Today, my friends, is the third birthday of this blog! This year is super special because three just so happens to be my lucky number. But three years, wow! I've never held a blog for that long.
This place started out as a random place to hold my ramblings. Then it changed into a place where I rambled about otome games. My original otome posts were rubbish, because I forgot to mention what game I was talking about and I just started going on about spoilers without warning. But eventually I started writing proper review posts.
My personal favourite posts to write were probably the Diabolik Lovers anime posts. I have no idea why, they were just fun to type. It was also fun reviewing Period Cube and Kissed by the Baddest Bidder. So far, I don't think any of the games I've played were truly bad. Even if some got a bit boring at times or the routes were a bit odd, each one has a special place in my heart. I actually mean it.
I have tried to stop blogging multiple times, not because I hate it, but because sometimes when you play a game all you can think about is how you're going to review it instead of the actual plot. And I also went through the same phase I did when I was obsessed with reading light novels, I tried to finish each one as quickly as possible. It wasn't because I didn't enjoy some games, it's because I wanted to consume it all and get the whole story fast because they were so good. But now I am trying to play them at my own pace, even if it means that sometimes I only read a few lines a day.
I don't even remember very much about creating this blog three years ago. I think I did it on my netbook in my bedroom one evening? But I know that I didn't set out to make some kind of successful blogging powerhouse. This place had no direction, no theme, just me writing about random stuff.
In the future, I want to make my writing a bit less... verbose? I think that's what I'd describe my writing as. I've always had difficulty making my sentences concise for some odd reason. I also always try to use big, fancy words. In reality I speak a lot differently, I just accidentally drop grammar and forget to use plurals all the time.
If you're wondering how successful this blog has been, it hasn't seen much fame at all. This place is more of a passion project than a money-making machine. I did try and get Google AdSense but it's been a few months and they still haven't reviewed my site! I also installed a "Buy me a coffee" button because why not?
My most popular posts (which have over a thousand views) have been on Ikemen Vampire. I suppose because it's a mobile game it's gonna have more views than the more obscure Vita game posts. It makes me want to write more about it so I can get some of that sweet website traffic, but I've already played all the routes that looked interesting. But views aren't everything, I stopped caring about those years ago.
I don't expect to write many more reviews this year, because (I already mentioned this on my other website) I feel that I'm just burnt out with visual novel type games right now. It's not that I don't like otome anymore, I just made the silly mistake of playing too many in a short time. Now, it's even hard for me to get through Piofiore, which is a great game that I've been hyping up for ages. (It didn't help that I bought another game at the same time that I got way too obsessed with...) After I've done that (I'm currently taking a break even though I'm in the middle of Yang's route), I'm going to take a break for a long time. After that, I'll maybe play something like Nightshade next year. I know I've barely scratched the surface of otome, but it's starting to become a bit predictable now. For example, I can usually tell what the romance is going to be like, or when a CG is going to occur. I love romance stories to bits, but I've been through it so much in these games that I'm starting to only really care about the plots. So yes, I'm taking a break and play other stuff instead.
So far, 2020 has been a rather... interesting year. Surprisingly I played less otoge than in 2019. The best game for me this year is hard to pick, maybe I'll leave it to my obligatory New Year's post to decide.
Thank you to everybody who's visited this place in the past three years. I know I say this all the time, but I hope someone, somewhere found some kind of value out of this place.
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