The State Of The Game

Hello everyone!

This is just a short post from me, Dan, author of most of the content here at VGN, just to keep you aware of what's going on and what's planned for the blog moving forward. This short post is also a bit of a workout for my brain as it's been a long time since I've written anything (which we'll get onto in a moment).

 Firstly, I want to thank everyone who has read or flicked through an article thus far. It is honestly a great encouragement for to see even one person reading my stuff, so know that I am and always will be extremely humbled and grateful. VGN was designed to be a bit of a variety blog where we could talk about movies and games both new and old as well as being an outlet for me to rant about the games industry goings on, and I intend to stick to a far more rigid writing schedule as of now.

 In all honesty, I stopped writing and posting because I lost my inspiration. I want to write because I love to write and I just wasn't feeling that, however that has thankfully changed. Depression is a disruptive beast and my struggles with mental health issues are well documented, but instead of moping about like I have been doing, I've decided to use my creative outlets to spread a positive message. To this end VGN will be re branding at the end of the month. New name, new design but the same content with only one slight variation, the focus will be on engaging people with mental health issues using discussions about the previously mentioned games and films. I'd like to open a healthy and frank dialogue about mental health and incorporate that into the things I love. My hope is that we can gather together as like minded people and support one another.

 So, the next few weeks will be busy for the blog! My current schedule is aiming for one post per week at least, with the following scheduled over the next month or so:

Godzilla: King Of The Monsters Review (End of May)

X-Men: Dark Phoenix Review (Early June)

Obscure Game Spotlight (May 10th)

Mental Health and Gaming (Mid June)

 Hopefully some or all of the above will interest you, in that case I'd love for you to hit that "Subscribe" button so you can be notified whenever I post! It's not mandatory, I'm just extremely happy that you've come to the page at all, so thank you for that and here's to the future of the blog!

Dan