Help with starting.

[Nintendo81]

Hello. I am currently interested in getting into gaming as a career but I have no idea where to start. I am 31 years old and have held various jobs but nothing to do with video games. I have played them my whole life and listen to podcast after podcast on gaming, so i feel like this is where my real interest lies. My problem is I am 31 years old so I am late to the game, and I am not sure what specific area I should focus on. I know that the actual design of games is a bit too technical for me so I am thinking along the lines of the discussion of games or something like that. I know this is pretty vague but maybe someone could sort of guide me along? Thank you.

[tsloper]

Originally Posted by Nintendo81

I am thinking along the lines of the discussion of games or something like that. I know this is pretty vague but maybe someone could sort of guide me along?

There is no job "discussion of games," unless you mean like "game reviewer" (which is essentially a journalism job, not a game industry job).

You can read about game jobs at these places:
http://www.skillset.org/games/careers/profiles/
http://archives.igda.org/breakingin/career_paths.htm
http://www.sloperama.com/advice/lesson7.htm

That's where you need to begin.

[Nintendo81]

I always thought the Marketing side of things would be interesting. I took some marketing classes a few years ago. Thank you for the information.

[tsloper]

Then you should read up on the game industry, and then do the smart tricks for getting into the industry.
Subscribe to gamasutra and GamesIndustry International.
Read for at least a month.
Then read http://sloperama.com/advice/lesson27.htm

[honeybiscuit]

thanks man.