Why I Started This Blog

In High School, I was in a Journalism class. Most of the writing assignments gave us free reign to do what we wanted; I chose to write about video games. I started out small, writing about Splinter Cell: Blacklist removing the longtime voice of Sam Fisher, Michael Ironside, and replacing him. Eventually I started writing about the consoles I purchased, i.e. the PS Vita and the PlayStation 4. Then I moved on to reviewing video games. After the class was over, I didn’t quite know what to do with my writings, so I decided that I would start a blog. Considering that I had no idea how to create a website, I used Google’s “Blogger” service to get me started.

     The first game I ever reviewed was Injustice: Gods Among Us. I had written the review for a class assignment. Once the school year was over, I started my blog. My first few posts were leftover from the assignments in class. After that, I began buying games that I was into and reviewing them. Soon after my first official publish on my blog, I realized that I had an extreme passion for this. I would publish a new review for almost every game I purchased. A new review would be published about every month or two. I was really getting into the swing of things.

     It is so simple for anyone out there to start their own blog and begin publishing. There are many blog services. Two of the most popular are “WordPress” and “Blogger.” What really makes it so easy is that even these two most popular blog services are free and easy to use. Anyone can start their own blog and publish as much content as they want, whenever they want. People can voice their opinions, their views about anything. They do not need to keep everything to themselves. Or, if they’ve been looking for someone to talk to about the things they think about, they can do that now! Anybody can visit your blog, read your ideas and respond to what you write.

     The message “hidden” inside blog services is that we were meant to tell/show the world what we are thinking about all the time and not worry about what other people might think. Blogs are not forceful. People can view them if and when they want to. So far, I have 1,905 page views in total. It’s not necessarily a lot, but I’m getting there. I have added non-intrusive advertisements on the blog and whenever somebody clicks on one, I make a very small amount of money. So far, I’ve made $0.12. But who cares, I’m doing what I love.
     The type of people who would view my blog would pretty much be anyone who plays video games and enjoys reading opinions on them. Why? Well, because I write about video games and I give my opinion on them when reviewing them. I started my blog over a year ago and I did not think that I will still be posting today, but I am and I love it.