I Quit Writing Monthly Articles About Games: Here’s Why and What I’m Doing Instead!

During school, I started writing monthly articles about games as a way to share my insights and experiences with others. Here is my first article about why from 2016. I’ve published 75+ articles since then. For a while, this was a fulfilling way to explore different games, analyze their design, and share my thoughts with the gaming community.

However, as time went on, I began to feel like I was forcing myself to write something about games or technology every month, regardless of whether or not I had something insightful to say. It became less about sharing my insights and more about meeting a deadline. While I still enjoyed writing about games, it was becoming less fulfilling, possibly because of the arbitrary deadline I had set. There were times when I wasn’t completely happy with the topic of my article or how the words turned out onto the page. But I still posted them anyway.

Almost a year ago, I finally got a job working with a team of talented individuals to build my dream game (bapbap.gg, by the way). All the…