Golden Ticket!

I've got a golden ticket! Well maybe not yet, but I do have a golden twinkle in my eye! And it's all thanks to Kmart Gamer!

A while back during a long night of gaming I was talking with my group about this year's E3 and how I would love to go and discussed how I could possibly get in. Not a second later my friend @NuckFuggets mentioned to me Kmart Gamer. They are going to E3 and taking three bloggers with them! Yes that is correct, the Electronic Entertainment Expo! The place where us gamers have our eyes fixed each year to see what new excitement awaits us! They are looking for people who are active in the gaming community and involved in things such as blogs/podcasts/videos etc. Well I am just that and will tell them exactly why they should pick me!


So first let me start by telling you who I am. My name is Mathew Korn but I go by Telixion in the gaming world. I have been exploring dungeons, ranking up, and slaying bosses since I was a kid. It really has become a huge part of my life and I wouldn't have it any other way. I even met my girlfriend on Call of Duty 4 and have been living with her for two years! I started actively getting involved in the community around 2006. Since then I have been across many forums even becoming an admin for the site WTG (We The Gamerz). I have been talked about on G4's X-Play and have a video here of one of the occurrences. I make videos for Machinima and am one of their directors. I have won a national tournament winning me a VIP trip to Quakecon but I will get into that in a second. Some things that have gotten me a following include my transition videos and my theory to the Treyarch zombie back story. Both of those have honored me with a very great title of Call of Duty VIP. Meaning that I got to play Black Ops and meet/party with the developers/media before the game was out! I feel that experience and the VIP experience I received at Quakecon gives me a huge advantage to just be relaxed and enjoy the event for what it is and not be overwhelmed by it.

Now onto why I would like to go to E3! I have dreamed of going to E3 since I first remembered seeing a preview about it. Watching all of the gaming industry giants come together to show off new games and consoles brings the biggest smile to my face! I have been keeping up to date at who is on the exhibitor list and was very excited (but not surprised) to see deep silver amongst the booths. They are to publish Dead Island. I have been highly looking forward to this game since 2006. It was on hold for a few years, due to finding a publisher, but thanks to Deep Silver we will be hearing/seeing a lot of details on it this year at E3 (Hopefully you will be hearing about it from me)! My friends at Machinima will be having a booth at E3; which I would love to stop by and say hi to those of which I haven't met in person yet. Now I'm not 100% positive that this will happen, but looking at the history I think that it's safe to say we should hear some news about the next Call of Duty game! Perhaps we might hear something of what Bungie is brewing up! More details of the beta for this mystery game have been sent to us but nothing that describes what this game is! I personally would love to see that announcement first hand! Now while most of my time is spent in the FPS genre of gaming it would be a lie to say I don't love other types of genres. Whether its an RTS, puzzle or even a family game like Lego Harry Potter I play them all (I actually really enjoy Lego HP. I've been playing it non stop the past week!) The kinect has put a rather surprisingly good push towards motion gaming. I still have a blast playing Dance Central and am very welcome to see what new games will be brought to kinect!

I'm truly very excited for this year's E3. More so then I have ever been in previous years! To go by myself would be great but being able to go with Kmart Gamer would be an awesome experience I would not want to pass up. Having my thoughts and opinions showcased to the Kmart Gamer audience would be an amazing personal triumph. Kmart Gamer has made a great presence giving us not only entertaining topics in posts but also great deals directly from Kmart (Check them out here) I feel that I would make a perfect fit for the task because of how knowledgeable in games I am. I am a hardcore gamer myself and know what other gamers want to hear. It has been year after year of watching E3 articles of people interested in only popular titles like CoD or Halo that the other titles end up getting completely uninteresting or irrelevant interview questions. I promise that if I was able to go to this event that what I bring back will only excite you more! Again I would do anything for this opportunity and would love to go with Kmart Gamer!

Thanks for your time,

Mathew Korn - Telixion