And so I rejoin.

The thing is, I may have found a job on the periphery of the games industry, but am I happy?

Well the answer actually is yes.

I have an excuse to read NeoGAF at work.

But more importantly I am learning new corners of the industry. Exciting corners. The kind of corners Valve are shouting about, by giving their freelance economist his own blog. I know that's actually old news, and he might have been fired along with Jeri. But it's also brand new.

So while looking for lead artists for studio X, I am also looking for business intelligence managers. I am looking for lifecycle managers. People who are looking at the future of the commercial side of games. People who are identifying ways to monetise user interaction.

And it's intriguing stuff. It's a frontier.

Should have more soon. Also I am playing Antichamber. Should write about that.