In All Reality

I’ve been struggling recently with several things regarding my career / web presence over the past months. I’ve done a lot of study on finding a niche and have performed a lot of introspection regarding what I would like to do with my time. I have concluded the following:

• I dislike writing in general. I only like to write about things that I feel passionate for and have in-depth experience and knowledge of.
• Most of the things that I am passionate about and have experience in have already been written about thousands of times over.
• I dislike most of the people in my industry. I think many of them are very pretentious and show this in their commentaries and writings. An exception to this is Karj.
• If I do not contribute something to the web, then I will feel like a failure. It needs to be something personal, something mine. I believe it is important to the purpose of the web (and for my own sanity) that I add to it.
• Since I dislike writing and much of what I am good at has been covered over and over, I become mired in apathy toward producing any sort of content.

So… here I am again. I’ve decided to stab out in a direction that is entertaining for me, encompasses one of my life passions, and something that I feel I can place a personal mark on. I’m going to test drive and review indie games.

For those of you unacquainted with what an “indie” game is… it basically means that it isn’t produced by one of the mainstream conglomerates, like Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Sega, Nintendo, etc. You can liken it to indie movie production or the indie music scene, the story is the same: the little guys making their own way by kicking ass and taking names. The indie game sphere has exploded in just the last few years and there are tons of solo gaming projects being undertaken. Some are in it for the money, some are pure experimentation, many are written in their parents’ basement. These are my people, and I think I can give some objective and useful reviews.

So, for starters I’m going to try and install/download/play online one indie game every week or so (caveat: or so) and write the reviews on this site. If all goes well, I may end up migrating to a dedicated domain.

Feels good to have a plan.