Did not think I’d be writing this piece this soon. I made a joke on Bluesky about how Giant Bomb, a website about video games but actually about professional wrestling and chain restaurants, had “died” at least four times beforehand. Usually, to coincide with an acquisition or layoffs, but this time I mean it. Giant Bomb has died after years and years of fighting off the cancer that is corporate mismanagement and being oversaw by the dumbest fucking people on the planet. For those who don’t know, Giant Bomb was one of the first truly indie games outlets in the late 2000s. They were essentially pirate punk radio, but for telling you which first-person shooter was worth paying for. It had a rebellious spirit that reminded me of something like N.W.A or Extreme Championship Wrestling; it had that swagger and anti-establishment that differentiated it from existing media, while also being fundamentally better than everyone else on the playing field. They were brash and vulgar but articu...

Welcome to my blog. The Blog of Willin. I am incredibly unimaginative and quite boring but if you’re here and reading this, I have my suspicions that you are unimaginative and boring too. A damn shame While this blog will mainly be focusing on video games, the things around video games and the things around the things around video games, I will also occasionally delve into a myriad of other topics, including working as a teacher, the anime industry, general tech stuff and if the mood finds me professional wrestling. The Oblivion Remaster is good. Opinion given. The purpose of this blog isn’t to spread my ideology to the masses or create a cache of ramblings that I could use as a point of reference for getting a job (wouldn’t that be nice), but to honestly give me an avenue to write. I haven't been writing as much since graduating from university with my Bachelor of Education. I immensely enjoy writing as it allows me to express myself without destroying my self-esteem by pointing a...