Who is Justin as a Journalist?

When I had my first pieces of writing published in 2020, I did not expect to become addicted to the idea of writing more. Growing up I hated reading and writing classes, especially having summer readings with book reports due. That being said, writing has been an avenue for me to express a critical lens on some topics while also being able to enjoy the levity of things in pop culture, especially video games.

Attending The Ohio State University, I had the opportunity to publish pieces of writing for a couple of pop culture-related articles. Most specifically were my video game reviews however, that’s not what I started with. Video games in 2020 were just about to take off thanks to COVID-19. At the time though in January while we were still on Campus I petitioned my Editor to allow me to do video game reviews. He was skeptical and told me to do a write-up for one that was released semi-recently. That game happened to be Dragon Ball Z Kakarot. Let’s just say that never saw the light of day, but it did lead to me getting a go-ahead on writing something similar in the vein of pop culture, a movie review. The movie though was of my choosing and at the time there was no better choice than to write about the one and only blue-haired hedgehog making his live-action debut on the big screen.

Yup, my first ever published article was a movie review of Sonic the Hedgehog, tagline: Fast, Fun, and Simple. God those were stressful times. Yet I kept wanting to publish more. With the Sonic article being received well, I was allowed to move forward with video game reviews. This just confirmed my passion for video games with pieces on The Last Of Us Part 2, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon XD, and the one that really made me feel the most was of course my final article on Final Fantasy VII Remake.

That’s all to say those were some of my first, and last articles I ever published. I graduated in 2021 so its been about four years since I’ve written or published so 2025 might be a dust off the rust type year for me, but its also a big year in general so I have big expectations for myself and this site (lord knows I don’t know half what I’m doing on the website end of things) so there is that!

You made it this far? Thanks, I’m looking forward to engaging with those of you interested in what I have to cover!

Best,

Justin