If you’re going to be at PAX Prime, set aside a chunk of your Sunday afternoon for me, won’t you? I’m running a panel! Dick Jokes and Die Hard References: The Life of a Freelance Games Journalist happens at 3:30pm in the Wolfman Theater. That is on level 6 of the convention center, tucked right next to the Serpent Theatre, just left and down the hall from the escalator. (Hugs to Bill Mudron for the directions)
You should come. It’s going to be awesome. I have an incredible list of panelists joining me to talk about what freelancing is — not so much what you can do to have my job, but so you can understand why I haven’t been fired yet. It’s meant to be informative and helpful for anyone interested in what a freelancer does, whether they’re a writer or a reader or a whatever.
I, Andrew Hayward, Andrew Groen and Taylor Cocke comprise the freelance crew. Brett Elston (GamesRadar, heading to CAPCOM), Francesca Reyes (OXM’s EIC), Gary Steinman (Radar’s EIC; I think Brett left because he couldn’t handle Gary’s majestic hair) and Andy Eddy (@Gamer) are Team Editors. They’ll talk about the freelance/editor relationship, and some other stuff too.
We’re the last panel of the day, so I’m hoping our limited hour will have a grace period at the end for extra talking. Afterward, walk over to the Omegathon finale with us!
Finally, we will be recording the panel and posting it to some podcast feed somewhere once I get that up and running again.
