{"id":949,"date":"2014-06-12T11:27:46","date_gmt":"2014-06-12T18:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=949"},"modified":"2014-06-12T15:31:03","modified_gmt":"2014-06-12T22:31:03","slug":"a-glimpse-of-things-to-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"A glimpse of things to come"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ever since GHG got started, one of the things I&#8217;ve wanted to do is work with and showcase as many of the talented people I&#8217;ve crossed paths with throughout my life as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Back when I was working at THQ in Phoenix, one of the things I meant to do &#8212; but never did complete &#8212; was a &#8220;wall of fame&#8221; that would display everyone with their pictures, plus tidbits of information about them, including their influences, favorite games, trivia, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Although that never did materialize, I&#8217;m very excited to announce that I&#8217;m resurrecting something similar here. Behind the scenes, I&#8217;ve started reaching out to some of my friends and former coworkers to partner on some small GHG projects. What you see below is the first result of that effort:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140612_ghg_preview.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"950\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/?attachment_id=950#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140612_ghg_preview.jpg?fit=400%2C441\" data-orig-size=\"400,441\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"20140612_ghg_preview\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140612_ghg_preview.jpg?fit=272%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140612_ghg_preview.jpg?fit=400%2C441\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-950\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140612_ghg_preview.jpg?resize=400%2C441\" alt=\"20140612_ghg_preview\" width=\"400\" height=\"441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140612_ghg_preview.jpg?w=400 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.grayhairedgamer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/20140612_ghg_preview.jpg?resize=272%2C300 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to reveal the entire image &#8212; which will be used as one of GHG&#8217;s title banners &#8212; and share the artist interview as well. As much as I enjoyed <em>Persona 4<\/em>, it&#8217;ll be great to finally get rid of what I have now and replace it with some original art.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks again, everyone &#8212; your support and encouragement fuel what I do.<\/p>\n<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-24 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Share on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grayhairedgamer.com&#038;t=A%20glimpse%20of%20things%20to%20come&#038;s=100&#038;p&#091;url&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grayhairedgamer.com&#038;p&#091;images&#093;&#091;0&#093;=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grayhairedgamer.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F06%2F20140612_ghg_preview.jpg&#038;p&#091;title&#093;=A%20glimpse%20of%20things%20to%20come\" style=\"font-size: 0px;width:24px;height:24px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px\"><img 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