As a 1up survivor, I too was looking for a new place to call home while frantically trying to save my blogs. I'm just glad I was able to call this place my new internet home. Alot of the people I knew from 1up move here so I was glad I was able to see some familiar faces, but I met some new ones as well. I'll write something about this hopefully today so I'll keep this short. But congrats Pixlbit and congrats everyone!
Celebrating Five Years of PixlBit
The staff of PixlBit commemorates five years of the site.
Julian Titus Celebrates Five Years of PixlBit
Wow. Five years. I don’t even know where to begin with that.
It’s not that I’m surprised that PixlBit has been around for five years; it’s a well-run site with a great mission statement and a fantastic community. No, I guess I’m surprised that I’ve been here for almost three of those years. It really doesn’t feel like it, although part of that may be attributed to the fact that one of my first posts was about Diablo 3, and all I talk about lately is, yup, Diablo 3.
PixlBit means a hell of a lot to me. As someone who was deeply plugged in to the gaming scene for eight years of retail bliss, getting to once again connect with other passionate gamers has been and always will be very important. Some of the best parts of my month are when I sit down with Angelo and Patrick for Nerds Without Pants and just talk games for three hours. It’s like a recharge for my gamer batteries, especially in these dark times when I must confess that I don’t feel too excited about the industry.
Even though we are all spread out, I can honestly say that I have friends here. From texting with Angelo and Patrick outside of the show to the times that various PB staffers have gotten on Skype for live events to Travis checking in on me when I was having some health problems, PixlBit is my internet home. I owe a lot to Nick and Chessa for bringing me on, and especially for putting up with my dumb little radio show that I’m sure has embarrassed the both of them from time to time.
My only regret is that I’ve somehow drifted away in the past year. It’s a combination of a lot of things, for sure. Having a mentally draining new job certainly hasn’t helped, and I would be lying if I said that I was as enthusiastic about upcoming releases as I have been in the past. I would also be kidding myself if I find the current landscape for gamers and game writers to be incredibly toxic, and as a gamer that also (theoretically) writes about video games it’s becoming more and more difficult to get that fire. I haven’t written a review in six months, which is criminal. I never wanted to be “just the podcast guy”, but lately that’s what I’ve been.
And yet, part of me is starting to feel that fire build up again. Maybe it’s because Diablo 3 has reminded me how cathartic video games can be when you’re going through a lot of personal turmoil. Maybe it’s because I’m getting really amped to play Dragon Age Inquisition, Shadows of Mordor, Saint’s Row IV: Gat Outta Hell, and that Final Fantasy XV trailer makes me want to Bolieve.
Or maybe, just maybe, I feel the need to write about how awesome games are to spite both sides of this GamerGate debacle. Whatever the reason, I feel it, and I hope I can stoke that fire and come back in a big way. I think maybe a lot of the staff feels similarly worn down, and it’s shown in our output. But the people who come to PixlBit and hang out every day are awesome, and I want us all to do better for them. And not just for them, but because there needs to be a beacon of positivity out there in all that darkness, and I truly believe that PixlBit can be that. It has in the past, and it can be again.
…what, you’re still here? Well, how about some SHAMELESS SELF PROMOTION!
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