One of the best things that I have ever done in my college career is get a job at the Holmes Convocation Center. This job has given me a better understanding of what all it takes to run basketball games in such a large arena. There are multiple teams of people all trying to communicate about what graphic needs to go on the scoreboard, and what players are starting the game. This job has widened my horizons for what all it takes to organize an event of that scale, and a newfound appreciation for all of the employees for these large sporting events.

In this day and age, it’s not strange for games to continue developing content for games after their release. This is a strategy for companies to keep their players invested in their game and also bring in a little more cash at the same time. But at what point do we draw the line. Games these days already cost $60, which cost enough money as is. Why should we pay from $30 to $60 dollars for new content in a game, when the content you are paying for is never worth it. If I had to invest $60 dollars in something, I’d rather invest in a new game instead of investing in DLC that costs just as much but gives me significantly less content. I think this whole thing has gotten out of hand. The strategy of releasing new content for a game has been proven to work well, but these sales strategies are completely absurd. I personally believe that we, as consumers, need to convey our concerns to these major gaming companies. If we can address this strategy, we can bring about a new and improved age for gaming.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.