Good morning gamers!
I’m Jem Alexander — it’s a pleasure to (virtually) meet you all! As Charlotte has already told you, I’m going to be managing PlayStation.Blog from here on out, thanks to the overwhelming response we’ve had to the blog since its launch almost three months ago.
I’ll be working closely with the US team and taking advantage of the resources at my disposal here at SCEE to provide you with the best European PlayStation.Blog experience possible – this includes the rollout to the French, Italian, German and Spanish territories in the future. I couldn’t have picked a busier time to start, what with Gamescom in Cologne taking place next week, but give me some time to settle in and I’ll be with you in the comments section in no time. So keep commenting, because we read every one.
Bit shy? Send us an email. Link’s on the sidebar. We try to respond as much as possible, but sometimes we’re too busy sourcing awesome content for your personal blog consumption.
In terms of my background, I’ve come straight from working at Joystiq, where I was for over two years. During that time I specialised in writing about PlayStation products and services. What this means for you is that I know the PlayStation fanbase intimately, having been a member of it myself for over a decade, as well as the PlayStation product portfolio, so I’ll be making sure you guys get the best, most relevant content coming your way.
That’s going to start next week with our Gamescom coverage. Our schedule is packed full of interviews, announcements and other content which we’ll be bringing you from the show floor. If you’re at the show, come say hi! I’ll be the one in the stripy shirt, looking overwhelmed.
I look forward to meeting you guys at various meet ups in the future. Until then, stick with PlayStation.Blog – both the US and EU versions. Jeff, Chris and I have big plans.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 9:09 am by PaInYbOi
Hey Jem!
I look forward to reading the Gamescom coverage!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 9:10 am by miusica
Great news! Can’t wait to see those big plans for Gamescom!
Thanks for this amazing blog!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 9:13 am by Delriach
Welcome Jem!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 9:14 am by BiosNova
Cool intro! Welcome
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 9:23 am by Brampod
Hey Jem, loved your work on PS Fanboy and Joystiq (especially the podcasts). Nice to have some competent people on the official blog.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 9:32 am by KAP
Nice job on PS Fanboy and joystiqs m8.
It was a sad day to see you leave joystiq, but you never mentioned you’ll come ere. Nice one. Do us proud. I read yur leaving article on joystiq and saw the link of the articles yu did two years ago.. It was funny to see everyone excited about Calling All Cars and seeing the prices for PSN at really low prices. Now look at prices now in just two years? Lol… funny what a few years can do.
Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:33 am by Jem Alexander
I was more intrigued by the difference in the amount of content. I remember PSN update posts used to take 10 to 15 minutes to write up back then. With all the content we get nowadays, it’s a much bigger mission.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 9:38 am by Soild_Nat
I wondered what you would be upto after leaving Joystiq. Congratulations on the new job.
I used to visit Joystiq quite a bit but recently the news from this blog and The Sixth Axis has kept right up to date with everything PlayStation, so i don’t visit as much. It would be great to have some sort of trophy portal built into this site….. looking forward to seeing the new features and developments of this blog. Keep up the good work.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:06 am by spacebrain
i am looking forward to your gamescon coverage! keep up the good work!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:09 am by Jack-Bauer-89
Comgrats Jem! From here on out you will be known as Guv’ner playstation
wonder how long I’ll stay on your psn friends list now
Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:39 am by Jem Alexander
Guv’ner is it? Not quite as grand as Professor, but I’ll take it.
As for my friends list, I’m dreading the next time I turn my PS3 on! Just please, don’t let on that my PSN id is Jem_Alexander.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:10 am by Bilbo_bobbins
Hi Jem, good news on being master of the Blog. Hoping to hear some great announcments next week.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:11 am by Slarth
I’m looking forward to reading the articles in the future and of course the GamesCon coverage. Keep up the good work. Any news on new Avatars yet? :p
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:16 am by Pinto55
Welcome!
Can’t wait for the Gamescon!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:18 am by NightHawk767
Hi guys, looking forward to GamesCom!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:21 am by mac_55
Loving your user icon Jem! Great into too
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:35 am by Saloom
hi Jem and welcome
i just want to read my comment to answer to all PS3 fans
is there any plans for voice chatting in-game ?
is there any plans to change or add some features to freind list at PSN ?
many many question but i know u will not replay my comment
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:37 am by adz2k7
Welcome to the blog, Jem
-Ad-
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:48 am by Hapimeses
Welcome to the blog, Jem. Looking forward to seeing your plans reach fruition here. You’ve got a pretty demanding crowd, so I hope you’re prepared for the bad as well as the good.
Still, an exciting time to be involved with it all. Good luck.
Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:02 pm by Jem Alexander
Demanding indeed! Thankfully, I knew that would be the case coming in. It’s not too long ago that I was one of the many demanders, so even if I don’t reply to some queries, I’m probably asking those exact same questions internally.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:48 am by Ghidora84
GZ with the job! cant wait to follow your bloggin’…
Great with a full time blogger!
I wish you the best of luck!
- Saloom lets see what firmware 3.0 brings!
sony still say they are working on cross game voice chat…
Oh Jem… btw. if you ever get to meet the ppl behind VidZone, could you kindly ask them to bring VidZone to the rest of Europe?
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:50 am by Daft
I’d love to have your job. Good luck!!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:53 am by Grind_Axis
Good to have you on board Mr. Alexander.
I’m sure you’ll do a great job here over at the Playstation.Blog.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 10:59 am by Lum26
Hi Jem, and welcome to the eu blog.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:01 am by Sambuque
Hi Jem,
I hope you’ll managed to put some comunity feel here (like on Joystiq)
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:01 am by RadioactiveMouse
Hi there,
You’ve got your work cut out here in this mad house
- RM
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:08 am by racedriving
Good to hear that this blog gets more attention.
Starting blogs in other languages is only usefull if you have the resources to do it right.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:09 am by Grauwsaur
Oh Jem, wow, never expected to see you here! Welcome!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:09 am by D1mas_
Welcome, Jem Alexander!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:10 am by tomsau
Welcome
do the EU proud
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:11 am by Britt78
Could you please tell me when VidZone is coming to Sweden?
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:12 am by Onna76_NL
Nice to meet you Jem
What does it take to get a job over at Sony anyway haha. I wish I could be at GamesCon 
Not sure if they’ll be around but sure would love to meet Jeff Rubenstein, Arne Meyer, Christophe Balestra, Shuhei Yoshida, Christian Phillips from close by. I know Arne is going for sure 
Grz,
Anouschka
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:14 am by Onna76_NL
Oh I notice Jeff and Arne as serious rockers in that picture but who are those other two? I can better ask, which one of the other two is you
Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:31 am by Jem Alexander
Good eye!
That’s me on the left. (I wasn’t kidding about the stripy shirt
). The guy on the other side of Arne and Jeff is Joystiq’s Andrew Yoon.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:16 am by sympozium_666
All they need is Ben Dukta (:D)
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:17 am by JetarR
Hi Jem, nice to re-meet ya
Nice to know the EU Blog is becoming big business
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:20 am by EnGhedi
The Blog isn’t going to be translated to Portuguese? Come on, first is the lack of content in the Portuguese Store, now the blog, are you just pretending Portuguese and Brasilian users don’t exist?
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:23 am by Jem Alexander
Thanks for the warm welcome, guys! I’m looking forward to bringing you some quality content next week, even if it kills me (which, judging from our schedule, is quite possible).
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:26 am by hamildan
I was a big fan of ps3fanboy & still am a fan of Joystiq.
welcome about and don’t stress the haterz.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:36 am by Flava18
I was a bit gutted when I heard you left Joystiq – it’s a nice surprise to see you here Jem
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:37 am by reakt
Hey buddy! Good to see that SCEE have snapped you up as EU blog manager – congratulations!
Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:06 pm by Jem Alexander
Thanks mate! That 3Rooms event we met at seems so long ago, now.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:46 am by noruraeus
Cool, was sad to see you leave joystiq, but now that you are here I am looking forward to your continued posts
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:54 am by AcidCrashX
congrats on the new job dude! hope you enjoy your stay as EU blog manager. Also.. awesome FF7 avatar ^__^
looking forward to your future work
ACX
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 11:57 am by GreenMekon
Welcome Jem, looking forward to the updates for next week. Sounds like it is going to be a pretty busy week for anyone involved in Playstation – I can’t wait. Just try and stay awake
Cheers
GreenMekon
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:00 pm by GothPunk
Sweet, welcome to the EU PS blog Jem, you were always one of my favourite writers on Joystiq. Good luck next week at Gamescom!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:04 pm by Galvanise_
Nice, this is a positive move. I was wondering who the ‘face’ of the blog was going to be. Awesome.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:10 pm by TRIX_BOL
Hi Jem!
Ha, I just had the feeling you were coming this way, even though you were trying to tease it all up. But I’m glad that you’re here to support the community. Welcome and I hope you enjoy as well.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:15 pm by balaenidae
Hi Jem,
It’s great having a person to associate with the blog, Jeff was great, but I’m sure you’ll do a much better job for us Europeans. Good luck with your new job and I hope any future complaints (which I’m sure will crop up, there’s always someone) mistakenly aimed at you don’t get you down.
All the best.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:21 pm by ghosthunter68
A warm welcome Jem. Its always nice to put a face to name. Next week based on the rumours is looking like a potential jaw dropper. Are you doing a live video feed of the key note or just a live transcript.
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:36 pm by PirateThom
Welcome aboard, Jem! You’re going to get me a Gran Turismo 5 release date at Gamescom, aren’t you?
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:38 pm by reakt
Jem – yes the 3Rooms event – what an awesome night out! Will SCEE be arranging any similar events in the future? (hint, hint!)
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:39 pm by Harlequiine
Wow haha, a quick transition from Joystiq to the blog, your goodbye post wasn’t that long ago!
Anyway, I’m glad we’ve got a fulltime guy to look after the blog now, and without sounding like a Joystiq fanboy I’m glad it’s someone from there
Looking forward to more updates — and Jem, MORE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS WITH DEVELOPERS!!
(:
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:42 pm by Amedio1897
Welcome to SCEE, Jem!
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Posted on 12 August, 2009 at 12:42 pm by almighty-slayer
So you are our version of Jeff
Can’t be as awesome as he is
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