I play games and then write reviews - and there shall be a fair share of rambling, too - in which I share my opinion on five main topics:
Gameplay
Storyline
Atmosphere
Tutorial
Modding
All of this thrives on reader interaction. Did you already know the game I played? Did you like it? Am I playing it completely wrong? Or did you discover something new that you absolutely love and are installing as we speak? Did I call one of your favourite games complete trash, and you have opinions about that? That’s what the comment section is for! Let me know!
All that, in Rambling Reviews.
History
This actually isn’t the first time I start a review blog.
The first time was in 2020. The world had just gone into lockdown due the Covid-19 pandemic, and I was counting down the days until March 20 - the Animal Crossing: New Horizons release date.
In an attempt to keep myself occupied and work through my ever-growing, never-ending Steam library backlog, I challenged myself to play a new game every day for at least 30 minutes and then write down my first impressions. This blog was called “Project 2020”, reached a handful of loyal readers but otherwise didn’t take off.
The second time was a couple of months later, when I had burnt through hundreds of hours on AC:NH and was bored again. I decided to continue the reviews but rebrand it to ‘Rambling Reviews’ and loosen the deadlines a bit, to one post a week. In this blog, I started doing the occasional compilation post, such as mod lists for Skyrim and Stardew Valley, or a handful of similar games within the same genre that my brain lumps together. I’d rate the game(s) from 0 to 5 stars and write my recommendation to (not) buy the game. Still not a raging succes, but once more, incredibly fun to do.
So here we are: third time’s a charm. I moved platforms from a self-hosted WordPress to Substack, to make subscribing possible and distribution, easier.
I did away with the actual rating in numbers (or stars, or speech bubbles, or whatever equivalent) because it felt too much like grading papers and too little like passionately sharing what I feel about these games.
I also keep my drafts on Notion, because I absolutely love the way I can gather and organise thoughts and information on there.
Will this time be different? Probably not, but a girl can try.