Announcing Gameroni
This is probably a good time for me to announce my new online venture, Gameroni. You can view the site right here:
http://www.gameroni.com/
Gameroni, which launched early last week and is still in its infancy, is my new site for video game coverage. It will be running in addition to HonestGamers. While I will continue to have a hand in running HonestGamers, my role there will be limited mostly to a technical one with only occasional editorial contributions. I'm committed to keeping that site online and worth visiting, but others are stepping in to play a larger role in that site's (exciting) continued development as I work on my new baby.
For the most part, I suppose that Gameroni can be called "a gaming blog." That implies a certain lack of professionalism, I think, which is unfortunate. I think that there's a lot of room for the format to do interesting and thoughtful things. There's a lot of room for it to be something other than a collection of press releases, or a bunch of snarky posts about how the gaming industry secretly has it in for us gamers. I believe there's a middle ground, and one of my goals is to find that middle ground with Gameroni while also placing proper emphasis on reviews. I really love a good game review. I'm also hoping to be able to post more interviews and features than really fit into the HonestGamers setup.
Though Gameroni has just started, I feel that it already has some quality content for gamers and I'm hopeful that said content will continue to arrive on a daily basis. So far, signs are good. The site performs decently when new articles are posted, some interesting stuff has already made it to the site and more is on the way from some contributors that I'm very pleased to have on board.
If you're into video games, I hope that you'll check out the site and that you'll enjoy what you find there. I have some kinks to work out (including a glitch that prevents quick comments from properly appending to the appropriate articles) and the visual design will likely change, but otherwise the community is up and running and it can really use your patronage.