Tl; dr. Writing is the passion. If you feel deflated by what you're writing about now, write about something else. A specialty is not assigned at birth. Write about birds or architecture or the environment. Just do it well.

we'll be fine for a bit, will probably put out a formal Work Please post once things have settled, but in the meantime i should probably try to plug the podcast i do with my best friends @ajohnagnello.bsky.social and @susanarendt.bsky.social a bit more www.patreon.com/posts/patron...

Years ago I interviewed Tomonobu Itagaki at E3. I said: "Isn't this weird? We're in a room in a fake building inside a giant building so we can talk about *pretend* buildings you made."

He put on his sunglasses and said: "I too think of myself as a warrior."

My wife made this for my birthday.

Hyper enthusiast, price-insensitive players are really keeping things going, especially in the non f2p gaming space.

According to Circana's Q3 2025 Future of Games, only 4% of US video game players buy a new game more often than once per month, with a third of players not buying any games at all.