take a much deeper dive into Chris' career. It's going to be a long read, but I hope you'll enjoy it.

I have a few more interviews already completed that are either in the transcribing phase (some of them run into thousands of words!) or are ready for an audio cleanup before I upload them as podcasts ready to stream. Other names you can expect in the lineup include Robyn Miller, creator of the epic adventure game Myst; Tim Donley, a long-time videogame artist who lead development on Darksiders I & II and for the last few years has been working on indie shooter Boss 101. Next is Joel Manners, who was Lead Designer on the Elite-inspired Wing Commander: Privateer, and more recently worked on Need for Speed, the EverQuest series, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows.

So that's the intro - looking forward to seeing where this crazy journey leads!

Read Interesting People #1: Chris Avellone on Pathfinder: Kingmaker