How did you end up here?
Posted: Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:20 pm
Lot's of the long term regulars on here came from my old 3DO blog, others I guess stumbled across the forum via Google looking for 3DO.
What about the rest of you? I'm just wondering.
I came here after I run a 3DO blog, albeit badly written. I was asked to start a forum because the comments on the blog got so long, then Devin from CDInteractive offered to host it, so here I am.
I bought a 3DO on launch day in the UK, which I still have. The 3DO was the most exciting console I ever bought, from the first screen shots, it simply appealed to me. Also the first console I owned, after being a Amiga/ST/Spectrum/Electron guy since the age of about 13. We had a 2600 but my dad found that in 1982, falling off the back of a lorry. [ahem].
I have games I had back in 1994, that I lugged from house to house, (I used to move a lot 12 years ago) and in 1999 i started buying, in a half interested manner, bits and bobs from Shops and off of the internet related to 3DO. Nothing fancy, just what I could find. Which wasn't much in the UK.
I ran some other websites on some esoteric subjects in the early 2000s, and always managed to have a niche that made them popular but in 2004 I abandoned them, after seeing the light, but still wanted to do something web related. I work in the Internet, played games, loved 3DO, so...
I ran this site for a while: http://will20970.tripod.com/ which was just a compatibility list, with a few teeny reviews and some screen shots. I enjoyed it. And I decided in 2005 opened up my main blog. The first few reviews are aweful, as are some of the later ones, but I loved it. I was really encouraged by the comments and posts made by the members here. It's nice to do something, no matter how bad, that people seem to like. Especially from all over the world.
Gir Draxa's and 3DO Today's websites were my absolute favourites at the time. I miss Gir's enormously, just because it was partly my inspiration and the exotic games he had for the 3DO I found exciting to just look at, but even today, when feeling nostalgic, I browse the 3DO Today website.
Anyway, considering the topic, and my appalling writing, which improved I felt over time, the blog did really well. I got a little notoriety from it. I was asked to write a column on a bigger website, which I enjoyed, but I didn't get the same fun from that to be honest. It was the blog that I enjoyed.
I wrote this in 2007:
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/01/jag ... h.php#more
In 2008 the Blog peaked at around 12,000 unique visitors a month. Which I was modestly proud of. I mean, it's a bit scrappy in places and the subject is very narrow but...
The blog is now dormant mostly and I have idea's for other things, but time and work restrict me but that's changing, so who knows
Anyway, what you lot doing here?
What about the rest of you? I'm just wondering.
I came here after I run a 3DO blog, albeit badly written. I was asked to start a forum because the comments on the blog got so long, then Devin from CDInteractive offered to host it, so here I am.
I bought a 3DO on launch day in the UK, which I still have. The 3DO was the most exciting console I ever bought, from the first screen shots, it simply appealed to me. Also the first console I owned, after being a Amiga/ST/Spectrum/Electron guy since the age of about 13. We had a 2600 but my dad found that in 1982, falling off the back of a lorry. [ahem].
I have games I had back in 1994, that I lugged from house to house, (I used to move a lot 12 years ago) and in 1999 i started buying, in a half interested manner, bits and bobs from Shops and off of the internet related to 3DO. Nothing fancy, just what I could find. Which wasn't much in the UK.
I ran some other websites on some esoteric subjects in the early 2000s, and always managed to have a niche that made them popular but in 2004 I abandoned them, after seeing the light, but still wanted to do something web related. I work in the Internet, played games, loved 3DO, so...
I ran this site for a while: http://will20970.tripod.com/ which was just a compatibility list, with a few teeny reviews and some screen shots. I enjoyed it. And I decided in 2005 opened up my main blog. The first few reviews are aweful, as are some of the later ones, but I loved it. I was really encouraged by the comments and posts made by the members here. It's nice to do something, no matter how bad, that people seem to like. Especially from all over the world.
Gir Draxa's and 3DO Today's websites were my absolute favourites at the time. I miss Gir's enormously, just because it was partly my inspiration and the exotic games he had for the 3DO I found exciting to just look at, but even today, when feeling nostalgic, I browse the 3DO Today website.
Anyway, considering the topic, and my appalling writing, which improved I felt over time, the blog did really well. I got a little notoriety from it. I was asked to write a column on a bigger website, which I enjoyed, but I didn't get the same fun from that to be honest. It was the blog that I enjoyed.
I wrote this in 2007:
http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2007/01/jag ... h.php#more
In 2008 the Blog peaked at around 12,000 unique visitors a month. Which I was modestly proud of. I mean, it's a bit scrappy in places and the subject is very narrow but...
The blog is now dormant mostly and I have idea's for other things, but time and work restrict me but that's changing, so who knows
Anyway, what you lot doing here?