One year of Infinite Lives: Reflections and plans for the future

What’s worked, what hasn’t. What others can learn, and where to from here.

Not everything I do is video game related. But perhaps it’s all video game adjacent? Also some serious copyright shenanigans here.

This week marks one whole year of writing a weekly column on video games. It is my answer to my quarter-career crisis, where I love working for myself in comms but wanted a new challenge that harked back to my roots and grounding as a reporter. My goal: Create a platform for smart, approachable commentary on games and the industry that creates them.

I've always loved video games and the idea of writing about them had been a passion. Back when I worked as a business tech reporter, I would pitch in stories about gaming companies amid my usual weekly commentary. While arguable more people game now than back then, the sector was a lot more vibrant in terms of the number of people covering it. I think I can now count most employed games journalists in Australia on two hands.

Quick stocktake on Infinite Lives: After 50 or so articles: I'm at 180 subscribers, ove…