Oh Hi There!

Hello everyone, and welcome to the start of my blog!

Let me first give a quick introduction about myself so you guys can get to know me a little better! My name is Tricia (but I sometimes also go by Trish) and I’m a year 1 student pursuing a Bachelor in Environmental Studies at NUS. Prior to university, I graduated from Temasek Polytechnic with a diploma in Veterinary Technology. Why veterinary technology you may ask? Well, at the time, I was incredibly lost and confused with regards to what I wanted to do in life. However, one thing I knew for sure was that I really loved animals. Going from there, the most logical career path to me (and my parents) was to become a veterinarian and the first stepping stone was getting a diploma in Veterinary Technology. However, a module about wildlife ecology and conservation that I took during my first year sparked my interest in wanting to help animals other than domestic pets. Which brings me here today, embarking on a quest to learn more about our planet’s environment and wildlife ecology so that hopefully one day, I would be able to contribute to protecting our animals. 🙂

My cat Albus and I from a while ago (because I don’t have any recent pictures of myself)

You may be wondering, so what is this blog going to be about? Are you going to be chronicling your daily life out of boredom due to COVID-19 circumstances? Well, as much as I have tried (and failed) to do so in the past, this blog is nothing like that and would (hopefully!) be a more interesting read 🙂

Video games and the environment.

That’s right! In the following blog posts, I would be tackling the topic of video games and their impact on the environment. So why video games? Honestly, the brainstorming process for a blog theme did not take long for me because writing about video games was a no brainer. My passion for video games started at a young age thanks to my sister who introduced me to my very first computer game during my primary school days, much to my mother’s dismay (Maplestory cough cough). Although it may have resulted in dissatisfactory PSLE results, I discovered a hobby that I enjoyed immensely which stuck with me for years (and hopefully more to come), so you win some and you lose some right? I’ve been playing video games ever since, and it has become such an integral aspect of my life that it has contributed to the forging of many relationships that I hold dear.

During the lockdown period in Singapore, I even dipped my toes into video game live streaming on Twitch and I can safely say that it was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made not because I’m making big bucks as a streamer (I wish) but because the friends I’ve made from it are some of the closest friends I have today. What’s more, it helped me to step out of my comfort zone by pushing me to be more comfortable with public speaking and encouraged me to network with others.

Here’s a gif of me getting scared taken from one of my live streams

That being said since video games have been such a huge influence in my life, this blog posed the perfect opportunity to delve deeper into the world of video games; to understand the industry more from just a consumer’s perspective. In particular, their impact on the environment. In the blog posts to come, I intend to explore not only the environmental harm that video games may bring but also how the industry could potentially aid in environmental movements. Stay tuned because I have exciting plans for this blog and I hope that you would join me on this journey in shedding some light on video games and their relationship with the environment.

Till next time!

Cheers,

Tricia