Gaming Has Died On Me
As many of you know, I love games. I love the diversity, the storytelling, the imagination that is brought to life, and the passion that tags along with it. Video Games have been a core of who I am since I was 5 years old. Slowly, but surely, though, Video Games and gaming, in general, has died on me. But why?
I think one of the biggest reasons for this is because my passion for games has drastically lowered over the years do to my work in the gaming industry as an entertainment writer and games journalist in a story set a long time ago. When you see all the bad and shady stuff happening in the industry you become jaded and angry about it because you know that you can’t change anything that is happening, you can only complain about it. That’s what I’ve done for these past 5 years. I’ve just complained. I don’t have the drive to be a “journalist” for games because I don’t have the connections, the money, and most importantly: Motivation.
I didn’t start playing games just to hate them.
But I feel like that’s what I’ve done.
Another part of why I’m making this post is because it ties into something that I’ve been trying to do for almost 2 years now — Game Cardinal. Game Cardinal isn’t shutting down for good. But it does need a lot of planning and refocuses, and frankly, in the current state I am in, I don’t think I can commit to an overhaul of the site. So for now, I am letting Game Cardinal be what it has been for the last few months: dead. I assume one day when I feel like gaming has become a passion of mine again, and I have a fire burning in my heart to write about games that Game Cardinal will come back online for good, and be what I’ve always wanted it to be.
But until then, I am very thankful for everyone and their support.
Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once and awhile, you could miss it.
I’ve decided from now on that I’m going to use Medium as a source for my commentary in life. I hope that you enjoy this direction I’m heading in life, and with all that, thanks for everything.
