Hello, dear patrons. Before we begin today, I'd just like to take a moment to say a big thank you to each and every one of you; pretty much all of you reading this are long-term supporters of my work on MoeGamer, and I wanted you all to know that it's genuinely very much appreciated. Knowing that people enjoy my work enough to dig deep and help support it means the world to me, so from the bottom of my heart, thank you.
All right, on to more pressing business.
What's this all about?
I've been feeling like I should make better use of my Patreon for some time now. Up until now, it's basically been a "tip jar" in which I don't offer anything in exchange for your generous donations other than that which I already provide on MoeGamer.
In some ways, I was happy with that; while I firmly believe that creators should get paid for their work via means other than ad impressions, I'm not a fan of paywalling content and preventing those who are unable to pay for whatever reason from enjoying something.
In others, though, I felt like I wanted to offer something a bit "extra" for those generous enough to support the site. Something a bit more personal and special, but which hopefully wouldn't take up too much time — I run MoeGamer alongside a day job, after all! — and be relatively straightforward to produce.
As such, I now have two tiers of digital rewards: $1 a more per month gets you access to this feed, while $5 or more per month gets you access to this plus a special monthly wallpaper featuring site mascots Midori, Yumi and Penelope. (Not pictured below, those are the Nekopara catgirls.)
What's this feed for?
Anything, really! The focus will still be on video games, of course, but here I'll be posting more immediate reactions to things and updates on what's going on with the site as opposed to the more structured articles you'll find on the site itself. In the process, you can get to know me a bit better, find out what I'm up to and perhaps just have a bit of a private chat in the comments if you feel like it.
Expect at least two of these per week, but I'll endeavour not to spam you with rubbish if there's nothing worthwhile to say!
Okay. So, uh, what's up?
Glad you asked! Lots of things. I have a bunch of things in the pipeline right now. Besides the things I outlined in this recent post on the site, I have some smaller bits and pieces I'm interested in covering.
In particular, this week I'm intending to write a bit about Sega's classic arcade racer OutRun 2006 Coast 2 Coast, which I managed to track down a working PC copy of last night, and a bit about how virtual reality is bringing light-gun shooters back from the dead for the second time.
My friend Chris also made me aware of a game called Crimson Tears for PS2 following a discussion about Ehrgeiz on PS1, which those of you of a certain age may remember was an awesome 3D fighting game that, bizarrely, also included a complete action-RPG dungeon crawler. Crimson Tears is apparently an expanded reimagining of that concept, and Chris assures me it is an underappreciated, pretty much completely unknown gem. Ideal MoeGamer fodder, in other words, so I'm looking forward to exploring that when it arrives.
Besides that, I'm continuing to plough through Persona 5 (slowly, since my wife enjoys watching it, but she also enjoys playing Final Fantasy XIV) and Final Fantasy XII. I'm interested in writing something about the latter at some point, but with this month being devoted to Stormblood, I don't want to do too much Final Fantasy in too short a space of time! (I'm also really keen to cover the complete Final Fantasy XIII trilogy at some point, too, but holding off for now for the same reason.)
I'd say I'm interested in writing about Persona 5, too, but I kind of feel like it's a game that's been discussed to death even by the mainstream press (albeit with some gloriously dumb hot takes) so it's not a high priority right now. Other, lesser-known and underappreciated games need some love more!
Can I help with anything?
Why, how generous of you to offer! Of course you can. The most helpful thing you can do is continue to enjoy, like, comment on and share my articles. I've noticed a bit of a trend on social media recently that things people disagree with or find objectionable are much more likely to get shared, so I'd like to encourage all of you to consider sharing things you enjoy or find enjoyable — not just from my site, but from all over the Web. In doing so, we can try and create a more positive atmosphere for everyone, which will be nice.
It'd also be lovely if you could share my Patreon page with people who you think might be interested in my work. I'd love to get the monthly total up to $50, as that will cover some monthly expenses I have and allow me to plough anything beyond that into improving the site and expanding my hardware and software libraries.
Oh, also, don't forget to share the Nekopara giveaway with anyone who might be interested. Leave a reply to the appropriate comment for the episode you (or your friend/family member/lover) want(s) to win on the Nekopara Hub Page. Closing date is this Friday!
In the meantime, if you've got anything you want to chat about, feel free to leave a comment here, on MoeGamer or reach out to me on Twitter. I hope you all have a lovely week and I'll speak to you soon!
Pete x
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