Every so often, I like to go back and look at my old blog (now dormant, but still live) and click the Random button a few times. That old blog was where the whole "#oneaday" thing came from in the first place — and the daily discipline of writing something each and every day, no matter whether or not I could think of something, has always been a valuable writing exercise. Which is one of several reasons I resurrected the format for here on Patreon.
Anyway, those of you who "met" me in more recent years may not have stumbled across my old blog before, so I thought I'd share with you a random selection of posts from over there that made me smile or at least go "heh, that was actually quite a while ago now". I hope you enjoy them!
Preview a Game Like Polygon (2015) – Remember when Polygon did a really, really awful preview of Rock Band 4 that was mostly a self-pitying whine from its writer about how he didn't really like going to preview events? I parodied that, and I think I did quite a good job too.
Real-World Spam (2010) – I was going through a bit of a rough patch in 2010, to say the least, and this bollocks wasn't helping matters. Never, ever, ever attempt to advertise your services with Yell, Thomson and the like.
Hyperbole Squared (2010) – The "haha, funny relatable blogger with badly drawn cartoons" trend has kind of been and gone several times — but back in 2010, it was new and exciting, and it was Allie Brosh's Hyperbole and a Half that made me realise the potential in that format. To a certain extent, I started to model my own posts after her highly entertaining ramblings, though I was also keen to do my own thing. Brosh seems to have last posted on her blog in 2020; I wonder what she's up to now.
Games Called "Simulator" That Aren't Simulators: A Joke That's Run Its Course (2016) – I wrote this in 2016. It's still true. Though I will add we do seem to be living in a time where we're starting to get more actual simulators again. So that's good.
The Changing Times, As Seen Through the Lens of Challenge TV (2014) – This one's worth it just for the closing paragraphs, which I'm still not 100% sure how I got onto. Having completely forgotten about this post and rediscovered it this evening, though, it made me laugh.
Three Wishes (2016) – This is a question I ponder quite often. But the conclusion I came to in this post is what I always come back to.
Anyway, that's quite enough of that for now, I think. Have a pleasant evening, and I hope you enjoy at least one of the above!
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