SOLID-Orange
If you’re wondering why I’ve only been updating once every other week, well here is the reason:
I no longer want thoughthead to be considered a personal site of mine. I own it and I contribute to it but I want it to be more than just myself. To help break the ties SOLID-Orange is now my personal site. The site is far from complete but progress is slower than expected so I’m “launching” it before it is complete. SOLID-Orange will be dedicated to my personal projects and hobbies and more about those things than my rants and raves about the game industry.
I had a few people express interest in writing thoughthead articles. I’ve provided the tools they need to make it happen and the rest is up to them, here’s hoping that we start seeing some more contributers around here.
The Gaming Journalism Disconnect
Despite the fact that I am a video game fanatic, and I spend countless hours not just playing games, but participating in online communities with other gamers, and reading various tidbits of info, I’ve been disenfranchised with Gaming Journalism for quite some time now. There is really no singular root issue that is deserving of a pointed finger but rather there are a number of issues that make up the problem as a whole. (more…)