GameDrone is all about providing you with the knowledge you need to improve your PC gaming experience. Whether that comes in the form of in-depth guides and tips, critical reviews of games new and old, pointers to useful hardware and applications, play-by-play game impressions, giveaway contests, or simply the most interesting gaming news – I cover as much of it as possible.

So who am I? I’m Norman Vrugt, also known as Droniac, and I’m the driving force behind GameDrone. A website that I created in an attempt to spread whatever bits of knowledge I’ve gained over the years, but also as a place to tell my story; to ramble about what’s happening in PC gaming if you will.

As a result, most of the content you will find on this website is fresh and unique. The posting frequence may be mildly lower than your favorite gaming news site, but when new content arrives on GameDrone, you know it’s because I have something interesting to show you.

Feel free to contact me if you have any comments, questions, topics you would like me to look into, or would like to advertise.

Norman ‘Droniac’ Vrugt

As a child I played Dark Forces and Prince of Persia, as a teenager I took my gaming online with Settlers 3 and Unreal Tournament, and now as a twenty-two year old blogger and webdeveloper, I’m still gaming. And I don’t intend to stop.

PC games have always been my favorite. I’m not sure whether it’s because of the extra depth, the more innovative and intelligent gameplay, the superior multiplayer functionality, the incredible level of control over the entire experience, or just the superior graphics. Probably it’s all of that and more. I do own a few consoles (Xbox 360, Nintendo DS & Wii), but they receive about as much attention as a fly on an elephant’s butt.

Traditionally I’ve not been very good at sticking to any particular game or genre for long stretches of time. I play FPS, RTS, TBS, RPG and MMO alike and I love both gripping singleplayer campaigns and hardcore competitive multiplayer gameplay. And yes, I also have extensive clan- and guildleading experience dating all the way back to Settlers 3 (1998).

In short: I’m a Dutch veteran hardcore PC gamer, and I’ll be using GameDrone to talk about what I know best.

Find out more about my gaming history, achievements, favorite games and PC specifications here.

A Quick Retrospective

GameDrone has seen numerous incarnations since the early days. The website you see before you now is nothing like the little blog where it all began, but for completeness sake you can find a quick overview of the previous versions below.

• The first time the name GameDrone was given to a blog was on April 11th 2006. This was a blog on the popular Blogger service. It offered fairly standard PC gaming news & information at breakneck pace.
• On January 24th 2007, the GameDrone blog transferred over to the new Blogger service and gained a slightly different focus. More in-depth news items and some unique content were rewarded with greater visitor counts.
• Later that year, on September 4th 2007, a new WordPress-built GameDrone went live on this domain. This blog focused even more on original content and saw initial success. However it was launched during a difficult time personally – and eventually faded away midway into the year 2008 as it received less and less new content each month.
• GameDrone was completely re-envisioned and relaunched on 21 February 2009. With it came an almost magazine-like focus on unique content and helpful guides and tips, but major changes at work ensured that I had no time to continue posting anywhere near regularly.
• March 27th saw the launch of the new GameDrone website that you see before you now. An improved design and more open approach to PC gaming coverage make it the greatest incarnation yet. Stay tuned, and subscribe for the latest in PC gaming need-to-know.

Copyright

All written content on GameDrone is copyright its respective writer(s), 2009 and beyond. All pictures and additional gaming media used are property of their respective owners. GameDrone graphics design is courtesy of Martijn397 (v1.0) and Norman (v2.0). All coding, editing and styling is conjured up by Norman.