I can’t believe I started this blog in 2008. Yes, it only has 184 (often misguided) posts, and no, I haven’t really checked in in a year and a half. And yes, I do miss you.
‘You’ having two contexts, of course.
One, is writing. I think critically all the time for work, and write all the time for work – rarely for enjoyment. That was what I accomplished here. I had a ton of fun.
Two, is actually you. You who is no longer reading this, but used to. And who would comment, and challenge me, and link posts back.
While I still follow the community for the most part, I stopped participating. Not only, not participating (by not writing), but also, by not commenting. Not supporting the online community I was once part of. Yes, I am feeling a bit old and tired and once again waxing nostalgia.
When I stumbled upon the news that EA’s CEO was retiring due to revenue issues and remembered that I lead a revolution (ahem) to stop buying EA products. It made me want to post. I thought I remembered making fun of him for being a terrible blogger, but that was some other EA dude. So, like many things that go as you age, I blame it on being a natural loss of general facilities.
So here I am writing, and it feels good. I played a lot of League of Legends on my own, ditched it because of the community. Played GW2 for a while, ditched it for lack of community. And oddly enough, against everything I ever fought for in computer games and posts here, I am a WoW subscriber again (albeit only a handful of hours a week). Why? Community. My friends are still there. Many never left.
Which circles back to blogging – for a few years I was tight with blogging, and regardless why or how I lost my desire to be a part of the community, I assure you it was me (not you). So I am back. I am not changing the title of the blog but the format will cover more about life in general with a gaming slant here and there – I am not on top of the gaming news, trends, or fads anymore. Good thing there is far more to life than gaming (and blogging about it).
Sad to see Wolfshead hasn’t blogged in a while and I think the whole blogging idea wasn’t about expecting or implementing change in our online universes, but sharing ideas about how those might look someday.
So, going to poke around and say hi to you in your corners of the blog-o-verse, and stop by here once in a while to share stories and thoughts, when the need and if the desire arises. My therapist recommends it.
Nice to see you again.
Hey, some of us still know how to log onto our blog sites and post. Occasionally.
Less whining, more writing! 😉
It’s a learned skill – studying hard here =) Nice seeing you again B!
Glad to see you blogging again! And yes, I got your super-sneaky comment. Didn’t you leave a comment on that exact post back in the day?
Hi Pope –
Yes, yes I did I think – not sure where it went – although, I shuttered my old alias and started using my gaming name, so perhaps that’s why it poofed. Odd.
Feels great to write again! Thanks!