The Desert Gaming Society Will Come to Order, 2025 Edition

It's cold outside, baby, put a jacket on

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Happy New Year, friends!

You may or may not have noticed my silence these last couple weeks. Basically, I hit a holiday-related wall of overwhelm where I felt pulled in a thousand different directions, including Substack.

And instead of saying “I’ll be back in a couple weeks!” to all of you, I just… went dark. Not sure this was the best decision, but it absolutely helped my fragmented state of mind. I hope you understand.

At any rate, I am back, feeling moderately refreshed and ready for whatever 2025 wants to bring. Speaking of which…

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1st: I have an article backlog, which means I’ll be uploading hot ‘n fresh “content” at my current rate of once a week for the next couple of months. These are mostly older game discussions/reviews, as is my wont, but I imagine we’ll see at least a couple entries in Alexander Hellene’s Mega Man soundtrack breakdowns as well. And the occasional oddball article, like my look at The Game Awards.

2nd: once this backlog runs dry, I’ll be pivoting to more long-form articles about specific events within gaming history. Perhaps a look into the creation of the Intellivision or a biography on Roberta Williams, one of the first influential women within game development. These two ideas popped off the top of my head as I’m writing this, so I may not explore them at all. Point is, historical long-form video game articles are where I’m headed with the Sonoran Videogame Society in 2025.

3rd: as a result of the latter, I predict that my current one-post-a-week rate might reduce down to one post every 2-3 weeks or even once a month, depending upon the size of the article. I’m not a fan of less articles for all of you, but going deep just takes more time.

4th: I will no longer produce any exclusive paid-subscriber content for Sonoran Videogame Society. This may or may not change later this year, but for the time being, exclusive paid posts are going away. I have reasons for this, and if you ask, I’m happy to share. But in lieu of a long-winded rant in this section, let’s just say… keeping up with two Substacks is a challenge.

For those of you purchased monthly/yearly subscriptions in 2024, first of all, thank you, you’re amazing. Receiving payment for my writing has always been the dream, so experiencing that firsthand these last few months via this Substack has been a true blessing. As such, I’m happy to offer you a free paid monthly/yearly subscription to my sister Substack, Nintendo is Great, provided you are already subbed as a free subscriber.

I will continue to produce paid content for Nintendo is Great.

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That should do it! Thanks to all of you who have read, liked commented, subscribed, and just all-around enjoyed these posts over the last nine months or so. I can’t stress enough how much encouragement we writers receive from just a simple like on our post or a comment expressing your enjoyment of the article. Our souls are nourished, and we carry on.

Hope your year is off to a great start, and I’ll see you next week!

Best,

DC