*KICKS OPEN DOOR TO RMN ANONYMOUS MEETING. OOH, CUPCAKES.

So this is the place huh? Not bad.

Hi, my name is Ryan, currently known as 8bitbeard. (On account of my gigantic beard IRL.) Formerly known as Bondo, but that was a different time and place.

I literally haven't joined an Internet forum since Gaming World was just starting it's hey-day, and that was clear back in my senior year of high school. Sure, I've kept one finger in the game design bucket, just so I knew what kind of stuff was getting made, but it's been nearly a decade since I've made anything with RPG Maker or any other sort of 'Maker' thing. I've been too busy going to college, dropping out of college, working, charming the ladies, getting married, reproducing, and growing a gigantic beard.

Lately, I've found myself in cruise-control mode. No current plans to move or change jobs or anything. I'm quite comfortable really. Between odd hobbies and projects, I found myself wasting a lot of time on the Internet, which got me thinking "Remember when?"

So I wandered over to my old stomping ground gamingw only to find a smoking crater where it used to be. I checked back a few times just to make sure, and yep, gamingw basically resembles Megaton after you push the button. Something about Salt now, I don't know...

Basically, I really do miss the amateur game design scene, even though I never made anything noteworthy and never finished anything.

So here I am, introducing myself to this here community. I'm rapidly approaching 30, but still passionate about my favorite past-time of gaming and playing around with making games. I'm hoping that exposure to you crazy individuals might inspire something creative in me once again.

Beard power.