Chronic health issues (blah blah blah) and a bit of free time.

I probably mentioned it already. As I'm about to start school again I've been fortunate to have some time to do some self care. Health issues persist, and I find that writing reviews of games regularly helps keep the brain juices flowing.

It's that simple. I've been using the admittedly limited scheduling function to space things out. I'm hoping to encourage others, not swamp the site, though I know new reviews are good for the site. It's also a bit of a kick to see my name on the Top 30 Read reviewers. Cool.

I appreciate all feedback and don't ask for anything more. We've all got our plates loaded. This is a moment of sharing my experiences...and it occurred to me that I owe you all gratitude. Maybe I've said it before, but I'll say it again, anyway.

It was a big leap for me to start contributing to this site in 2017. Yeah, it was that long ago. All the feedback I've received over the years has improved my ability to communicate my ideas. For various reasons of all the creative endeavors I could pursue, writing is the most difficult.

So thank you, everyone. The readers, the reviewers, and the developers, too.

As for the reviews, it's worth mentioned that these are games I played many years ago and all it took for me to write the reviews was to make sure I remembered them correctly. It's been fun to get nostalgic about my time with my GBA and Nintendo DS. I miss the days of the 3DS and the social experiences we shared, and I'm grateful for them as well.

I've got a few games to look back at, so I hope to tackle them, as well, but time will tell.

In the interim, thank you, and take care of yourself and the ones you love!

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	honestgamer - September 09, 2025 (09:58 PM) I'm glad you're enjoying looking back at the games you've enjoyed to varying degrees over the years. Celebrating great (and not as great) games from all eras is what this site is all about... along with the writing side of things, of course!
	hastypixels - September 10, 2025 (09:43 AM) Thank you.
	dementedhut - September 13, 2025 (12:33 AM) While I haven't commented on any of them, I do enjoy seeing the influx of reviews that have been coming into the site for the last few weeks. Also congrats on cracking the top 30 read list; personally I like looking at the Site Statistics from time to time because it sometimes motivates me to explore doing reviews for specific systems. For example: the reason you suddenly saw me review a bunch of Game Gear games out of nowhere was because I noticed the site had such a low number of GG reviews. It motivate me to pump up those numbers, even if by a little.
	hastypixels - September 13, 2025 (10:31 AM) Thanks, @dementedhut. I never expected to be any sort of read, I've just been passionate about the things I like. Lo and behold, that works. It's funny how that works. Both the Master System and Game Gear are in the same camp: Technically competent games on a pretty powerful system for its time, but relatively low market penetration and skewed exposure leaves us with an under appreciated system and library of titles. Looking back it's easy to see that the games for those systems were no less experimental than the ones for every other console of the day. Nintendo just one through B2B strongholding, as they do now. Oh well. It's good to see reviews for lesser known titles. Who cares what's popular? That's been done before.